FOR SALE LIST AND ESTATE NOTICE FROM LAWRENCE DESCRIPTIONS
Classified items including gas heaters beds and stoves with prices, plus notices for stockholders meetings of Douglas County Building and Loan Association and probate hearing for Clara J. Hibbard estate. Notices name Clyde M. Neely and others with dates in January 1940.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Douglas County Building and Loan Association
Said Building and Loan Association
Sapares
A. Pharlemick
Lawrence
Kansas
State of
Douglas
Clara J. Hibbard
Jimmie Soles Neely
Clyde M. Neely
Clara
J. Hibbard
Riling ,& Riling
Grain and livestock markets buoyed by cold wave in Chicago
Chicago reports a cold wave lifting grain prices with wheat up about a cent and corn oats fractions while forecasts of zero temperatures in parts of the southwestern winter wheat belt spur buying. Private data show wheat futures gains and increased demand for feed grains. In Kansas City livestock markets hogs and cattle rose modestly with various weight classes showing strength, while sheep and lambs were active, and estimated tomorrow receipts listed.
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Chicago
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Kansas City Grain Prices Endants and Chicago May Quotes
Grain market fronts show Wheat prices slipping slightly with No 2 dark hard and No 2 red bids around 1.00 to 1.05. Corn mixed gains to 6 3 4, oats modest shifts, milo and kaffir listed, Kansas City and Chicago reports note May July futures and spot prices. Government bonds end session at Treasury 4s 114.21 as Wall Street closes mixed after steel sector pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Wall Street
New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Anaconda
Boeing
Douglas Aircraft
Bressler
Phelps-Dodge
Union Cervink
Allied Chemical
Loft
American Telephone
American Tobacco B
Johns Manville
Election of officers for Junior No 10 Sunday School
December 31 election re elected B A Coates as superintendent and Carl Loree as assistant. Other officers named include Miss Beth Kring secretary Dale Hobson treasurer Kenneth Hobson librarian Mrs Dana Hobson pianist Beth Kring assistant pianist and Mrs Charles Detwiler choirist. No class teachers named yet. Families hosted New Year dinner for local residents. Storms caused no Sunday school January 7 and 14. No. 10 Community club plays Ruth of Smoky Hollow January 18 at Excelsior with cast including Coates Loree Schoonover Hobson Detwiler and others. Community meeting attendance noted after weather. Excelsior presented Ready Made Family to good reception. Sandwiches and coffee served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. A. Coates
Carl Loree
Beth Kring
Dale, Hobson
Kenneth Hobson
Dana Hobson
Charles Detwiler
Millard Jackson
Leo Jackson
Gardner
J. W. Jackson
Russell Whitla
Russell, Jr
Amprose
Edgerton
Kan
No. 10 Community Club
Ruth
Smoky Hello
Excelsior
Ese Schoonover
Jerald Hobson
Harry Hobson
Raymond Stoneking
No. 10
Pleasant Valley
John Cline
O. M. Hird Grove
Topeka
Lars Jardon
Jardon
Frank Kellerman
Richard Butell
O. M. Hird Butcher
Jimmie
Roy Clary
Butell
Hird
Jereld Hobson
Noble Grand Club
Baldwin
John Turner
New Tonia
Ethel Turner
Bert Emery
John Cunningham
Owen Turner
Jerold Hobson
Sharon
Walter Kirby
Kirbys
Nalalla
Tex
Medona
Kirby
Anderson Place
Clair Rockhold
Lewis Tucker
Hopewell
Herman Butell
Caroline Hyland
Steve Speicher
Centropolis
George Butell
Bobbie
Wince
Dean Butell
Leroy
Peter
Excelsior C.P.A
Pleasant Valley community notes and local visits recap
Pleasant Valley residents recall February meeting plans for church play refreshments provided by Mrs. B A Coates Mrs Millard Jackson and Mrs John Cline. The column lists visitors and family meals including O M Hird and daughter Lars Jardon in Topeka surgery reports and social news from Baldwin and Ottawa areas.
DeSoto Woman Allie Taylor Dies After Illness
Mrs Allie Taylor wife of B S Taylor lifelong DeSoto resident died Thursday morning after a three week illness. She was a Methodist, Athenaeum member and Western Star. survived by husband daughter Alberta Martinson son Louis Frain Taylor grandson John Taylor sister Mara Hershfield Kansas City and brother George Frain Kansas City. Funeral at Chambers funeral home Saturday. burial in DeSoto cemetery beside her infant children. Community notes mention club meeting and local visits.
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Allie Taylor
B.S. Taylor
DeSoto
Taylor
Methodist Church
Athenaeum Club
Western Star
Alberta Martinson
Louis Frain Taylor
John Taylor
Mara Hershfield
Chicago
George Frain
Kansas City
Chambers Funeral Home
DeSota
J. M. Torrence
Fred Zellers
C. B. Wilard
Richard Jensen
Freddie Morse
C. S. Hambleton
Lawrence
A. D
Harmen
Kenneth Weddle
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
G. V. Longstreth
Topeka
Longstreth
Insurance Company
C. G. Mickel
Phyllis Jane
CO. E. Ashlock
Harry Hiddleston
Methodist Aid
A. J. Nelson
Leuie Jewett
Baselor
Norbert Mize
Berenice Mize
San Antonio
Tex
Eldon
Manning
Commerce
Post Office
Elva Jane Taylor
Musical Bulletin on Dolphy Friml? (Note: title adjusted)
A brief nod to staying home during cold evenings and listening to records featuring Dolphy Friml. The item signals a musical bulletin highlighting Friml’s work and winter listening appeal.
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Dolph Friml
Local Socials and Winter Delays Highlight Snowy Weekend
Paper carriers struggled with Sunday deliveries as snow clogged roads and milk trucks lagged on routes. Local residents hosted gatherings including Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Miller entertaining guests from Lawrence and Clarendon, while bridge and church groups met with notable attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Miller
J. J. Coy
John Parker
Lawrence
Arthur Gabriel
C. 5. Hambleton
Irma Hambleton
Don Claar
Air
Howard Caldwell
Corliss
O. A. Kobler
Robert
Harry Ei. Miller
R. Zook
Karl Lehman
Wilma
Excelsior community items and local gatherings
Raymond Gibson spent weekend at Walter Pohl home and visitors called on L. W. Haas. The CPA wolf hunt netted one wolf amid cold weather. The play Ready Made Family was staged at Number 10 schoolhouse. Various showers and dinners were held for Gastrock family and others at local homes. No school Thursday and Friday due to a teacher illness.
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Hallie Hale
Hazel Lee Simmons
Esther Johaning
L. W
Womiun’s Missionary Society
E. E. Keep
Loyd
Lloyd Hughes
Excelsior School
Esther Ferne
Mildred Elb
Mabel Haas
Eunice Pohl
Marjorie
Esther Gibson
Ray Vaughn
Gilbert
Winfred
Orlyn Vaughn
Conrad Gastrack
Elsmere Gustrock
Julius Ziesch
Julius Hornberger
Nadine Garpenter
Elsmere Gastrock
Conrad Gastrock
Ida Gastrock
Fred Lynas
Chalmer -Staton
Charley Gilliland
Vane Kring
Walter Pohl
Miltie Kring
Walter Dyer
Ben Gibson
Leo Dyer
Ars
Kim Dyer
Gerald Hobson
Ethel Turner
Earl Clary
Milo Pelea
Mike Jordan
Charles Vaughn
Ernest Pohl
Harry Flory
Ike Thomas
Glen Flora
Fred Lutz
Hibbard Taul
Henry Pohl
Mabel
Eva Haas
Favorite Star and Crossword Style Clues
A crossword style puzzle with horizontal and vertical clues across themed entries. Includes references to actresses, objects, and general terms arranged as a grid with numbered positions and defined answers.
Community club program and updates from the neighborhood
Miss Frances Metcalfe and pupils joined the Mackey community and presented a program with a plate supper. The meeting, led by Ronall Reich, invited Villa Uden and Orkridge clubs. Funds from the plate lunch go to playground equipment. A fox hunt occurred as members noted plenty of tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Metcalfe
Ronall Reich
Villa Uden
Orkridge
Harold Tornedan
Amesstry
Mise MetcaIfe
Ronald Robb
Fred Farrier
Memorin
Bruce Wardwell
Arthur Hemphill
Judith Jo
J. C. Hemphill
Joe Hemphill
Fire destroys five buildings in Goodman business block
In Goodman Missouri on January 18 a fire razed five small buildings in a single block of the business district. A bucket brigade kept the blaze from spreading as the town lacks a fire department. Loss was estimated at 5000 to 10000 dollars by Postmaster George Chancellor.
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Goodman
Missouri
George Chancellor
Answers to Cranium Crackers Classic Music Quiz
A scrambled quiz item set lists Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven Afternoon of a Faun by Debussy Yannhause by Wagner Prelude in Sharp Minor by Rachmaninoff and Unfinished Symphony by Schubert with multiple choice answers.
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Debussy
Yannhauses
Wagner
Rachmaninoff
Schubert
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Rutter
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Hinshaw
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Hixon's
Courter's
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R. B. Dale
N. H
Mr. Mann
K. U
South
Chas
E. Louk
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Maine
Mississippi
West Rankin's Drug Store
U. and Town
Tenn
Lawrence Building and Loan Association
West Side
Rhode Island
Alabama
J. L. Woleslage
Inquirer
Moody
Journal-World
Hamilton Shoe Store
Goodrich
Kong
ABC
Dickinson
Law
Rence
K. C
Ed Garrett
DERBY
Calf Rain. Company
Chester Gould
Redcar
CIVE
Clas&e
Omaha
B. Harold Gray
Gore
Nick
Frank E. Banks
First National Bank
John C. Emick Abstract of
H. V. Stone
Thomas Bros. Auctioneers
Chiropractors
H. W. Craig
D. d
J. R
Holmes Inv, CO
Nurses’ Registry
Wren
Eudora
Hotel Eldridge
M. R. Gill Real Estate Agency
Mass. St
Fritzer Dairy Products
Massachusetts Street
Tippy
Ohio
John and
Howard Cunningham
Laptad Stock Farm
Edison Phonograph
O. A. Bradley
Clinton
Orley M. Smith Coal Co
Johns Coal Co
O. B. Armstrong
Kappa Sigma House
Nike
East 11Th St
Hunter Bros
the Mutual Loan CO
Lawrence Typewriter Exchange
Barr Gorrill
The
L. Beeby
Kansas City Livestock
USDA
Agia
Ap-Uisdai
Lord
Ap-Usda
U. S
Lis Springs
Government
Treasury
Net
al Chem & Dye
Asta
Pmeobinvesa de PO
Cannes Pieneasch
Smelt & R
Tel & Tel
Atech- TE SF
Beth Steel
Cerro
Musical Bulletin
Raymond Gibson
Mackey
Ily
Kate Jewett
Memorial Hospital
Raymond Gardner
Williams-Roberts Motor CO
Genuine
Cabie
Frigidaire
HANNA
Goodman, Mo
Moonlight Sonata
Beetho
Securities Investment
Karl M. Kreider
E. W. Penchard
Hudson
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