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Newspaper
Atchison Weekly Globe
Location
Atchison, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1927
Page
15
The report notes slow lamb sales with lighter demand and steady feeding classes. Western lambs are selling at about 13.40 to 13.65 per unit, feeders down to around 13.25, while the best fat ewes bid around 6.0.
Kansas City markets show hogs at 8500 head slow and uneven with minor declines to 10 cents. Top hog price 11.30 per hundredweight for 210 to 230 pounds. Desirable weights 180 to 250 pounds steady. Larger hogs and sows mixed. Cattle and calves totals around 6000 with beef steers and yearlings steady. western cattle slow. good fed Kansas steers around 13.50 with yearlings higher.
Kansas City grain market reports 171 wheat cars with prices 1 cent lower and oats mostly unchanged to 4/4 cent lower. The tone notes slight declines across grain components, reflecting trading activity on September 26.
St Joseph Missouri cattle hog and sheep quotations from September 20 show receipts totals around 2500 cattle 3000 hogs and 6000 sheep. Cattle steady overall with various grades and loads. top steer price 14.50 for 1402 lb load. most slaughter cows 6 to 8. veal calves 50 cents to 1 lower. stockers and feeders 8.50 to 9.75. Hogs slow but steady to 15 cents lower with practical top 11.80. packing sows 9.25 to 9.75. smooths up to 10. Sheep receipts 6000 described as fat sheep with prices not completed in fragment.
Rosa Mae Spradlin one of two 15 year old girl bandits attempted to rob a railroad station in Avon Park Florida. The revolver was poked into a rib and the trigger pulled twice but the shell failed to explode. Spradlin is held for trying to shoot night marshal A F Helm.
Daily notes report Mrs. W. W. James sick with nervous breakdown, a son born to Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Scott, and Mrs. Howard Chew undergoing major surgery at Atchison hospital. Sheriff Coleman to Lansing for Charles Nolan’s maiming sentence. Edith Kocour’s serious operation at Atchison hospital. Chickens supper at Mrs. James Nielson’s Sunday School. George Gilkison resigns as traveling salesman to join HoffstraW manufacturing Co. in Tulsa with Emporia HQ. Ralph Pollock and Hollywood visitors stay with J. E. Pollock. first visit in 85 years. J W Trowbridge arraigned for embezzlement, bond set at $1,000. John Payne, 48, dies. survivors listed with relatives in Atchison, Kansas City, Chicago and Omaha.
The report lists vealers at good choosing price around $13.50 to $14. Sheep show 10,000 head with lambs generally 15 to 25 cents lower. Utah lambs offered at $13.65 and other Colorado and Utah lambs at $13.50, top natives at $12.50 with range duties around $5.75.
Kansas City on Sept 29 lists poultry and other produce prices. Springs 19 to 22 cents, roosters 10 to 13 cents. Eggs, butter, butterfat, and poultry prices shown with firsts, seconds, and creamery quotes. Geese and turkeys included with varied rates.
Toulon France September 29 The Provencal scheme of cooking is urged to cut food costs. Authorities say a single well prepared dish can form a meal. Dishes include onion soup with duck base cassoulet and pot au feu de la Midi.
The death of Mrs. Mary Ann Brune wife of F W Brune poultry farmer occurred at 8 20 am at the home of her daughter Mrs J E Hampton near Potter after a five month illness. She was born October 8 1856 in Brooklyn NY maiden Pfeffer. Surviving are husband two daughters four grandchildren one sister and other relatives. Funeral at St Benedicts church Atchison Saturday 9 am with burial in Catholic cemetery. Sawin Douglass in charge. Also notes on a baby clinic in Northeast Kansas and a stray election vote request at a fruit stand.
Delman introduces slippers encrusted with tiny bevelled glass disks that reflect the evening’s gaiety. The mirror slippers serve as a vanity accessory for high society, catching light and attention at social events.
Classified ads show multiple listings for rooms and housing. Furnished and unfurnished options, private homes, sizes from single rooms to five rooms, with references and contact details. Also includes rental notices and local market items.
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