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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1937
Page
7
A mixed page shows rental notices for a six room house near Pinckney School and other suburban homes with furnishings, plus an apartment for rent near the university. The section also lists farm goods prices, crop markets, grain and commodity quotes, and a stock market summary with notable movers and declines.
Chicago market reports show wheat closing a cent lower while demand and export prospects remain thin. Liverpool weakness and optimistic Canadian output weigh on sentiment as Italy buys modest parcels for September, with India and Roumania also expanding crops. Corn holds steady to higher as markets digest USDA data and futures activity across Kansas City and Chicago.
Mary Pettengill and family hosted relatives from Lawrence at Villa Eden while Miss Vogler also visited Alfred Torneden's home. Lightning struck Carl Torneden’s farm thrice last week, shattering a chimney. Numerous local families gathered for Sunday dinner at the Brock home. Fred Harmon and son Marcus returned home with a threshing outfit from near Tonganoxie. Roy Siscoe and family visited Lawrence neighbors, and a well attended community meeting, led by young folks, concluded the week despite heat.
Test questions on page two list items such as the first white child born to English parents in America, definitions of porcelain clay, and several named figures and places including Marietta and Onis. The notes reference a Master of Engineering Chemist James Monroe, Pitcairn Inland, and a literary title Nicholas Nickleby, plus a color code indicating red for firemen and white for seamen.
A community gathering featured a play and various numbers presented by Charles Hanson Greta Reetz William Torneden Jr Merlin Brock and Vincent Schoenhofer. The next month’s meeting committee includes Mrs. Lloyd Douglas Mrs. Carl Torneden and Melvin Meineke.
Mary Alice Gorzill and Odell Wiley of Lawrence joined Mr and Mrs Frank Marshall Prof and Mrs Harold W Guest and children and Mr and Mrs B H Schultz for Sunday afternoon at the Henry Bailey home. Merle Vaughn spent from Saturday to Monday at the Will Vaughn home and Maurice Vaughn returned with him for a week’s vacation. Mr and Mrs Henry Seele hosted dinner with guests Julius Ziesch Baldwin J W Johannning Mrs Sophia Schwartz Hattie and Oscar Schwartz Worden and George Reynolds and Geneva who spent Sunday in Topeka for the Evangelical summer assembly. Mr and Mrs Lewis Tucker and family were Sunday dinner guests.
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