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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1938
Page
8
Receipts reached 13 000 head with a weak undertone yet near steady prices. Best beef steers around 11 25, choice heifers 10 50. Cornfed yearlings 11 12 50, stockers and feeders steady to easier, native cows 6 25–7 25, feeding steers 8 00–9 75, trashy and low grades down to 5 00–6 50, stock cattle and calf prices listed.
Receipts of hogs at Omaha Monday totaled 7,500 head. Early bids and sales were 5 10c higher than last week’s close, though packers bid 15 25c lower, mostly from 7.00 down. Best butcher weights brought 7.25 to 7.35, while mixed hogs sold around 7.00 and lower. Early sow sales ranged from 7.00 to 7.25.
Receipts of sheep and lambs at Omaha Monday reached 7 000 head with fat lamb bids and sales largely 15 to 25 cents lower than last week’s close, at 8 60 to 9 00. Feeder lambs steady from 8 40 downward. aged sheep unchanged.
A local printer promotes its service with emphasis on superior Hammermill Bond paper and high grade ink. The copy stresses that one order proves the overall quality and value of their printing.
Betty disguises herself as a noble guest to an opera, sharing a brief magical evening with a stranger who calls her Prince and Princess. Back home a plumbing mishap and humble reality collide with her Christmas dream as the memory lingers of a possible wedding fantasy.
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