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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1948
Page
11
Prior to 1913 the department head held the title otary of Commerce and Sa fe, a historic variation reflecting early organizational nomenclature before standardization of the secretary role.
Chicago opening shows mixed grains with September corn and oats weakening while most contracts hold near steady. Prices listed for Wheat, Corn, Oats, Soybeans, and Tin noted alongside biblical mentions of tin as an early discovered metal.
Market notes dated Sept 17 summarize Apples prices by variety and size, poultry firmness, eggs wholesale ranges, butter and egg receipts, and detailed animal quotes for cattle hogs and sheep across Baltimore and Chicago. Specific figures cover steers, heifers, cows, calves, hogs by weight, sows, lambs, and ewes.
Warren County high school fielded a 165 pound forward wall and 155 pound backfield as it opened the 1948 football season at Luray.
Historical newspaper notes that coffee was marketed as a medicinal beverage claimed to cure numerous ailments. Advertisements touted its health benefits and restorative powers alongside daily consumption.
New York stocks opened mixed with light trading volume. Steers and motors rose slightly while rails showed softness and Pepsi-Cola slipped from a yearly low. Santa Fe spurted then retreated, the liquor group fell, and analysts weighed Chicago price-war talk after a state fair trade act ruling.
Agriculture Department Markets Division lists Egg prices for Federal State graded eggs F.O.B. Winchester including U S Grade A extra large 61 cents per dozen, Grade A large 59, Grade A medium 50, Standards 49, Bullets 40, Grade B 50, cracks and checks 30, Peewees 40. Live poultry prices show no 1 quality F.O.B. producer farms for Young hens 48, Young toms 45, No 2 toms 33, No 2 hens 40, Old and young guineas 35, Leghorn cox 14, Rock and cross broilers 34, Red broilers 35, Leghorn hens 25, Heavy breed hens 4 1 2 lbs up Stags 25.
Daily corrected market list shows flour prices for 25 lb bags at 1.62 with corn meal and white corn meal values, plus grain prices for new wheat under 14 percent moisture at 2.00 per bu and No 4 yellow corn delivered at 1.95 per bu. Feeds at retail include egg mash and cracked corn with broiler mash listed.
Darbny W. Watts and T. G. Scully announce the Freedom Train will berthed at the Pennsylvania freight station on Boscawen Street on October 7 for exhibition. The train tours 305 cities in 48 states under the American Heritage Foundation with seven all metal cars and Spirit of 1776 diesel engine, open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and free to all.
Retail butter price noted as 4.30 per unit while wholesale price remains referenced. The garbled text suggests ongoing market notes on butter pricing and distribution. No clear dates, entities, or figures beyond the quoted values are identifiable.
Helping Hand Circle of Kings Daughters and Sons will meet at 8 p.m. EST Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Armel in Summit Point West Virginia. Members are asked to bring finished articles for a bazaar.
Walton county chapter hosts annual dinner dance at Hotel Royal with John Stowell of Washington, eastern representative of the Izaak Walton League speaking at 7 30 p m.
The lime scale forms due to heating hard water altering mineral composition. Heat causes minerals to precipitate and build deposits on kettle surfaces.
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