Market Report on Cattle and Hogs at Kansas City Exchange
The Kansas City Live Stock Exchange urges a five day market for fat cattle and six days for hogs as of August 19, 1924. Cattle receipts about 50 000 head and 12 000 calves in two days, with demand and prices fluctuating. beef cattle mostly steady to lower, good quality steers $9.00 to $10.75, lower grades down to $4.00. Hog prices mixed with top around $9.75 and bulk $9.25 to $9.70, while sheep and lambs advance 15 to 25 cents with western lambs up to $14.00 top.
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Kansas City Live Stock Exchange
Kansas City
Kansas
Oklahoma
Northwest States
Missouri
Southwest
Greenwood County Boys and Girls Club
Picnics as a Humorous Antiquated Escape
A quirky essay ridicules picnics as a primitive hunt with satire on gender roles. It describes picnics as unavoidable, mocks worries about rain, and jokes that a goat must perform chores like gathering firewood and fetching water.
Advertising Courage and Common Sense
A humorous verse contrasts animals with human hesitation to advertise. The poet notes roosters crow, bees buzz, and many creatures announce themselves, while man delays promoting himself despite clever design. Copyright by Eftis Hayes.
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Eftis Hayes
Were and There Civilian Social and church notices
Were and There lists local social visits and travels. Virgil Johnson is on the sick list. Con cordia residents Orville and Floyd Youngs spent Saturday at the Hemme Young home. Robert Hyders and Clarence Simson visited the Charlie Barleen home. Jock Larsons from east of Norway visited L W Engle. John Young and family left for Manning Kansas to visit his sister Goldie. Julius Woodkas visited Chester Woodka. Norway W C T U met at U B church with seven members. ice cream and cake served by Mrs. Gertie and Effie Gile. Grandpa and Grandma Walters returned home after visiting Floyd’s family east of Belleville. Norway township Sunday School convention at Norway U B church next Sunday at 2. A short program will be given by Sunday Schools. all invited. Henry and Bertha Gils visited G W Wright.
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Virgil Johnson
Orville
Floyd Young
Concordia
Hemme Young
Robert Hyders
Clarence Simson
Charlie Barleen
Jock Larsons
Norway
L. W
U. B
Gertie
Effie Gile
Grandpa
Grandma Walters
Floyd
Belleville
Norway U. B
Henry
Bertha Gils
G. W. Wright
Union News Roundup Notes College Visitors and Society
Social items from Union report callers at the Hoag home and visits by the Bowen and Mikesell families. The community attends a Byron picnic with large turnout. A rainfall surpasses half an inch. Families travel west on a weekend trip, and a baby named Billy Glenwood arrives for the Eastman family.
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Frank Goodwin
E. Erickson
Community notes roundup from Scandia area events
The column recounts local happenings in Scandia and nearby townships including postponed Mutual Benefit Club plans due to illness, cooking aid for threshers, visits at Hoag and Marshall homes, illness and hospital care for Marie Hoag and Mrs Housholder, travelers and relatives from North Union Waconda Springs Brush Missouri Minneapolis and Belleville, a finger injury to Billy Wells, farmer farm rental news, and the Farmers Union store manager change to Henry Nystrom.
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Mutual
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Promises Deafness Relief
A circa early 20th century advertisement claims catarrh causes deafness from inflamed Eustachian tubes and promises hearing restoration if inflammation is treated. It cites J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio and notes sales by druggists for over forty years.
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Eustachia
Hall
Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Produce and Feed Store Ad in Scandia Kansas
D B Green Produce and Feed in Scandia Kansas promotes pancake flour Lincoln pancake flour watermelons at 2 1 2 cents per pound and various feeds and minerals including hog minerals at half price. The ad encourages culling flocks and selling feed while offering supplies such as tankage oil meal salt block and bag salt.
M D Peters M D Homeopathic Physician and Surgeon
M D Peters is listed as a homeopathic physician and surgeon offering electrotherapy and mechanotherapy treatments. The ad presents credentials and services in a concise professional notice.
Randolph visitors pause with Amanda Maxell family
Mr and Mrs Otto Johnson and children and Mr and Mrs A P Maxell of Randolph visited Wednesday with Mrs Amanda Maxell and other relatives while returning from Nebraska. Grandebeur Furniture Store offers new picture moulding and No 1 framing work. Comedy Saturdays at Princess venue.
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Otto Johnson
A. P. Maxell
Randolph
Amanda Maxell
Nebraska
Geandebeur Furniture
Auto Truck Advertisement for Grain Hauling
Equipment listing notes grain hauling and any hauling needs by Russell Moe. Contact for services and availability.
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Russell Moe
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Roy Thomas
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D. C. Wait
M. Criss
Nancy Troth
Balekow, Mo
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Missie
Ball
Mr. Ellia and
S. Goodwin
Frank Eastman
Doy
Billy Glenwood
Isidore Bowersox
Mr. Hall
O. BE
Mabel Bergren
Glen Campbell
North Union
I. Bowersox
Scandia
Glenn Housholder
Haggman
George Walker
Billy
John Wells
Stackhouse
Courtland
Oo. E. ‘Hoag
Harsh
C. A. Ball
East Union
Noble’ Hall
Brush, Colo
Emery Hall
Ernest Mikesell
Wm. Mikesell
Emil Swanson
Minneapolis
Minn
Farmers Union Store
Henry Nystrom
Das, McCammon
Wyman & Smith
Concordia P. P. P
D. B. Green
Produce & Feed
M. D. Peters, M. D
Scandia Kansas
Princess
R. B. Briney
Courtland, Kansas
Essential
Coleman & Reece
The
Princess Theatre
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Fox Sunshine
Cecil B. DeMille
Thomas Meighan
Leatricé Joy
Lois Ison
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