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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1942
Page
7
Leaving for Los Angeles California Thursday. Can take one passenger share expenses. Phone 2494W. Ad appears once only.
Markets at a Glance reports mixed stocks with profit taking, irregular bonds, firm cotton, and active wheat and corn in Chicago. Hogs steady to slightly lower. cattle steady with higher steer prices. grain futures show slight moves with near-term gains and dips. Kansas City livestock shows hogs steady to lower and cattle uneven with varied weights.
Hogs steady to mixed with cattle and sheep showing gains in places. Estimated receipts 4,000 cattle 500 calves 3,000 hogs 5,000 sheep. Wheat corn oats oat futures mixed with slight swings. Potatoes and dairy items mixed in Chicago markets. Wall Street games show gains tempered by profit taking as Eastman Kodak and General Motors move in and out of leadership.
Bethel residents Mr and Mrs Ben Hoffman and Mr and Mrs John Hoffman traveled to Verdon Nebraska on Friday to see their mother Mrs Mary Wilson who is ill. Several other relatives and friends were returning home Sunday night after visits.
Weekend visitors traveled among local families. Mr and Mrs Ben Hoffman hosted relatives, Mr and Mrs O H Garber and daughter Nettiellen visited in the Morel district, and Cap Bond with sons Claud Harvey and Ross dined with the Niselys in Topeka. In Overbrook Mr and Mrs S W Owens shared supper with Alvin Fisher and family. Mrs Ora Smith and Mrs Albert Turner were in Baldwin, Dwight Smith of Garnett stopped by WHI Smith residence Sunday afternoon.
Miss Laura Zook visits Pvt. R T Davis in Oklahoma City now serving in motor maintenance. Dell Davis stationed at Barksdale Field and later Florida studying radio. Kermit McDonald and J B Edwards work for Sunflower Ordnance. Linwood visitors return home to Topeka. Various residents attend jury service in OsKaloosa. Birthday dinner honors Albert Pippert. Friendship class hosts at United Brethren church. Mix of family visits, church events, picnics, and travel notes around McLouth Sikeston area.
In Winfield Kansas on June 9 a hayrack was hit by lightning killing 18 year old James Metz son of Mr and Mrs Mont Metz. A sister riding with him escaped injury and the two horses pulling the rack also died.
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