Dear Abby column prompts legal grave marker debate
Readers query about what names may appear on a deceased parent’s headstone and a correction from a monument dealer. Other letters urge caution in relationships during divorce, advise on handling an overweight daughter, and request etiquette on adult-only wedding invitations.
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Sheaffer reports higher early fiscal quarter sales
Fort Madison executives anticipate a substantial rise in sales and income for the first quarter of the fiscal year. President Walter A. Sheaffer told stockholders that final figures for the first three months are not yet complete.
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W. A. Sheaffer
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Grain and Livestock Markets From Omaha and Chicago
Omaha market shows hogs 4,500 head with barrows and gilts up to 50 higher and sows up 25, cattle and calves mixed with steers near steady to 25 lower, spring lambs 50 lower. Chicago reports hogs 6,000 with steady to 25 higher, primes at 24.25-25, slaughter steers steady to weak and several prime loads, cattle volume 8,000 with varied prices, spring lambs steady and fine, some high grade.
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USDA
Chicago Livestock Chicago
Chicago
Chicago Soybean Futures Show Broad Strength
Chicago grain desk reports soybean futures in active trading with a generally strong trend in the early afternoon session. Traders watched for market cues amid steady demand and nearby price support factors.
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Chicago Grain
Chicago
Commodities Steady to Easier at Board of Trade Trade
Transactions today on the Board of Trade showed steady to easier prices with light hedging in wheat due to weak buying support. Carrot receipts were tallied, with wheat seven cars and corn one hundred fifty six, oats five, barley seventeen, and soybeans eleven. Wheat closed up one cent per bushel. July grade at 1.43 and 1/2. corn July at 1.2338 to 1.25. oats down about 2 to 12 cents. rye unchanged to four higher. soybeans up one cent with July at 2.49 and 1/2.
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Chicago Cash Grain Prices Report
Wheat No 2 red 1.453 per bushel. Corn No 1 yellow 1.2714, No 2 yellow 1.27, sample grade yellow 1.24. Oats No 2 extra heavy white 64. Soybeans No 2 yellow 2.51. Soybean oil 8.20.
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Chicago Cash Grain
Chicago
Iowa and Minnesota Packing Plants Receive Week’s Cattle and Hogs
Estimated receipts Friday at Iowa and southern Minnesota packing plants reach 40 000 with 37 000 the prior day and 45 000 for the week. Burrows and gilts are steady to 25 higher while sows move 25 higher in price.
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DES Moines
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Iowa
Minnesota
Cyclists Ride to Dallas Hit by Strong Headwinds
Thirty two Iowa cyclists traveling tandem bicycles to a Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in Dallas were forced to seek a gift for the first time Thursday due to strong headwinds and gusts.
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Okla
Chamber of Commerce
Dallas
Costly Umayyad Mosque Vouchers Burned by Caliph Walid
In 709 Caliph Walid rejected inspecting vouchers for the Damascus mosque funds and ordered them burned. The 18 camels carrying the verification vouchers were freed from labor for life as he deemed it wicked to doubt money spent on God. Tomorrow, The Yogi Who Berries His Head To Pray.
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Damascus
Syria
Walid
Fort Scott riders halted by overnight stop schedule
A travel segment notes riders moving from Fort Scott Kansas to Miami slowed by an overnight stop in Columbus Kansas and reliance on local rides. The report includes U.S. Senator remarks on civil rights and a stock sale by Chicago and North Western tied to Rock Island Lines.
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Miami
Columbus, Kan
Chicago
Chicago and North Western Railway Co
Rock Island
North Western
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