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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1943
Page
8
Invitation to bid from the City of Lawrence Kansas for regular brand gasoline delivering to city pumps from January 1 to December 31 1944. Bids due December 27 1943 at 5:00 p m. City Clerk and H C Fisher sign. Governing Body may reject any or all bids.
New York markets show higher stocks with leaders upturn and steady panes, while cotton weakens on hedging. Wheat eases on light buying and commercial activity. rye rallies briefly and then cools. Kansas City livestock see hogs steady to higher, cattle mixed, with slaughter steers and calves quoted across ranges.
Local markets report grain and poultry prices with varying figures including grain at 1.45 for wheat and 1.04 for yellow corn. The Day in Wall Street notes a broad market advance led by rails and supported by steel motors farm equipment and specialty stocks with about 1.3 million shares traded and bonds steady.
Sunday services at Wellman chapel were light after a rough day. Rev. Knox addressed Abraham to Christ as district superintendent from Topeka plans to preach on December 12. Red Cross volunteering and Friday luncheons featured. Red Cross work praised. M. J. Guthrey, recently visiting from Redondo Beach, will spend Christmas in Lawrence. Families and servicemen updates follow with nursing classes under Mrs Spoeneman and Mrs McAfferty. Luella Daniels suffers burns. memorial hospital care noted.
A brief item notes a day to visit his father Horace Shaeffer and a sister in Tulsa Oklahoma. Mrs Charley Stewart hosted the So and So club at her home Thursday afternoon with the next meeting to be announced later.
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