Local Market Prices Steady Across Fat and Poultry
Prices paid in Fat troughs show steady values for beef, corn, and poultry. Readable entries list items such as hens and young chickens with modest variations, reflecting a stable local market.
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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1905
Page
4
Prices paid in Fat troughs show steady values for beef, corn, and poultry. Readable entries list items such as hens and young chickens with modest variations, reflecting a stable local market.
Get in the game at the Bowl Alley during the holidays. James Keller is home for the holidays with his family. M Conway is ill at his West Cork street home. E E B Feller of Washington is here for the holidays. Daisy Dunlap of Hampshire county West Virginia is visiting her sister Mrs Ed Carper. Owen Swimley of Eastern Normal College Front Royal is at home for the holidays. B F Pope and wife of Front Royal with Miss Chloe Manual. Victor Larrick of Pennsylvania and Howard Willey of Beverley D C with sister Mable of Middletown spent Saturday with Frankie Venable of North Kent street.
Miss Katherine Glass of Fort Louis doun Seminary travels to New York on seminary business. Despite holiday closure the offices remain open and attendance is expected to rise when classes resume January 3.
Mr Joseph Funkhouser has received a check for 20000 dollars from the Bank of Good Cheer in Maryland. The payment covers an old debt plus interest that had been considered lost for many years.
Mr. C. A. Bahlman operates the Taylor House saloon and has decorated it with colored electric lights at night, making the premises attractively lit.
Mr and Mrs C E Hoover left this afternoon for Quinsboro to attend the marriage of Miss Lelia Adams to Mr Edgar Hook which takes place tomorrow.
Waite Post reports Methodist Sunday School Christmas entertainment last night and Episcopal Church event this evening. Miss Shirley B Miller sails for Wheatland for a month, house party at White Sulphur. Wedding announced for Miss Marianna Bailey to Mr Charles Pflug of Washington, occurred last Thursday. Miss Lucy Crisman returns home for holidays and Miss Anna Green hosts a holiday event at her home. Miss Bessie Washington of King George visits Guns E the handsome residence.
The Berryville News notes several residents visiting family for Christmas and return home from Baltimore Farmville and Richmond. The Baptist Church Sunday School plans a Christmas entertainment on Thursday December 28 at seven o clock with an attractive program. Individuals named include Misses Sadie and Anda Smith Mr. Province McCormick and Cadet Captain of the V P I BE H Taylor Harreld Clapp Harold Clapp Lee Keeton and Abe Thomas plus others visiting relatives for the holidays.
An advertisement urges readers to use Mi o na tablets to strengthen the stomach and prevent digestive troubles. It claims the remedy cures symptoms after meals and offers a risk free guarantee through Franck Baker & Son with a 50 cent box.
Christmas greetings from Kernstown residents include Tidlers of Alexandria visiting relatives, Fetzer family happiness at homecoming, Pearl Bradfield returning from Summit Point and Charles Town with her uncle, and a holiday school closure. Wells and classmates stay connected as risks and illnesses are noted alongside visits to Strasburg Winchester Capon Roads and Armel.
The Motion Picture Company returns to The Auditorium for two nights December 27 and 28. The program features twenty new films each evening with prices for lower floor 20 and 30 cents, balcony 10 and 20 cents, plus reserved seats.
George H. Eagle a meat merchant distributed holiday gifts to customers a small bucket of lard presented as Christmas presents reflecting a local custom and business goodwill.
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