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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1938
Page
7
Auction lists farm tools and equipment such as tractors plows disk harrows and a planter along with orchard gear and hay equipment. Household goods include stoves heaters furniture and small appliances with cash terms noted.
Chicago wheat futures fall about 1 percent as Canadian 1938 crop estimates near double last year and Australian 1938 39 acreage rises. Prices for Sept and Dec contracts slide while open interest climbs. Across Kansas City, hogs and cattle move unevenly amid mixed fattening yields and lighter demand in others markets.
Readable items show hay prices for alfalfa and prairie grades, estimated livestock receipts for cattle hogs and sheep, Chicago potato market with U S and Idaho varieties, livestock close with hogs and cattle price ranges, and Kansas City cash grain with wheat corn bids and price quotes. Key entities include Kansas City AP USDA reports, Idaho Triumphs and Bliss, Nebraska and Wisconsin grade references.
Prices for oats maize millet and wheat futures show varied movement with several grades up or down by a few cents. Government bonds in New York quoted Treasury 414e 119 and Treasury 3s 55-51 166.21 as of today’s AP report.
Grain and livestock prices show wheat at 46, hogs at 8.30, butterfat for several grades, and poultry by weight. Chicago close lists Sept wheat 60 53, Dec 62 53, corn Sept 50 54, oats Sept 22 54, beans Oct 76 35, rye Sept 39 7, lard Sept 9 32, bellies Sept 9 32 with various stocks and industry names including Am Can, Bell, and Kennecott among others.
After six down sessions the New York market steadies with limited gains as steel and motor shares lead a modest upturn while volume remains around 60 000 shares. Traders worry over European tensions and grain futures soften though autos and utilities show mixed results. Local notes cover a beauty contest party for Miss Justine Finney and Lone Star 4-H meeting planning a lemonade stand.
Lone Star society notes report the Jolly Stitchers club meeting with Mrs Solon Markley of Columbia and guests Mrs John Dunn and Elizabeth. Miss Lois Flory left for a week off before starting work for Mrs Crum baker. Paul Montgomery plans to join Mrs Montgomery in Casper Wyoming while she homesteads near Hyland. The Flory sisters attended a lawn party hosted by Betty Jean Banning. Mr and Mrs John Johnson of Overbrook area welcomed a baby girl.
Sanitary hog raising shifts farrowing houses yearly using a home-made rig moved in four at a time. Jim Kirk of Gage County Nebraska fills a trench silo for three consecutive years and uses steers to tramp silage, claiming better compaction. A bloated cow is relieved by a mouth device and rope halter, stock tanks are bent by cattle, and a guard rail made from old iron pipe protects corners from dents.
Mr and Mrs Olin Osborn and their children, visitors to Mrs J R Catlett, have traveled to Missouri to visit Mr Osborns brother. Mr and Mrs Max Reeves and their daughter Sandea returned to Lawrence after vacationing with the Kirbys.
Answers list includes diverse items such as Portugal Denmark Woodrow Wilson Melanism and two cent stamps. It names nations regions and terms like Cofferdam St Lawrence and Hydrometer with scattered topics across history science and geography.
Classic Ford and Chevrolet pickups listed including a 1937 Ford pickup a 1936 Ford panel a 1936 Ford pickup and a 1934 Chevrolet long wheelbase truck. Prices and contact details not provided in fragment.
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