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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1939
Page
9
For sale a good Guernsey cow with a calf by her side. Located 5 miles southwest Eudora, 10 miles southeast Lawrence. Contact Mrs. Charlie Kaiser RB.1 Eudora.
Public auction Thursday August 3 at 10 o clock nine miles southwest of Lawrence four miles east of Lone Star fourteen west and two miles north of Pleasant Grove features seventeen head of livestock including cows calves roan and white face animals and horses plus poultry farm equipment and household goods. Valley Chapel ladies serve lunch. Mrs O O Budaley owner Thomas Brothers auctioneers Howard Longanecker clerk.
Market wires from Chicago and Kansas City describe wheat futures fluctuating with small gains then declines amid milling demand and crop news. Cattle hog and lamb trading show slow to uneven activity with weekend clearance and steady to weak calves, while produce and potatoes move modestly in price with Us No. 1 quality varieties highlighted.
Market brief notes Oregon Bliss wins top position in a WeERA 2 25 listing with prices for U S No 1 products. Nebraska Cobblers and Idaho Triumphs referenced with price ranges and grade details. Government bond values and Kansas City potato and livestock activity included in this rolling market digest.
Leonard Glazer accompanied home by his grandmother after an overnight visit. Irene Neis of Wellsville visits with sister Mrs. Louis Schendel. Archi Meeder hosts her parents and others for Sunday evening. Louis Schendel and A F Neis host dinner guests. Mitchells near Lawrence visit Breithaupts. Schendel family hosts and visits. Effie Boswell and Rose Diamond visit Deckwas, once residents near Clearfield.
Mrs. Robert Turner and Mrs. Harvey Dent of DeSoto visited Thursday at Mrs. Mattie Toyne’s home. Families from Leavenworth Linwood and Lawrence called on Toyne and others over the weekend. John Lisson and Miss Gertrude Schubert attended a Lisson gathering. Local repairs at Pleasant Valley school were announced as John Sparks reroofs and paints.
Local residents share visits from nurses Risa Needham and Edna Crittenden of Bethany hospital. Town and area guests include the Slavin and Geib families, Minnie Stigers, James Farrell, and Jeanene Throop visiting relatives. Marcia Jean McVay born July 13 at Trinity Lutheran hospital to Betty Lou Redding McVay. A wedding unites Mary Alice Bennett and Kenneth Thistlethwaite, with trip to the Ozarks. People travel to Colorado and Kansas cities for vacations and work. Jack Leakey earns registered pharmacist status after exams. Families from Eskridge and Topeka visit Tonganooxie as well.
A compact listing blends the famed Polish pianist Ignace with a night of cross word style clues. The vertical and horizontal entries hint at musical influence, linguistic play, and era related references across a period puzzle.
Grain prices show wheat 53 and yellow corn 45. Butterfat lists No 120 and No 217. Poultry prices include hens under 4 pounds 7 and over 4 pounds 10, springs and broilers 9 11, roosters 5 6. Eggs quoted straight run 11 and graded basis 9 11 and 15. Hogs priced at 6 25.
The day in New York stocks showed uneven trends with small gains for some leaders while many others moved in a narrow range. Active trading reached about 800000 shares as steel and motor stocks posted solid profits and boosted dividends, though hesitancy grew on possible impacts from the U S Japanese trade agreement breakdown.
CLEARFIELD Master Carl Eugene, who has spent the last two months with his grand parents, returned to his home in Eureka. Mrs. Minnie Edelbrock and daughter spent Sunday afternoon with parents. Mrs. Blanch Goodman and daughter of Kansas City, who was visiting with her mother, Mrs. Emma Breithaupt, left Thursday morning to visit her sister, Mrs. Jess Glazer and family, near Burlington, for ten days. They
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Visitors and vacation plans fill the week as residents travel to Wichita Glenn Rose Sandusky Chicago to see relatives study art and attend world fairs. Others welcome relatives at home while a hospital stay and county fair preparations unfold alongside community events and a beauty contest at a Lawrence theater.
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