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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1942
Page
7
Classified item offers a wall tent measuring five by twelve feet for sale. Also listed is an L C Smith No 8 standard typewriter a set of Cyclopedia of Applied Electricity eight volumes and Hawkins Electrical Dictionary from 1842 Ute.
New York stocks hold steady with an early rally faltering. Bonds mixed, rails weaken. Cotton and wool retreat while wheat drops sharply on strong crop prospects and storage shortages. Corn and soybeans ease, hogs firm to higher with tops near 14.50, cattle pressure on mid grade. Chicago grain futures slump to new lows amid ample supplies and pending farm legislation. Kansas City hogs show modest gains with limited demand.
Cattle receipts total 17 000 with 60 percent stockers and feeders fairly active steady. Hogs and sheep light trading with slow to uneven demand. calves and vealers steady. In the stock market, early gains faded, rails down, steels weak, modest advances later, 360 000 shares traded. classified ads promise workers via Ad-Taker.
Kansas City market report shows wheat varying from unchanged to 2% lower with No 2 dark hard around 1.14%, No 1 1.105, and related futures. Corn futures mix with No 2 white around 1.91% and other grades listed. Potatoes, eggs, butter, and poultry prices also captured with regional quotes and bids.
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