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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1940

Page

9

Juniors Offer Help for Draft Registration in Winchester

Winchester Junior Board of Trade, with 98 members of draft age, offers to assist the Electoral Board in registering men for military training on October 16. President J Pinckney Arthur invites board members to a Friday meeting at the George Washington Hotel to coordinate efforts.

J. Pinckney Arthur City Electoral Board Winchester Charles Harper Electoral Board Winchester Junior Board of Trade George Washington Junior Board of Trade Harper

Mr Bageant 79 Dies at Home in Nain Frederick County

Mr Bageant 79 a retired resident of the Nain section of Frederick County died at his home at 7 30 this morning after an illness of paralysis He was a native of the county son of the late Sampson and Susan Hart Bageant and the last surviving member of his immediate family He is survived by his widow Hannah Zeilor a son Zeilor W Bageant a stepdaughter Mrs H M Gano and two grandchildren Dawson Bageant and Miss Charle Gano The funeral will be Thursday at 2 PM from the Wesley Chapel Methodist Church near Reynolds Store with Rev Larrick officiating Pallbearers are James Pelter Marshall Roberts Charles Mays Samuel Brown Frank Helsley Elon Shenk Utah Crosen and Walter Moore Interment will be in the church cemetery Friends are asked to omit flowers

H. M. Gano Cumberland Dawson Bagrant Charle’ Gano Nain Wesley Chapel Methodist Reynolds Store Larrick James Pelter Marshall Roberts Charles Mays Samuel Brown Frank Helsley Elon Shenk Utah Crosen Walter Moore Wesley Chapel

Dog Takes Her Hurts To Hospital

Lady the little spitz dog suffered a broken leg when hit by an auto in Houston. She limped to the hospital, trudged to the emergency room, and whined in pain until attendants arrived. Her leg was set in a plaster cast.

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Wild Goose Farm estate sale at Shepherdstown

The Shepherd family home Wild Goose in Shepherdstown near the Potomac hosts a sale of old furniture and house goods on Saturday October 5. Erwin Jarrett once owned Wild Goose and died recently. his wife Cora Jarrett is an author. The event features lunch served by Episcopal Church ladies and gathers local notables and descendants visiting the area.

Erdstown EdpHwin Jarret Marshall Sp New York Maine Snaples Ellis R. D. Shepherd Shepherdstown New Orleans Shepherd Estate Bellvue Roland Ringgold Henry Shepherd Potomac R. J. Funkhouser Winchester Shepherd Odette Tyler Erwin Jarrett California Jarrett Foundation Company Hydraulic Engineers Woolworth Municipal Building State Capitol Nebraska Edwin Jarrett Cora Hardy Norfolk Fitch’s Pond Edward Fowler William Jarrett New York City Episcopal Church Ladies of

Radio Highlights Schedule With Dreams Come True In Inaugural Airing

Radio listings show WMAL with Dreams Come True at 7 30 marking a new time slot and Nee store anniversary broadcast. Cast includes Lynne Allison, Grace Notes. other programs feature Ben Bernie with Carol Bruce. Clare Boothe on Information Please. WJSV, WRC and WBAL style segments. high school students discuss Americas defense. a diverse lineup through 11 45.

WMAL WRC Lynne Allison Ross Filton el Gary Grace Shannon Grace Notes Nee Store Seventh H Streets Ben Bernie Carol Bruce Louisiana Purchase Clare Boothe Europe WJSV We, the People Fibber McGee Molly Donald Baker Jack Bennett Donald Cummings Daniel Foster Mark Leiserson Robert Sucher Woodrow Wilson High School Washington, D. C Washington Joseph Kochka New York Chicago Americas Wwisv E. C. Hill Beth Ct Arch McDonald Bankdage Sullivan Lowell Thomas the World Today Easy Aces Fred Waring Amos N’ Andy Mr. Keen Lanny Ross Stanley Meehan Helen Menken Johnny King Heirs Horace Heidt Bob Hope Milers Orchestra Emma Oterro Uncle

Market Quotations Livestock And Produce Markets

Baltimore market notes show produce unchanged for potatoes and sweet potatoes, poultry steady to easier with varied chicken prices. Cattle receipts mix large consignments, calves steady with undertone weak, and small lambs and sheep offerings limited. Philadelphia and Chicago reports follow with mixed poultry prices, eggs, and hog and cattle movements reflecting steady to higher trends.

Baltimore Baltimore Livestock U. S Philadelphia Chicago

Local Markets Feature Wholesale Flour Prices

The Star notes local markets for wholesale flour with price figures. Patent Brand lists 12 lb bags at 4.25 per barrel and 24 lb, 48 lb, and 98 lb bags with varying per barrel prices.

Star

Feed price list and mixed feed components from a 19th century market

The document lists per barrel bag prices for corn meal and creamery butter, plus various feed blends such as horse, oats, milking, and chick grower feeds. It records different bag sizes and brand notes, reflecting farm and poultry trading terms of the era. It includes live stock terms for steers cows hogs and turkeys with indicative price ranges.

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Stock Rally Pauses as Profit Taking Eases Gains in New York

New York stocks rose early on October 1 with gains of 1 to 3 points but profit taking trimmed most advances by late in the session. Volume ran about 100,000 shares, roughly double yesterday, as investors priced in hopes for tax clarity and a brighter business outlook amid war news and Eastern tensions. Major issues like U S Steel, General Electric, General Motors, and Bethlehem Steel showed varied moves as bonds and commodities lagged.

New York Senate House London

Relief Families Get Much Milk Relief

Harrisburg report shows nearly five million dollars spent on milk for relief families in the first year of the compulsory pint a day law. The mandate, requiring a pint for every child under 16 as part of general assistance or aid to dependent children, was set by the 1939 legislature.

Harrisburg

22 Years Ago This Week In The Star

Dr. Philip W. Boyd receives a Captain’s commission in the US Army Medical Corps and will report to Fort Oglethorpe in 15 days. Winchester and Frederick counties target about 800000 for the fourth Liberty Loan. Nearly 100 Camp Lee soldiers are released on indefinite leave to aid apple harvests in Winchester Clarke counties. Lieut Claude R Cammer of Mt Williams listed among severely injured in France. wife Mrs Cammer notes slow but steady recovery.

Central Committee Liberty Loan H. B. McCormac W. A. Baker O. L. Jamison A. L. Green Garland Hansbrough T. J. Cooper Winchester Frederick County Boyd Philip W. Boyd United States Army Medical Corps Lee Fort Oglethorpe Winchester Board of Health Frederick Clarke Counties Camp Lee Claude R. Cammer Mt. Williams France

DAILY CROSSWORD ACROSS CLUES AND SOLUTIONS

A compact crossword list presents numbered across and down clues with definitions. Entries cover common words for daily puzzle use including objects, actions, names, and places from hourly to highways and legal terms.

Current Apple Market Quotations and shipper notes

Market dull with Saturday shipments Winchester to Martinsburg. Dem and light. Carloads on usual terms. Barrels Ganos U 8 No 1 21 4 in min few 2.22. Bushel Jonathan U 8 No 1 21 2 min few 85 90c. Grimes U S No 1 21 2 min car 80c. Delicious U S No 1 21 2 min few 1.00 1.10. Bushel Boxes Wrap ped Delicious U S No 1 21 2 in min car 1.25. 11 8 Bushel boxes Face and Fill Delicious U S No 1 21 2 in min few 1.15 1.20. Jonathan U S No 1 23 4 in min car 98 1 2c. Yorks U S No 1 23 4 in min car 90c. 11 5 Bushel Boxes Face and fill Jonathan U S No 1 21 2 in min car 90c.

Winchester- Martinsburg Ganos U. 8 Jonathans Grimes U. S U.S U. S No Yorks U. S. No

Wetzel declines share of $25,000 reward

Los Angeles October 1 Ceci Wetzel announces he has refused his portion of a $25,000 reward for rescuing kidnapped 3 year old Marc de Tristan Jr. Wetzel says he declined because he has children of his own. Local sawmill operators credited with capturing the abductor are mentioned.

Los Angeles Ceci Wetzel Marc de Tristan, Jr Ee Aeanee E Doras County

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