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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1941
Page
9
Classified items include a cafe and tavern sale with quick possession and a housework and waitress wanted notice. Also livestock quotes from Kansas City markets with price ranges for steers heifers cows and lambs plus Wall Street activity after a wartime broadcast and naval news.
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NOTICE TO GROWERS We are now contracting for growing tomatoes and for sale of tomato plants. Columbus Foods Corp. Phone 219. E. 10th. SWEET POTATO PLANTS for sale all varieties. Hugh Johnson 438 Elm St. Phone 1186.
Grain prices sag as traders await the President's speech with light trade. Wheat closed near unchanged after a minor rally on demand. July 9644, September 83%%. Open interest and futures volumes noted. corn, oats, rye, soybeans show varied moves. Kansas City hogs slow, uneven with most prices 15.25 lower. fed steers and stockers range mixed with pressure on younger cattle.
Kansas City market notes show wheat futures slipping with No. 2 hard and red varieties quoted down, while corn prices offer modest moves across several grades. Chicago and New York summaries mirror mixed grain and livestock activity as hogs and cattle trade softer, with soybeans and oats showing varied shifts.
U S government bond prices end mixed in New York with Treasuries at 52-47, 119.12. Stocks show declines across names including Chem & Dye and Tel & Tel among others, with several listed firms down slight to moderate amounts.
Mrs. Sophia Laster of Dunavant visited her sons Alvin and Clarence in McLouth and traveled to Leavenworth to see Burdell Laster off for military training in Tennessee. The Happy Hour club met May 9 with one member absent. roll call spurred talk of raising chickens. The book committee bought 101 Best Songs. Edith Lobb and Stella Robinson won stationery. A May 28 tea towel project is planned, with teacups and embroidery hoops requested. Henry Ridgway and his mother Emma hosted dinner with local families. High school commencement honored in Topeka guests. The WCTU met May 14 for Mother’s Day and child health day. eight babies joined as white ribbon recruits. Oil and gas wells were reported in May. seven drills active locally. A Children’s Day program is set for the Methodist church’s second Sunday in June. Edna Mae Hayward visited. Miss Aileen Nickels went to Miltonvale for commencement. Carroll Nickels will join. Miss Myrtis Nulk, from Lawrence business college, spent the weekend in McLouth.
Miss Nulk shows speech skill well above average. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Robinson and Arline visited T. M. Robinson in Nortonville Sunday. The Methodist church class held a meeting at Mrs. Ridgway’s home with a Mother’s Day program led by Mrs. Luella Oliver. A pleasant afternoon with refreshments preceded a planned next gathering with Mrs. Sam Searle and Miss Etta Robinson of Topeka visiting Robinsons in McLouth.
Bethel residents Mr and Mrs Ben Hoffman and Maradonna attended a Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs Dave Hefner. Several relatives including Mr and Mrs Sant Owens and Mrs Mae Vance joined in congratulating Mr and Mrs Stewart on their fiftieth wedding anniversary in Centropolis. Ernest Albright and daughter Martha Louise visited from Topeka for the weekend with Clarence Albright. Charley Simmons and daughter Dorothy were dinner guests.
Sunday visits feature Mr. and Mrs. Vergil Schwartz and daughter. Wayne Owens of Lawrence called at the S. W. Owens home. Lloyd Hoffman Shireley Donna Mae and Alvin Stahel with son Irvin enjoyed a picnic dinner at Lone Star Lake. Little William Lee Brecelsen spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Jones.
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