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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1927
Page
8
Chicago report notes enlarged commission on house buying of wheat and price setbacks reducing visible supply expectations. A modest export demand for North American wheat and some domestic winter wheat purchases supported prices, with corn up slightly, oats steady, and provisions showing mixed moves.
Chicago markets show hogs mostly 10c lower than Friday with top 12.40 for 150 to 180 pounds and extensive variations across weight classes. Cattle trend weaker with fat cows and several steer categories down, vealers higher to 50c, heifers weaker. Sheep market mixed with feeding lambs up to 40c, native lambs near 13.15, wool lambs around 11.50, ewes and wethers firmer. Kansas City reports similar cattle and hog adjustments plus grain quotes for wheat corn oats and rye, with grain prices and hay grades listed for demand and trading.
Price list shows alfalfa options with No 1 standard and No 2 and 3 grades. Clover mixed items labeled light and No 2 with varying prices. Regional feed buyers can compare No 1 and No 2 standards, with per unit costs ranging from 12.90 to 23.00 across varieties.
AP dispatch lists dairy butter creamery prices at 50 packing 20 and butterfat 39 with premium for extra quality 3c. Eggs cite firsts 29 15 seconds 23. Poultry shows Healy hens 24 light 20 broilers 30 roosters 5s white ducks 25 colored ducks 25 geese 18 turkeys 40. Potatoes Red River Ohios 2.75 2.90 per cent Idaho russets 2.65 2.80 cobblers 2.65 ve.
Grain figures list corn 05 wheat 1 20 oats 50 kaffir 1/10 on hundred. Poultry prices show hens 22 light hens 18 Leghorns and black oilers 14 springs 20. Le premium on whites and large varieties roos ters 12 ducks 12-163 geese 10-13. Hogs 0.50 11.20.
New York stock activity showed a strong undertone with substantial buying in industrial leaders. Gains of 1 to 5 points followed a volatile session as Wheeling & Lake Erie moved past a crisis, and Chesapeake & Ohio drew support amid hopes for a Van Sweringen agreement. General Motors led with an ~8 point rise on strong January sales, while U S Steel and Baldwin attracted buyers. total volume near 750000 shares.
Mr and Mrs Earl Davis were arrested by county officers on liquor charges and released on $250 bonds. Mrs Davis was found guilty of liquor possession in police court, but the sentence was deferred.
Gordon Weyermuller, a 6A grade pupil at Pinckney, was omitted from the class list after earning an extra grade by passing an achievement test. The promotion moves him to junior high, following the eligibility check.
Mrs. Charlie Kurtz learned her sister Mrs. Sarah Potters of Lawrence recently fell and broke her arm. Several Kurtz relatives and friends visited, shopped, and shared meals in Lawrence and Belleview, including Elmer Kurtz, Donald and Frederick Kurtz, Walter Parker, Leonard Bagby and son Richard, Otto Abels and daughters Minnie and Annetta, Fred Neis Sr., and Jane Louise Strobel. A Ladies Aid gathering at the Methodist church attracted people from here and Weaver.
Lakeview residents relay weekend visits and travels among families with many names and small town routes. Mrs. BD H McCreath returns from Allen Kansas while others like Mrs. By Taylor CG B Taylor and Charles Jr. join gatherings with Norris and Hodson families and planups in Topeka and Sunnyside.
Fragmented local notes show Minervan club meeting with Mrs Daisy Gentry on February 20 and Catherine McCreath attending a Thimble Theatre tea. numerous weekend visits, church events, and small-town gatherings follow. Several family visits, trips to Kansas City, Wichita, and Topeka are noted along with bridge pier work on Tally Creek and a medical note about Master Edmund Stanley heading to Memorial hospital for tonsil removal.
Mrs Jake Milburn hosted a 6 o clock dinner Monday with Misses Clara Wotan and Frances Strobel. Topeka visitors Mr and Mrs Jess Wraybill dined with Mr and Mrs William Trowbridge. Western Farm Bureau meeting postponed and held at the academy Tuesday afternoon. Hospital news and local visits populate the week with church, school notes, and Near East relief packing by the Hesper Friends Missionary Society.
Mr and Mrs Willis Dunn and Miss Mabel Tee visited the A E Holcom home Saturday. Mr and Mrs C O Eberwein and son Bobby visited Friday evening. Miss Edna Eberwein returned home with them for weekend. Frank Goff spent Monday afternoon in Lawrence. Noah Hill and children called at the Mitchell home Sunday. Mrs Sarah Pugh and Tom Pugh spent Saturday in Lawrence. Mrs Walter Mitchell and children Gladys and Sol called at Alva Dulin home Saturday morning. Floyd Pardue called at Noah Pugh home Sunday. Ellen Goff of Topeka visited the Goff family over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Sambel Perdue and son Floyd of Number Six and Arthur Shields of Lawrence called on Mrs and Mrs Emery Ice Monday morning. Mr and Mrs John Hagen and [text cut]
Copeland Medical Institute sends expert diagnostician to Lawrence for consultation examination and trial treatment of catarrhal troubles. Treatments combined with other remedies cure piles constipation and rectal diseases under a guarantee.
A fragmentary Lawrence social page lists numerous visits and calls among residents. Names include Tin Pugh, Miss Lawrence, Walter Mitchell, James Georgia, Samuel Mitchell, Noah Hill, Chas Banning, Floyd Perdue, Edd Goff, John Gimblet, Emery Ice and family, Virgil Goft, Tom Pugh, Fred Hastie, and Mrs Robert Wilson. The Edd Goff home hosted a gathering Sunday and a neighborhood social club named The Jolly Stitchers is being organized with meetings every other Wednesday.
A fragmentary report notes Georg visiting on Tuesday with mentions of a phrase about spending time with Childs. The readable text is incomplete and contains unclear quotes.
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