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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1943
Page
7
Multiple small ads list board and room housing needs, apartment requests, sales of clocks and appliances, birds, bottlers, an agent call, and a livestock haul request. Locations include 909 N Y St Laura 1236 Laura Kraft and Starr 1818 Mass and Paul Stowe 406 North 7th St.
Stocks mixed with gains in some sectors and losses in others. Wheat and corn show pressure from profit taking. hogs steady to higher with top around 14.40. Cattle remain firm with highs near 17.00 for fat steers and large receipts reported.
The market news notes light demand across items with prices for eggs butter and poultry. Eggs Firsts 3.743 per case receipts 3.51. butter around 43.47 18 per hundredweight. hens to 23.63. broilers and fryers 27.13. geese 24.63. young turkeys 31.63 33.13. old turkeys 25.63 31.13. Grain wheat 1.30 corn 1.05 oats 0.64. Poultry No 1 hens 20c. broilers 24c. roosters 14 16c. Butterfat 148 245. eggs 33. Hog prices 14.10. Government bonds no quotations.
In New York trading May 11 AP reports stocks dipped early as traders took profits after a three year peak run. Gains emerged later lifting some issues into the plus column while low priced utilities lagged. Turnover halved from yesterday with about 2 million shares traded for the day.
The superintendent will speak at multiple events during the week starting Monday May 3. Specific venues and times are not listed, but officials encourage community attendance and note a series of discussions on district goals.
Mr and Mrs A D Rice returned to Iowa after a stay with relatives here and at Tonganoxie. Mrs Mary Carson closed the O Neil school and left for Valley Falls for a week. She plans summer work at the Hercules plant and lived with the Viets family last term. The Knowledge Hill and Sunnyside schools closed last week as farming kept families busy. Oscar Canary of Manhattan called on his brother John and wife Wednesday afternoon to discuss the farmhouse interests.
McLOUTH residents and relatives frequent Topeka Leavenworth and Kentucky with multiple family visits. Notable events include injuries and farewells as residents and guests gather at farms, homes, and churches amid club meetings and evangelistic services led by Rev. Harry Sims.
The message notes a farm near Eudora burned to the ground, with drought and winds causing severe crop and pasture damage. Soil erosion increases discouragement among farmers working for future food supply, especially with loved ones in service. Mr. and Mrs. Will Rice spent Sunday with the Johns in Lawrence. the club will skip this week as Mrs. Jessie Morgan visits her sister in Kansas City.
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