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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1934
Page
7
The clippings describe commodity quotes and market activity from Chicago and Kansas City, listing potato, egg, butter, poultry, grain and livestock prices, plus bond movements and a mixed Wall Street day. It notes moderate demand, supplies, and varied stock movements amid broader budget discussions and inflation hopes.
In early 1934 local notes record a dinner honoring Lieut. Decker and family at the old home, visits by Topeka businesswomen, and a glee club operetta at the high school titled Ask the Professor. The issue lists lodge officers at Oskaloosa, a wheat allotment program update, the death of Miss Jennie Graham, Home-makers Club party details, and New Year gatherings among area families and local officials.
Reports from Chicago indicate Kansas and Texas dust storms helped wheat futures hold at near day’s highs despite light trading. Kansas City hogs and cattle markets show mixed results with price shifts across weights and stocker classes. Cash grain bids in Kansas City reflect modest gains for No. 2 wheat and varied corn and barley quotes.
The group confers on a possible compromise to monetary problems and aims to present coordinated views to the President. Foreign exchanges show some resistance at opening trading, with the domestic gold rate at 34.05 an ounce reported by the REC. The British pound recovers a cent to 36.11, the French franc up .01 of a cent to 6.15 cents, with other leading currencies edging higher against the dollar.
At Oskaloosa Methodist church a New Year watch night featured Rev. Jesse Mitchell as guest speaker, with a Chinese language singing by his family, a shadow pantomime, organ selections, and remarks by local organizations. Followed by visits, anniversaries, and social hours, the event closed as bells rang in the new year.
Mrs J C Hannah will present spots in Kansag with Charles Jacquemin as program reader and Lee Johnson in charge of Indian type music. The County Corn hog allotment committee named by federal authorities includes Bert Altmeyer Grantville Guy Baker Ozankie and Henry Mandorino Valley Falls prominent corn and hog producers. Mandorin active in county and state corn husking contests. Beekeeping note reports George Pohen mug a beekeeper kills off his colony to save honey reflects cost of winter feeding. Georgia first public health law of 1732 approved guineas for relief of impoverished women about to become mothers.
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