Income drop hits farmers from March to March
Chicago March 4 The farmer selling produce today finds lower income in key items than a year ago. Wheat hogs and cotton prices fell since March 3 1947 while cattle gains offset some losses. Feed grains rose but overall income weakened with potatoes butter and cotton showing declines in price from last year.
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South St. Paul
Minn
East St. Louis
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Centre
Idaho
New York
Bad checks worry Cheyenne merchants amid circus crowds
Officials warn about rising bad check activity in Cheyenne as merchants recall losses from the 1930s. Bankers urge caution: know your endorser and obtain positive ID, especially when crowds gather for circuses or events. A Salina merchant loss was reported at 5,855.02 dollars.
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Lawrence
Salina Merchanta
Seizure distribution of liquor to hospitals in wet states
Approximately 240 cases of liquor seized near Lyons Kansas in December were sent to Wichita for ultimate distribution to hospitals in wet states. The liquor was escorted by two U S treasury agents Harold H Sherman and W B Grimes who received it from Sheriff Hermann Knitter. The remainder will be kept at Rice county jail for evidence in confiscation proceedings.
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Kan
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Wichita
U. S. Treasury
Post Office
Harold H. Sherman
W. B. Grimes
Herman Knitter
Rice County
Lawrence Daily Journal World Tourney Calls for Fifth Column
In Lawrence Kansas a March 4 item notes E A Briles of Stafford seeking the Republican nomination amid a national war era context. It mentions Stockholm Sweden and a state senator from the Thirty third district not seeking reelection. A first annual district column reports U S forces and a 61-40 victory over Akron Ohio.
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Lawrence
Kansas
E. A. Briles
Stafford
Andersen
Ind
Stockholm
Pharaom
Tare Nermas
Uper
Smith
Comterday
Tor
Rice
Stafford Counties
Progreer Peer
Lweden
Akron
Ohio
Building Slow Pace Forecast For Lawrence In 1948
Willard R Larkin the city building inspector says based on January and February records that Lawrence may not reach the 60 houses built in 1947 this year. Only three home permits issued in 1948 vs six and five in the prior two years. Permits issued include O L Mignot Ole F Stinson and James Laing. Construction totals for 1946 1947 and 1948 show declines then a jump to about 100000 in 1948 with 30000 for a new Church of Christ edifice at 1501 New Hampshire Street and other projects planned such as a Thirteenth and Massachusetts church and a Sigma Phi Epsilon dormitory at Seven.
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Willard R. Larkin
Lawrence
Larkin
Kin
O. L. Mignot
New Hampshire Street
Ole F. Stinson
Ohio Street
James Laing
Arkansas Street
Church of Christ
Thirteenth
Massachusetts Street
As Bly of God
Sigma’ Phi Epstion Fraternity
March best time to form grass waterways for runoff control
March offers ideal conditions to establish grass waterways that reduce runoff from terraced fields. technician Meiven Wertzberger notes proper maintenance includes renovation of waterways with barnyard manure or heavy fertilizer, possible sodding of outlets, and protection from overuse. Douglas county terracing plans proceed this spring as waterways are set, with about 1.1 miles built in February amid frost. Nine killed and four injured in a Bel gium train crash near Jambes in the southeast on March 4.
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Meiven Wertzberger
Soil Conservation District
Douglas County
Woertsberger
Frosen
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