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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1950
Page
3
A referendum on the City Manager plan of government will be held here on election day. Approximately a dozen residents signed a petition requesting the election be called. Mt. Vernon Wisconsin started a Forest of Fame in 1916 using trees from birthplaces of notable individuals.
Mrs. Marilyn Baker of Evansville Indiana praises Hadacol insisting it improves her ill health boosting vitamins minerals and iron intake She notes weight gain and steadier nerves after five months and claims thousands benefit while doctors recommend it and a money back guarantee backs the claim.
A collection of banana recipes including Butter Peel Banana Bake Banana Fritters Fluffy Banana Salad and Banana Cream Pie. Also a Q A about whether ships below the horizon can be seen with binoculars or a telescope with the answer that they cannot.
An Army developed first aid ointment named Victory Ointment targets athlete’s foot itching and general relief. It claims no alcohol no acid no sting with safe use on any body part. Sold in Winchester at Millers Rhodes Brooks Rexall Peoples Drug Store and nearby shops.
Roberta Lee presents daily vocabulary in a compact lessons format. This installment defines immoderate as excessive or extreme and gives usage tips and common mispronunciations and misspellings to aid learners.
Stephens City residents share weekend visits and new housing moves. Mrs. Carmel Golliday and others hosted dinner. Janet Hammock enters Memorial Hospital as a student nurse while Charles Ritenour recovers there. Bobby Seal plans a New York visit as families relocate and rent properties nearby. Roy Beaver prepares to start at VPI in Blacksburg.
The Cascade Tunnel on the Great Northern Railroad in Washington is 7.79 miles long, making it the longest in the Western Hemisphere. The second longest is the Moffat Tunnel in Colorado, at 32 798 feet, carrying the Denver and Salt Lake Railroad under the mountains. Each tunnel has one track.
Market report shows mixed fruit prices with Del Delicious up 2 to 3 inches, various apples and potatoes steady to up, poultry demand light but steady, eggs and butter near steady. Baltimore and Chicago USDA quotes list cattle, calves, hogs and sheep with prices and ranges. hogs and cattle show modest changes, with some loads higher or slower trading.
The New York stock market edged along a narrow price route with most issues changing 50 cents a share or less and gains and losses mixed. Lowenstein rose about a point on word of an extra stock dividend and Thompson Products jumped 112 points after merger news with Perfect Circle. several others gained or fell including J. I. Case Colorado Fuel Kern County Land American Telephone Western Union American Smelting N Y Central Chesapeake and Ohio Twentieth Century Fox United States Steel and others.
Frederick County Farm Bureau lists tomorrow's values for eggs and poultry plus cattle and sheep. Grade A Extra Large eggs at 54 cents, Large 50, Medium 40, with assorted broilers and turkeys priced. Beef cattle and steers range 28 to 34, with prime sausage bulls 24.25 to 26.50. Salable sheep around 27 to 28.50, miscellaneous notes on other animals.
The material is spun glass made from broken glass fibers. It is commonly called angel's hair and resembles fine nail.
A Winchester Star note recalls a motorist crash caused by dogs on a sidewalk and thanks a reader for the timely column on dogs at large. The letter alleges nighttime driving hazards from untrained dogs and asks to reveal the writer's identity, though anonymity can be kept if requested.
Local markets are corrected daily by The Star. The Star does not assume responsibility for typographical errors that may occur.
Chicago markets show Wheat futures slipping slightly while feed grains stay firm. Prices open with Wheat Sep near 2.19 5, Dec 2.25 3, Mar 2.29 42, Corn Sep 1.51, Dec 1.44 3, Oats Dec 81 and May 179 79, Rye Dec 1.41 12, Soybeans Nov 2.36 36, Jan 2.39 12, Mar 2.42 19, May 2.43 42, Soybean oil May 12.00.
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