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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1948
Page
6
In schools or homes every scholar should have a Webster Illustrated Tower Dictionary and Atlas with Encyclopedia Supplements. The catalog adds world maps, statistics, legal and musical terms, synonyms and antonyms, all in a compact reference library. Send 35 cents to The Winchester Evening Star Bureau for a copy. BE CAREFUL WITH YOUR PICNIC CAMFIRES.
A Virginia extension service survey finds York Imperial apples, grown in Virginia, eighth in consumer popularity in the Eastern market area. Winesap and Stayman rank second and third, with Red Delicious first. the study aims to align production with housewife preferences though labeled preliminary.
The report lists 24 hour precipitation as trace and September rainfall to date of 1. Historical data show 1948 year-to-date rainfall at 27.54 inches and an average annual rainfall over 38 years of 36.20 inches. Monthly averages for 1913-1946 are provided for each month, with January 2.46 inches through December 2.38 inches. Courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
The passage notes preferred packaging sizes as three five and ten pound options with combinations possible. It states one third of suppliers favored the bushel box and one fifth chose the bushel basket. It mentions pure metallic tin was absent in Biblical times and that tin then was an alloy of copper. Titanium is described as a rare metal yet more abundant in the earth's crust than lead copper or zinc.
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