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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1940
Page
7
Classified column lists help wanted for reliable country girls seeking permanent work in good homes. Also includes coal sale offers from Johns Coal Co with smokeless varieties and prices, produce sales, rental ads, wallpaper cleaning service, tomatoes and melons for sale, and farm equipment bargains.
The Chicago market ends a price slump with a rally gaining more than a cent as buying from consuming interests supports prices. German air raids and a blockade proclamation weigh on sentiment. Alberta frost is noted, while futures show varied moves with open interest listed. Kansas City hogs and cattle markets reflect a mostly steady to higher trend for the week amid limited offerings and price shifts.
At week start traders note mixed grain bids with no westerns and shipments at various prices. Prices show declines in naties and firming in futures as No 3 dark, white and yellow corn, oats and rye futures move, with Chicago and Kansas City values listed for Sept Dec May expiries and accompanying livestock product prices.
Market notes show egg prices butterfat and poultry quotes in Chicago and Kansas City with Hogs at 6.40, grain values for wheat and yellow corn around 64 cents, and several securities including Treasury bonds and major stocks listed with changes. Names such as Idaho Bliss Triumphs and Nebraska Cobblers appear among commodity listings.
Fall social at Frank and Mindle Bowen home features numerous relatives and friends from Kansas City and nearby towns. Attendees include Hanna Pfleger August Vitt Mrs Howard Caviness and daughters Betty and Poe, Rosemary Birdsong, Jim Dyer Verna Jean Jayne Vitt Dee Laughlin, and others. Family travels and visits noted alongside farm chores and harvest efforts as weather aids late crops and wheat sowing.
Fire at Charlie Hyres farm spread to nearby straw bales, burning about 40 bales. Sunday visitors included Mrs. Fred Myers and children at the Meyers home. Various residents visited Lawrence, High Prairie, and Baldwin, with birthdays, showers, and a marriage surprise for Mary Peterson and Riley Barnhart noted. Weather caused flooding on roads near Lawrence, delaying travel.
A visitor list shows Mrs. Fred Reetz and Gretta R along with Mrs. Harold Simon visiting Thursday or Friday. Canery of Linwood stayed with her parents Noah Canary. Betty Mathia of Linwood visits relatives for a few days with her aunt and uncle.
Mrs Laurie Postma cooked for threshers when an accident occurred south of Dover between Harold Flory and Johnny Beegley. Richard Postma and Oscar Flory were injured and others had minor bruises. Sunday meals were shared at the Shuck and Flory households. Tucker is ill and hospitalized with an infection.
Darrell and Barbara spent Tuesday with Mra Oscar Shuck and the Solon Markleys and family hosted Kansas City relatives last weekend. Bill Dean Shoemakers returned home after two weeks with his grandparents Mr and Mrs Will Pontma. Mr and Mrs Frank Deay and Mr and Mrs Laurie Postma visited Mrs Elwood Deay in Lawrence. The column notes monthly livestock and farm product sales through area classifieds.
A vintage ad touts dramatic discounts on 1930s cars with trade ins and easy terms. Vehicles listed include a 1939 Chevrolet Luxe Coupe for 495, a 1937 Dodge Delano for 395, a 1937 Oldsmobile 62 Touring Sedan for 375, a 1936 Chevrolet DeLuxe Town Sedan for 295, a 1936 Ford V-8 Coach for 250, and a 1938 Dodge DeLuxe four door for half price, plus many other makes and models.
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