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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1922
Page
7
Daily market update lists wholesale prices quoted today by local buyers with a cautionary note about potential typographical errors in the Star's reporting. The brief item emphasizes price figures and sourcing context for wholesale transactions.
Fragments show grocery items and prices with butter flour and chicken listings. Reads like ousehold staples pricing including creamery butter country butter spring chickens local flour barrel and sack sizes with scattered figures.
Market figures show closing prices for several dairy and produce items with percentages and ranges. Entries include butter and whey notes, with time brackets indicating closing windows and price shifts.
An advertisement extols the independent woman facing health struggles and nerviness from wage work. It claims Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound helps restore vitality and zest for life, promising relief to many women.
Brucetown Virginia notices list residents visiting relatives in Washington and West Virginia, returning home, and weekend visits to New Market. Individuals named include W B Timberlake, Charles Hyer and son Charles Jr, Andy Whitacre, Mrs Sam Swimsey Sr, Howard Whetzel, Emma Tanquary, Scott Grant, Tom Price, Hiram Catlette, Elsie Lawson, Rev Lawson, Claude Helvestine, and C E Garber manager promoting a product.
Mrs Glass and Miss Dora Helvestine of Berryville called in the village Monday. The village school opened Monday with a large enrollment. teachers are Miss Mamie Tanquary and Belle Jobie. Mr and Mrs Will McCarroll of Martinsburg visited Sunday to see his father who has been sick. Villagers attended the funeral of the late Mr Tom Bradshaw near Summit Pointer day afternoon. Bradshaw had died last Thursday in Baltimore where he had gone seeking health. Mrs Dorsey of Leicester is visiting Mrs Tanquary.
Mrs J A Burns formerly Lena Gore returns to her Nowata Oklahoma home after visiting Rev and Mrs C D Gilkeson in the city. Rev and Mrs Oscar DeWolf Randolph of Birmingham Alabama are guests of Mrs Holmes Conrad and daughters here. Miss Linda Kremer, who visited her sister Mrs J M Mac Hale in Richmond, has left for Norfolk Virginia to teach this year.
Real estate listing from Newlin & Co describing several six room houses with lights baths gas and cellars on large lots priced from 1350 to 4500. Includes 11 1 2 acres noted as best apple orchard in the county near Handley Schools and other modern homes.
Export trade notice from W F Kurtz Co inviting apple and Keiffer pear growers to contact 204 Franklin Street New York City for export consignments. Company says it currently accepts apples on consignment but may buy later. suggests comparing net returns with a friend to see value of Kurtz services.
Desirable small farm of 13 acres in Frederick county Virginia about four miles east of Winchester on the Winchester Berryville road. Property includes a good dwelling and outbuildings. Further particulars obtainable from Robt Barton attorney Duvall and Dann. Residence $2w.
A Baltimore based listing shows latest patterns and prices including wallpaper at 160 apiece and window shades at 490 per piece. The Thomas and Messer Company is referenced with address 2016 W Balto Street in Baltimore Maryland.
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