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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1941
Page
11
Classified notice lists a seven room modern house for rent near Die Barage with 216 acres, cow barn and chicken house. Adults preferred. $26 per month. West 28th, phone 1682W.
Auction at Hughey farm four miles west of Linwood on Highway 32 starts Wednesday February 12 at 10 a.m. Land and improvements include 60 acres, timber pasture, crops, various livestock and household items, with one 1936 Chevrolet truck and farming equipment. Terms cash. Honor lunch provided by Linwood Eastern Star. Heirs and owners John T Hughey Estate.
Chicago wheat steadies after a week of selling with quiet trade and small gains over Thursday. May and July futures show mixed moves while corn and oats shift modestly. open interest tallies reflect ongoing demand. Kansas City cattle and hogs largely steady with light supplies and a cleanup trade in cattle.
Wheat futures mixed as of Jan 31 with No 2 dark hard spring and No 1 hard bids shown. Corn and oats prices move little while milo and barley trade in narrow ranges. Chicago and futures quotes list May July and Sept contracts across wheat corn and soybeans with modest gains and losses.
Kansas City January 31 AP hay market lists three cars of alfalfa and prairie grades with prices for No 1 No 2 and No 3 leafy alfalfa plus prairie values in dollars per hundredweight.
Report notes U S shipments of potatoes including Idaho Russet and Burbank varieties. States Nebraska Cobblers and North Dakota Cobblers show 84 to 90 percent on track with gains. Bliss Triumphs appears at about 70 percent or more in the market outlook.
Kansas City produce prices dated Jan 31 list current receipts for pita butter creamery butterfat at 25, poultry items including hens broilers springers roosters and turkeys with varied weights and prices. Grain prices show wheat yellow corn white and mixed at specific cents per unit. Butterfat No. 1.29 No. 2.26. hogs 7.50.
Closing government bonds show Treasury 4s trading at 113.1 and 44s at 120.28 after the day in New York trading dated January 31.
Wall Street saw scattered rallies in steel and rail shares while overall trading remained slow. Gains were erased by the close as transfers hit about 450000 shares, down from 780000 yesterday amid a dip in the market. Nervousness over a Hitler speech faded yet war worries and tax anxieties persisted. Notable performers included U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler Montgomery Ward Boeing Kennecott Texas Corp Santa Fe N Y Central Consolidated Edison Southern Railway.
Elizabeth Somers and John Whitaker wed at the Jarbalo Kansas Methodist church in a double ring ceremony. The event featured family attendents, a reception at the Whitaker home in Tonganoxie, and a three tier cake centerpiece. The bride, a teacher from Leavenworth County, wore Eleanor blue crepe. The groom is a Tonganoxie graduate and Sigma Tau Gamma member.
The report notes ongoing calm in illness, stating no additional cases of scarlet fever have been observed to date while acknowledging general progress in health conditions.
Ada Williams attended a bridal shower for Virginia Williams at the home of Virginia Hargett in Lawrence. Leo Dyer shipped two carloads of mules from Oren Owens farm to Memphis and sent cattle to Kansas City. Various Lawrence residents hosted dinners and visits, including the Dyer, Vaughn, Reynolds, and Ledder families, with Farm Bureau activities in Lawrence.
Dyer traveled to Memphis on the following Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Simrock visited Ottawa last Monday. Mrs. Annie Newman and family spent last Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Will Winters. Mrs. Ray Price and Mrs. M. J. Jordon joined Mr. and Mrs. Arlie Heffner to Kansas City to visit Jardon, moved from Trinity Lutheran hospital to his son's home last Friday for recovery. Ada Williams and Carrie Williams attended a bridal shower for Mrs. Donald Smith at Mrs. Edna Williams’s home last Wednesday. Will Winters dined with Mr. and Mrs. Will Vaughn Saturday. Marjorie Gibson stayed overnight with Geneva Reynolds. Mrs. Henry Seele and sons Alvin and Olin recovered from flu. Henry Seele and Walter were in Ottawa last Monday. Elizabeth Albright of Kansas City stays with Glenn and Edna Kellar to care for Mrs. Kellar. The Journal World classifies page promotes readers and results through ads.
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