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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1941
Page
7
Hoffman at 706 Mass advertises top cash prices for old watches rings crowns and bridges and broken jewelry. The ad also buys furniture old dishes and used tools and lists phone contact. Market quotes for grains and livestock appear alongside commodity figures from Chicago inputs.
Auctioneer Col Stone, on November 25 1941 at 10 am, will sell 16 cows 12 dozen poultry and farm machinery including a John Deere hammer mill and a Farmall 39 model tractor. Also household goods and alfalfa stacks. Terms cash. Co O Belles owner. Clinton Flower Club lunch at noon.
New York reports mixed stock moves with leaders in a narrow shift while bonds hold steady. Cotton and sugar fluctuate as weather and policy news influence grains. Chicago notes a late recovery in grains with export plans and weather factors shaping futures. Kansas City shows hogs and cattle gains for the week, with varied livestock prices and cash grain quotes across regions.
Kansas City on November 22 reports hay and alfalfa pricing with various leaf and grade categories. Prices list multiple grades from No 1 to No 4, including Prairie and alfalfa leafage, showing range from about 7.50 to 18.00 per unit.
Chicago market figures show total U S shipments 378 with arrivals 75 and on track 470. Idaho Russet prices for U S No 1 2.35 54 with Minnesota North Dakota Bliss Triumphs 1.35 90. Kansas City notes eggs hens broilers and turkeys with butterfat creamery butter quoted.
Grain includes wheat at 1.02 and new yellow corn at 58. Butterfat shows No 134 and No 2 at 1. Poultry prices list hens light at 4 pounds 12 to 5 pounds 14, springs 10 13, broilers 17, cocks 7 9. Eggs 35 with pullet eggs by size. Hogs priced at 10.00. Government bonds have no quotations today.
Attendance at Lone Star Sunday school reached fifty with Rev. L. T. Griffith delivering the morning sermon at 11. Community members and visitors from Overbrook to Lawrence were noted among guests and dinner companions. The Sunflower club met, a CPA meeting occurred, a Saturday hall dance drew a good crowd, and neighbors shared Sunday visits across several households.
A themed crossword of horizontal and vertical clues referencing a fictional Valentine State with varied entries from capitals to animals and letters. Readers fill in statesmanlike words, ages, measures, and regional terms in a vintage puzzle style.
The Brackett unit met with Mrs. E Hazlett for an all day nutrition lesson led by Mrs. Guy Bigsby and Mrs. C L McCling. Charles Springer from Lawrence spoke on Wills. Pleasant Hour club gathered at Mrs. Henry Hack with Mrs. C C Winsler assisting. About 300 attendees attended. Various local visits and dinners followed, with guests from Belleview Linwood and Topeka and travel to Lawrence for events.
Mr Shidler attended a luncheon for newspaper men before the football game. William H Martin was chosen to fill the school board vacancy after George Walter resigned and moved to Lawrence. Mrs Scott Green visits Topeka with her family. A suggestion to gift a mail subscription to the Journal World at 2 50 or 3 00 annually.
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