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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1941
Page
9
Numerous local notices describe visits by Mrs. Chester Baldwin and the Demeritt and Harrell families, weddings in Lawrence, quilting and Farm Bureau meetings, FFA basketball practice, and preparations for Thanksgiving. The piece notes weather delays, school vacations, hospital stays, and community events including a banquet, a carnival fund for band uniforms, and reminders of upcoming meetings.
A mix of personal ads and sale notices alongside a broad market report. Classifieds include Frigidaire sale, livestock and farm help requests, pet shop directions, and equipment for sale. Market data cover wheat, corn, oats, soybeans, and livestock prices from New York, Chicago, and Kansas City exchanges with futures and cash grain figures.
The report notes light demand and unsettled, slightly weaker market. Prices listed include Idaho Russet Burbanks U S 1 at 2.30 50, Minnesota North Dakota Bliss Triumphs U S 1 at 1.45 65, Cobblers U S 1 at 1.30035, and early Ohios U S 1 at 1.40.
Kansas City November 28 AP eggs quoted at 33 to 35 percent. hens 11 to 16. broilers 17 to 19. springs 11 to 14. old roosters and stags 11 to 12. geese 11. ducks 9 to 12. tom turkeys 14 to 17. hen turkeys 16 to 19. geirteE ae 131. creamery butter listed.
Wheat at 1.02 and new yellow corn at 8 per unit. Butterfat No 133 4.12 and 5.14. Poultry prices include hens light 4 pounds 12 and 5 pounds 14, springs 10 18, broilers 17, eggs 31, pullet eggs Jess by size, Hoga 9.85.
Mayhem in New York trading as tax selling and Far Eastern tension push many leaders to new yearly lows with fractions to multi point losses. Volume around 900000 shares as American Telephone General Motors Chrysler Public Service of New Jersey Union Pacific American Tobacco slides. cotton gains 5 to 35 cents per bale in late trades.
A combined church night drew good attendance for Thanksgiving and stewardship at the Presbyterian church. The evening featured a men’s quartet led by Walter Kampschroeder and Harold Herschell with selections including He Is So Precious to Me and Under His Wing. Miss Mary Miles spoke after 20 years as a Japan missionary, now at Westminster Hall KU, sharing pictures and messages.
Mrs S R Vance joined Eugene Vance family in Stilwell for a Thanksgiving dinner with daughter sister Mrs John Winston and kin. Mrs G V Longstreth returned from Memorial hospital at Lawrence after an operation. Warren Freeman and family left for Carson Cole after two week stay with son Charles Freeman. he remained gravely ill. Dr G A Pearson left De Soto to join an eye ear throat practice in Woodward Ohio with wife Mrs Pearson and daughter Margery. Mr and Mrs Ed Freeman accompanied the party leave...
Linwood residents share Thanksgiving travels with relatives in Manhattan Kansas City and Minneapolis. Clyde Siscoe remains ill while Lon Haney is seriously ill. Births, tea at the church, and numerous visits surface as community life continues.
A sequence of brief items recalls travel to Indiana, Thanksgiving visits, and family events. Mr and Mrs John Jose and family attended a church bazaar and turkey dinner. Birth announced for Caldwell Davis Jr of Bronson, a son born November 20. Various relatives visit or travel between Bonner Springs, Kansas City, Baltimore and Washington DC for holidays and family affairs.
Karen Richardson spent Friday with Mr and Mrs J G Hiatt of Baldwin. Mr and Mrs Ward Landis and family visited her brother Jake Oehlert of Pleasant Grove Sunday afternoon. A birthday dinner was held at the Maloney home for J C Maloney Jr. with guests including John Maloney Sr Mrs FE Dunigan Kathleen and Eugene No 6 and Mrs Neil Thayer of Lawrence.
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