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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1919
Page
5
The silver jubilee convention of the Michigan Federation of Women's Clubs will be entertained at Kalama Zoo during Tour days, starting today.
Advertisement offering a weight loss program with Korein product promising 10 to 60 pounds loss. Claims simple directions and a money back guarantee. Mentions New York address and a druggist purchase option with a $100 guarantee.
A brief aphorism contrasts timidity in a young man with cool impudence, suggesting prudent restraint may outshine brash boldness in early life.
London Post heiress Lady Bathurst runs the English newspaper she inherited, actively managing it. A quirky note mentions a Japanese maiden signaling affection with a sharpened fingernail, and an odd claim that Ford has the universal car while McNish has the universal water. French girls increasingly work as official battlefield guides for tourists. Auction at Eben Baldwin's Lake View farm sells 840 acres in fifteen tracts starting next Wednesday at 10 o'clock.
A cluster of short notices mentions ginger ale as a winter drink and requests for a case of McNish, dried peaches at Al son’s Park Grocery, and an ad for spring water by A’Ni’a. A widow’s musing and a joke about the senses are included, plus Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a tonic ad.
In old Siam a king sent a white elephant to a disliked courtier whose fortune the king wished to ruin. The costly animal could not be sold and upkeep broke the recipient, giving rise to the saying He has a white elephant on his hands. Elks hold a regular meeting Wednesday October 16 with officer reports and routine business. Cranberries priced 15¢ per pound at Allen's Park Grocery.
Cattle prices were steady to 25 cents lower while hog receipts rose to 10 cents higher and sheep were steady to 25 cents lower. Receipts reached 41,000 cattle and 11,000 hogs, with 19,000 sheep, marking a record cattle run this year and larger than week ago totals. Beef cattle saw most arrivals in plain to fair classes with declines. some heavy Kansas steers reached 15 to 15.25 dollars, grass steers 13 to 13.50, and bulk 900–1050 pound steers 9.50 to 10.75. Cows fell 15 to 25 cents, Panhandle and Colorado cows 7.25 to 9.25, veal steady, stocker and feeder activity fair with steady prices.
Corn, belt feeders buying heavily with next three weeks of purchases expected. feeder prices range from 7.50 to 12.50 for stockers and 6 to 8.50 for stock cows and heifers. Hog prices up to 15.70 with most hogs 14.75 to 16.50. strong demand for feeding pigs. Western lambs to 15.60, native lambs 15.25. feeding lambs 11.75 to 12.75. Kansas City receipts show calves 1900 with heavy beef steers near 18.0, hogs 2000 with lower market. butter steady, eggs mixed, wheat and corn prices listed, oats and rye notes, hay prices steady. Local want ads include housing, real estate, and job listings with multiple Lawrence locations.
Classified items include for sale notices for land and livestock facilities a one and a half acre property with a house and well near a town street, plus various lost and found items including a smooth green hat from a Baptist church, a set of keys, chains, and a stray pony. Also求人 listings for a competent woman, furnished apartments, and wall blue.
Property listing for a fine residence at 745 Ohio Street with 100 feet frontage newly painted rented until January 1st at $60 per month E. E. Dix owner Scott Kansas. Wanted false teeth buy high at $6 per full set Western Metal Company Bloomington Minnesota.
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