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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1918
Page
7
S D Bishop a Lawrence Kansas lawyer operates from the Bowersock Building with phone contact listed as 59.
Notice lists breeders and related payments with cryptic wording and jumbled phrases. Names appear distorted but reference to breeding stock and trea payments is noted. No clear dates or locations are established in the readable text.
The readable fragments reference Kansas and a mix of names and terms. Specific events, dates, or actions are not clearly identifiable, leaving only scattered mentions and incomplete phrases to summarize.
Fragmented OCR blends stock farm notes with family notices. It mentions Riverside Stock Farm, Pure Brea, Captain Morgan, and Liberty Bands. Local society items reference a Tucre minute men talk, a birthday party in Lawrence, farm sales to Manhattan, and visits from Osborn County residents, with several names and places scattered amid unreadable strings.
Mrs. Lu cretia Bigsby hosted friends while Mrs. Arbuckle held a tea party on Friday afternoon with a long list of attendees. A Liberty Band gathering at the schoolhouse drew a crowd with children’s program and a talk by Rev. Bert and Mr Mitchell. Brackett school to close Friday April roth with a basket dinner and afternoon activities. Community members attended events at the high school last Saturday and other households hosted visits and dinners through the week.
Market report shows Western Supply higher receipts for cattle and hogs while sheep pull back. Prices edge up across cattle and hog categories with steady to firmer tone. sheep move mildly higher. Trading activity centers on regional stockyards with mixed demand and sustained interest in breeding cattle and feeders.
The text records unsettled bid prices and weekly ranges for a commodity market, with late clearance and day’s receipts noted. It mentions government prices, unquoted wheat, and local market activity, plus a university project about 450 stars to be displayed from the Engineering building. It ends with a tongue in cheek line about ornery men and a joke about asking for tobacco.
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