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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1941
Page
7
A mixed page lists items for sale including piano rugs beds tables and general furnishings Leaving town notices with prices and inventory for oats wheat corn milo and beans Commodity futures for Chicago markets along with potato eggs butter and poultry prices and a Wall Street summary noting cautious trading ahead of Roosevelt Churchill talks and gasoline rationing concerns
AP market roundup shows irregular, narrow stock moves in a slow session. Bonds ease on corporates. commodities mixed with cotton uneven and wheat pressured by profit taking and hedging. Chicago wheat offered slight losses while corn fell. hogs steady and cattle barely changed amid farming program uncertainties.
Mr and Mrs George Richardson and others visited Arlington on Sunday. Families attended ice cream social at Pleasant Grove and a gathering near Lone Star. Fairview youths joined a Kansas City outing at Swope and Fairyland parks. A Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau met with nine members and five guests as Mrs Jack Kelsey led an upholstering lesson.
A crossword style list reveals clues and answers across multiple hints about England leadership, geography, and common terms. Entries include references to verbs, prefixes, and everyday objects, with a final note on state and current terms.
Gus Hadl elected to attend a recreation camp at Tonga noxie. The next meeting is with Mrs. Howard Deay on September 4. Families from Pleasant Grove to Riley and Lawrence share visits and dinners as several locals gather for showers and a covered dish luncheon at the Jack Maloney home.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Diedrich and daughters along with Mrs. Ed Diedrich called on Mr. and Mrs. John Schultz of Prairie Center. Schultz recently returned from a Kansas City hospital and shows improvement. Friends and relatives from Ponca City and Vinland visited Retta Daugherty. Others vacationing include Mr. and Mrs. Fred Moll with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Keyes in Colorado. A Gardiner visit followed and a Lawrence wedding connected to Miss Alta McClure and Homer.
Piersen of Topeka attended a event at Tripity Luther an church in Lawrence Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs Ralph Baker and daughters Doris and Darine of Clay Center are visiting Mr and Mrs Sam Beadleston and Mr and Mrs Kermit Roers. Mrs Gottlieb Nieder attended a plane supper and personal shower at the home of Mrs Sulan Markley Valley Chapel in honor of Miss Alta McClure. Mrs Robert Wilson assisted hostess. Marion Everley spent Thursday in Topeka on business. Mr and Mrs Dana Kidd and daughter Mary Ann and Miss Lois Gerstenberger left Thursday for a two week vacation in Minnesota.
Braniff Airway Inc. will inaugurate a daily Chicago to Dallas service with a single stop at Kansas City starting August 25, authorized by the civil aeronautics authority. The route omits Wichita Ponca City and Oklahoma City and will connect in Dallas to Houston San Antonio and Corpus Christi. Soldiers of the 35th Division consume about 18 000 pounds of roasting chickens monthly.
A nostalgic note on the nightly pleasure of reading the Too Late to Classify column, highlighting its wit and variety.
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