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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1927
Page
6
Flags seized by Maine regiments during the Civil War will be turned over to representatives of Texas North Carolina and Virginia on the Capitol steps at Washington as Congress convenes in December. Governor Ralph C Fantown hosted a luncheon for Maine G A R members aged 80 to 94 urging return of the flags to their states.
The Star lists today’s wholesale quotes with numerous items across livestock grains and dairy. Notable figures include cracked corn at 56.00 per ton and local flour around 8.00 per barrel, with butter at 48 and eggs at 30.
Washington reports apple exports to Britain exceed demand with dull overall demand for European and American varieties. Virginia, New York, and New England fruits show mixed quality with price ranges from 0.95 to 8.52 per barrel or box. Boxed Massachusetts stock weak while continental pears remain strong for U S varieties like Bartlett Hardy and Clarigeau.
Middletown Virginia on September 14 reports Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brown and Mr. James Gochenour visiting the Larricks for the week. Katharine Rhodes Dorothy Rhodes Katherine Watson leave for William and Mary College. Nelle Shute goes to Uperville to teach this winter. Amy Clark travels to Hume for the season.
A roundup notes Miss Maude Wright visiting Bluefield relatives, S G Larrick in Mason and Dixon, Pa., Sam Guyer from Basic City with sister Maggie Rhodes, Mrs. Arthur Everly in Alexandria, Mrs. Lee Parker and son headed to Washington, Will Owens with Maryland kin, Virginia Henretty off to Handley School Winchester, Juff family from Frostburg visiting the Pangles, Wade Muse camping with Walter Rogers in Harrisonburg, and Elinor Glyn a grandmother whose fiction worries her daughter. Comparisons to Chesterton and Alfred E. Smith appear as brief literary asides from Columbus Dispatch and New York Evening Post.
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