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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1940
Page
7
A dense OCR fragment shows various classified items and market notices from Lawrence Kansas. Entries mention for rent and sale items, bids for public works, commodity prices, farm markets, stockholders meetings, and local business ads with multiple names and places.
Chicago reports December wheat trading near unchanged with modest declines in May and July contracts amid ample Argentine crop signals and weaker delivery options. Kansas City notes steady hogs and varied cattle prices with week’s top yearling steers around 14.10 and feeder notes, while cash grain mixed with soft wheat prices and mixed corn and oats futures.
Grain prices activity shows wheat 74, yellow corn 50, white and mixed 47. poultry and eggs quoted with hens under four pounds at 8 and over four pounds at 11. springers broilers 8 11. roosters 4 b. stags 6 s. sees straight runs 22. pullet eggs 15. hogs at 6.70. Government bonds report no transactions. The Day In Wall Street notes mixed closes with several large blocks liquidated for tax loss, volume about 600000 shares, and a late rally pause.
The death of Mrs. Sarah Robinson occurred at her son Walter Robinsons home on Friday December 6 aged 88. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church with Rev Joseph Lane officiating and music by Mrs John Sutton and others. Burial was beside husband John Robinson who died in 1914. Surviving are son Walter and wife, granddaughter Mrs Clair Clarridge and husband, Baldwin, and three great grandchildren. Grandmother Robinson enjoyed Thanksgiving at the Clarridge home. She had a stroke the following Sunday evening from which she never recovered. Amon those going from this
Local readers attended Bible day services with multiple residents from McLouth and nearby towns. Church groups met for rehearsals and Christmas events while out of town members joined gatherings in Lawrence Topeka and Salina. Farm news includes large turkey flocks and farm bureau plans for December events.
James Gee and the Gibsons visited sister Etta Smith and family in Valley Grove. Margaret Teel returned from K S C Manhattan for vacation with her parents. H C Teel and James Lester group returned from Chicago. Jay A Alexander and family visited Stan with their daughter and husband. Charles Pitts also mentioned in the gathering.
Mrs. Charles Sparks returns home in improved condition after hospital stay. Fire blocks near Budora extinguished. Mrs. J. A. Giebner hosts visitors. holiday gatherings and church events noted. Lawrence Guards enlistments and Grange activities mark a busy period for De Soto residents.
The report notes Donald Bower and companions from Lawrence area joined a Kansas City airplane school course in sheet metal work and found employment in aviation. Zook and family visited Leonie, while Wilma Lehman traveled with relatives to Pleasant Hill to visit a sister.
Linwood residents hosted and visited family and friends across Kansas City Desoto DeSoto and Bonner Springs. Guests included Mrs Mae Riley Fay Hubbard Buleah Travis from Kansas City and Mrs Fay Parry Dr Esther Parry of Lawrence and many others visiting relatives in Linwood and at the Parry home. A wedding news item notes Roy Curtis of DeSoto married Iva Bowers of Salina on Tuesday November 26 at Salina.
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