This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1931
Page
9
Chicago markets fell as moisture relief in the plains eased demand for wheat. Reports say Texas harvesting begins by mid-June, with prices for wheat corn and oats slipping. Domestic exports for wheat are down while lard and meat prices sink to fresh lows.
Richmond demand lists wheat corn and oats by car and bag lots with No 2 white and yellow prices and oats mixed feeds. Philadelphia quotes live poultry dressed poultry butter and related dairy prices with multiple grades and scores across fresh and dry categories.
May 27 Richmond reports butter packed at 12 for stock and 23 27 for tubs per unit. Creamery tubs 25 30, cartons 25 30. Eggs steady with bulk sales 16 1 2 to 17. Poultry market steady with Leghorn hens 17 bulk, colored hens 20, heavy rocks 12, broilers unchanged, Leghorns 25 30, Reds 28 32, Rocks 30 35 live weight.
Baltimore markets show mixed gains with top weights at 7.30 for medium and light cattle and hogs to 6.80, sows 5.45. Lancaster steady at 8.25. Chicago market down 10–15 with top 6.40 for mediums and lights. cattle note Baltimore 650 cattle and 75 calves, cows 2.50–5.00, steers 5.00–8.00, calves 4.00–8.50. Hereford yearlings sold to 7.40 at 950 pounds. Jersey City reports one load medium steers at 17.30 and cows around 3.71–3.72.
Market notes from Chicago Baltimore Lancaster Jersey City and New York show cattle veal lambs and heifers with varied price moves by weight and type. Government bonds in New York quote Liberty and Treasury issues with prices and maturities.
In Sunderland England a blaze forced desperate escape as two men stood on the ground two on shoulders and two more created a third tier interlocked arms forming a human ladder women climbed down to flee the flames. The Bristol Herald Courier notes an entomologist computing a moth’s wingbeat at 15 000 a second. A Roanoke Times aphorism and a Bristol item round out the clipping.
A mixed crossword with across clues ranging from 1 Capital of the dominant union to various wordplay items. Down clues include three toed sloth and riotous assembly with a mix of abbreviations and archaic terms.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.