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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1917
Page
5
Prices for lemons oranges and staples appear alongside community happenings in this Lawrence blotter. The item lists fruit, flour, canned goods, dairy, and baking products with scattered prices. The farm and town news cover cattle purchases, tuberculosis tests, shippings, school events, club meetings, visits, and eclipse observations, naming residents and local merchants.
Mr and Mrs John Northrup entertain guests including Mr and Mrs Charles Wheadon at dinner Sunday. Lawrence visitors Mr and Mrs W Murphy spend Monday with Mr and Mrs John Whitelaw. Welsh family and aunt Mrs Syme Skinner from Taawretite attend Saturday evening gathering. Miss Ethel and Carol Martin return to Lawrence after visiting home folks. Several local residents visit relatives in Kansas City and Lawrence. business trips noted. Sunday school attendance tallies, class teacher selections named. Multiple calls and visits chronicle a busy Franklin social week.
AP market report from Kansas City on January 15 shows cattle receipts at 14 000 with steady prices for prime fed steers and dressed beef. hogs at 13 000 with prices about 5 cents lower. butter and eggs markets listed with varying quotes. Wheat and corn futures give mixed to steady moves, No 2 hard wheat near 1.89 to 1.93, corn higher in spots, rye steady, timothy around 1.50.
A garbled OCR item lists assorted meats including beef roast veal chops veal roast veal stew pork loin roast and round steak with scattered misspellings. The fragment suggests a menu or butcher shop advertisement with incomplete product names and unclear descriptors.
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