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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1938
Page
9
Leaving town, Susie A Johnson sells at auction Friday July 29 1938 at 1022 Connecticut Street beginning 1 o clock. Items include dining set 145 inch table 6 chairs Hoo sier cabinet ice refrigerator radiants gas heaters and many household furnishings. Cash terms. Auctioneer H V Stone.
Market news from Chicago shows wheat futures sliding to five year low as renewed selling driven by fears of rust and grasshopper damage in spring crop regions near the Canadian border. Open interest and weekly figures cited. corn and oats move differently with mixed results. In Kansas City hogs and cattle trade, prices largely firm or higher with selective gains across weight classes. beef steers and yearlings show slow or steady activity amid limited demand.
Estimated livestock receipts for tomorrow show cattle 4000, calves 800, hogs 1500, sheep 3000. Kansas City and Chicago grain and livestock quotes list bid tones, grain prices, oats, corn, wheat, rye, barley and fats with varied cents changes and close figures. Hay markets, potatoes, and produce in Kansas City and Chicago also noted with price ranges and locations.
Local markets list grain prices for wheat and yellow corn at 54. Butterfat numbers No. 122 and 219. Poultry prices for hens under 4 pounds 10, 4 to 5 pounds 12, 5 pounds and up 14, springs 12 14, stags and roosters 6. Eggs 16. Hogs 9.70. Government bonds close in New York with Treasury 3% June 106.11, Treasury 4s 114.13, Treasury 3s 55 1 106.17. The Day in Wall Street notes market activity.
Trading opened with sharp selling as leaders faltered and volume waned during a broad market relapse. U.S. Steel faces post close dividend doubts while American Telephone gains buoy the list, and numerous industrials retreat as commodities and bonds trend lower.
Arnold Haas of Tulsa visited family in Tonganoxie. Bids on reroofing city hall were opened with L. W. Koch the low bidder and work to begin. Lawn water rates discussed and W. C. Allan to present data next council meeting. A Lawrence marriage license issued to Henry Messenger and Mildred Good. A daughter born to Dean and wife in Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Velma Claire Whitaker wed Howard Mason in Olathe with Rev. C. H. Husband officiating. A. J. Southard, 80, died at his farm home near Tonganoxie after sixty years of residence. Burial at Holy Angels Cemetery.
Hubert Hall of Mound threshes in the community this week. Mrs. Jessie Hulce of Lawrence and her daughter Mrs. Bill Haley visit with family. Mrs. Charles LaDuke visits E H Dimick Tuesday morning. Ardell Weeks and Lloyd Dimick have been combining wheat on the farm.
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