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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1938
Page
7
Chicago and Kansas City markets report fluctuating grain prices as Russo Japanese war fears influence wheat. Europe’s bumper crop pens gains. Cattle and hogs show slow activity with varied price shifts. Kansas City hay and nearby corn and beans trade evolve amid open interest figures.
Wheat and corn bids for Kansas City deliveries show mixed moves with No. 2 dark hard wheat near 9.78 to 9.78, Sept and Dec futures around 63.5 to 66.14, and corn bidding up to 5.53 for white and 5.14 for yellow via nearby quotes. Oats and milo provide modest gains or steady offerings, while rye and barley show limited activity. Kansas City produce reports note eggs at 19 cents, butter at 26.34, poultry prices steady to up slightly. Chicago potatoes remain dull with U.S. No. 1 prices around 75 to 90 cents per cwt in various regions.
Estimated livestock receipts for tomorrow report cattle 2,000 calves 0 hogs 1,500 sheep 3,000 as compiled by AP U S Department of Agriculture. Government Bonds New York close shows Treasury 3% June at 106.7.
The report lists commodities and prices including Treasury notes, wheat at 53, yellow corn 54, butterfat and eggs quotes, hogs thin trading with 9.25 to 9.40 for 170 to 230 lb sufficients, cattle and lambs showing uneven or lower close, and Wall Street activity with gold shares fluctuating as markets wait for domestic recovery signals.
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The finish showed losses of 80 to 35 cents a bale. The British pound at mid afternoon sold at 4.89 dollars, down more than a cent to the decline’s low. The French franc stood at 2.7414 cents, off .011% of a cent.
Mrs Rose LeCompton and family left for Wyoming to attend the Cheyenne rodeo stopping in Norton Kansas to visit Fritz Hill. Several residents visited in Kansas City Missouri and nearby towns while others hosted or traveled to visits in Stull Lyndon and Topeka. Obituaries note the death of Arthur McPheeterb formerly of Vinland and Baldwin.
Walter Babbitt vocational agriculture teacher at Vinland rural high school stayed with Mr and Mrs Woodrow Sturdy on Wednesday. He joined Louis Heinrich and Alberti Eckman Belleview 4-H club members for a two day judging tour in Franklin and Douglas counties with county club agents. Ernestine Booker of Kincaid called at the Sturdys. Howard Jamison returned from western Kansas where he worked during harvest. Mrs Kermit Laughlin and—
Lawrence Rendering Works advertises prompt removal of dead animals in good condition and pays more than competitors for old live horses, dry bones. Phone 197 Central Charge. Call to us.
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