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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1937
Page
6
Col H V Stone acts as auctioneer selling a mix of household goods including a 6 gallon crock, two Ol ion rugs, a gallon double boiler, a mahogany rocker, an oak leather chair, an overstuffed davenport, a broadloom rug, a French oval plate mirror, miscellaneous bottles, tumblers and sacks in various conditions.
The Chicago market notes wheat declines amid rising U S supply while corn shows mixed moves. Kansas City livestock reports hogs and cattle trading unevenly with steady to lower bids and moderate demand as grain prices edge. Wall Street closes mixed with steel and farm equipment gains, rails slipping, and bonds stronger.
In Holdredge Nebraska motorists jam streets by the railroad station to watch the streamlined train arrive each night. Police warn that continued blocking of traffic will lead to court action to stop the practice.
Mrs Rachel Flory of Pasadena visited the W C Flory home. Mrs Otto Barton entered Memorial hospital for tonsil removal. Alberta Garner helps with Barton housework. Betty Botts returned to Tonganoxie after visiting Arthur Ousdahl. Clifford Kincaid and son visited Rosa Green and Grace Marie Ford. Ford and family visited Topeka. Vernon Flory and friends enjoyed a Lawrence picnic south of town. Otto Barton family traveled to Nebraska and Iowa. W C Flory and son Jerald and Joe Bordner visited Kansas City on business. Oliver Garners stayed with Allan Coffman in Tonganoxie vicinity. John David Nieder of Lone Star visited relatives. Garner helped cook for threshers. Thurston Quidahl of Midland visited Harold Skeet family. Tibbett Wellman All Sen club met Elmer Weible for a covered dish luncheon.
Sunday visitors gathered at Mrs. Laura Anderson and daughter Arlein while others spent Monday with Mrs. John Martin. Families from Wilder Muncie Linwood Cafer and Kansas City joined in local visits. A hospital nursing update, school reunion notices, play practice, burial attendance, and several trips to Gardner DeSoto Lawrence were noted among many neighbors and relatives.
Community updates list visits and travel among residents including Mrs. Herbert Champion returning home after hospital care in Topeka. Several families Mrs. Arthur Ousdahl and Lila Botts host weekend gatherings while John Bowers fills a Brethren church vacancy in Seattle. Truck purchases and moves to Idaho and Topeka are noted, plus various Sunday trips to Circleville and Easton to see relatives and attend events.
Mrs Lawrence Stoneking cared for A J Taylor in Tonga noxie last weekend. Clayton Walker and family of Leavenworth visited daughter Theo Stoneking. Fred Heywood visited Walter Heywood and family as Eskridge’s Alice Bennett returned from two weeks with Thistlewaite. Various neighbors and relatives from Linwood Tonganoxie Eudora Kansas City joined local gatherings and threshing week social notes.
The page lists varied items from nautical terms to authors and places. It references a barge in port, O Henry, Geneva Lake, Chicago, and a mix of names and locations including Santiago and Boston. It notes a pictorial landscape view and alphabetic letters used in foreign words.
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