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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1928
Page
11
In Geneva the Stone and Brass items are offered by a local auctioneers office. The listing includes farm implements and miscellaneous goods for sale, with miscellaneous restaurants and cafes mentioned in the vicinity.
Chicago reports show export buying of wheat reaching as much as 4,000,000 bushels and corn trading actively while oats and rye hit new highs for the season. Wheat closed irregular with small declines, corn down slightly, oats up, and provisions unchanged. Livestock in Chicago showed hogs up to 9.50, cattle steady to higher, and sheep mixed, reflecting rippling demand across commodities.
In a choppy session, market conditions appeared weak with abundant call loans and a 1 percent renewal rate. Several leaders slid while few year or longer peak prices were seen. Texas & Pacific Coal & Oil sank. Victor Talking Machine stock held, while Montgomery Ward and Sears saw February sales boosts. U.S. Steel and Motors failed to sustain gains as selling orders increased. Total volume neared 1,800,600 shares.
Prospect Miss Hannah Selzer of Kansas died from injuries after a painful fall down stairs breaking her arm and bruising her head. The burial and obituary details are not provided. The long list of local social calls and visits follows, noting several families in Eudora and Lawrence.
Listing details advertise multiple acres of Lawrence area land with tillable and pasture uses, house descriptions, livestock notes, and price points. Includes loan and insurance by Hosford Inv and Mtg Co, plus scattered local social notes about residents and visits to Martin Rohe Jr and the Deay family.
Mrs HF Watts spent Sunday and Monday in Lawrence with sister Mrs Matie Armstrong at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Miller. Morris brothers held a sale at the Morris home on Tuesday February 28 and Ira Kettering had a public sale at Elm Heights on Wednesday February 29. Mr and Mrs James Shirek and daughters Virginia and Gladys visited Ed Forsyth near Eudora. Emily Reynolds, a Lecompton rural high student, attended a PTA meeting at Glenn schoolhouse with Arlett Fulton. Mr and Mrs Claire Kreider and son from Loring visited Kreiders in Lecompton and watched basketball games at Lecompton rural high. The Browning family visited in Ottawa and Topeka and basketball games in Lecompton. Glen Dick and family moved north of Perry. Gene McMurry of Topeka stayed with H A Davidson. Willis Moran and family visited the Morans west of town. The Kettering sale prompted rescheduling of the WCTU meeting to March 7 at Gertrude Dick’s home with Violet Glenn leading and a report on Science Temperance. Lyman Shirek and family visited J BE Shirek in Kansas City. Herbert Gress and Georgia Lee welcomed at home. plans for Ira Kettering sale and Perry visitors noted. Midland Grange meeting set for Friday March 2 at the hall with initiation services.
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