Predatory profiteer exposes wide gouging across goods
New York April 27 A W Riley head of the Flying Squadron reports widespread price gouging as profiteers charge exorbitant sums for items from rouge to drug store whiskey. Complaints include $5 pint drug store whiskey and $1 to $3 for rouge, $20 to $25 canaries, 40 cent lettuce, 75 cent asparagus, 85 cent linen collars, and other inflated costs cited by wary consumers.
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New York
A. W. Riley
Department of Justice
Riley
Federal Poseculor
Brooklyn
Jesse James
Flying Squadron
Nyack
N.Y
For Sale One Piano Unit in Ruby and Box Syndicate
Must sell piano in storage quickly with high grade quality. Inquire Metropolitan Hotel Gen Hughes 28 29 30. Also note storage of gun in Cheyenne. Denver Music Company Denver Colo offers terms to responsible party. Lost Black handbag valued keepsake money jewelry Reward Leader Box 2.
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Box Syndicate
Rock River
Gen. J. Hughes
Cheyenne Gun
Denver Music Company
Denver, Colo
Notable Prominent Notices and Local Ads
Card of Thanks for floral offerings at the funeral of Mrs. Robins Harvey Robbins Jienne Shumann boxing match May 8 Ten rounds at the post. Stockholders meeting Lackawanna Oil Shale Products Co Cheyenne Wyoming May 1 1920 to amend Articles of Incorporation Increase capital from 1 000 000 to 5 000 000 dollars to be divided into 4 000 009 shares at 5 90 each. Contact Denver March 30 1920 Secretary John Keenan. For Rent Garage East Tenth Street. Room with bath 1615 House Street. Furnished apartment garage Day phone 99. Pleasant front room 811. One large front bedroom 2117 Evans. Sleeping room off bath private entrance gentlemen only 13855 NW. Wanted to rent two light housekeeping rooms Box 41 4 27 2t Wanted to Trunk Bonus 25 for good six or seven room unfurnished house Box M care of Lender. To Investors See Citizens Loan Company ad on page 8 Automobile Insurance Benner 502 E 21st. Baby carriages and sulkies at Hobbs Huckfeldt Finkbiner.
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Lackawana Oil Shale Products Co
Plains Hotel
Cheyenne
State of
Wyoming
Denver
Coiopons
A. D
Notice to Contractors for Harney National Forest Road Project
Sealed bids for constructing or improving the Harney National Forest Road in Custer County South Dakota will be received by the District Engineer US Bureau of Public Roads at Forest Supervisor's Office Custer until 2700 o'clock P M on the 45th day of May 1920 The work spans about 7.3 miles with items including clearing grubbing rock and common excavation pipe culvert surfacing and a timber bridge All proposals require a five percent guarantee and must follow the contract forms and specifications on file at the Supervisor's Office Custer South Dakota Are you prepared to bid J S Bright District Engineer
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Harney National Forest
Secretary of Agriculture
Custer
South Dakota
Trouse
Denver
Bureau of Public Roads
J. S. Bright
Notice to Creditors in Estate of Kate Walsh Deceased
Notice is given that letters of administration were issued on the 46th day of April 1920 to Thomas F. Walsh for the estate of Kate Walsh. Creditors must exhibit claims with vouchers to Thomas F. Walsh within six months of the letters or lose rights to benefits. Claims not shown within one year from the letters will be barred.
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Notles
Thomas JF. Walsh
Thomas F. Walsh
Grain futures steady as May Corn and Oats hold gains
Daily Market Report shows May corn opening at 1.74 with a 41.75 high and 41.73 low, closing at 1.74. July corn opens 1.66 with 4.67 high and 1.64 low, ending near 1.65. May oats open at 1.00 with 99 percent close, July oats open 89 percent, high 90, low 88, closing 88.
Grain price quotes from Omaha and Minneapolis markets
Omaha and Minneapolis market recap shows wheat and corn prices by grade with No 2 hard at 82.84 in cents and mixed and white corn around 1.64 to 4.71 per unit. Minneapolis reports flour and cash grain prices for northern wheat, corn at 1.67 to 1.68, oats at 4.01 to 4.02, barley and rye bids, and flax at 4.65 to 4.70.
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Omaha
Minneapolis
Livestock Market Report Omaha and Chicago April Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Omaha and Chicago stockyards report mixed activity on April 27. Hogs at Omaha steady to firm with tops around 14.85, bulk 14.14 to 14.60. cattle and calves mostly firm to higher, vealers steady to lower. sheep lambs mostly weaker with top wool lambs near 19.60. Chicago cattle firm to higher with steers around 11.25, cows 8.10 to 10.50. hogs slow but 15.50 top, bulk 13.75 to 15.40. sheep slow, woolled lambs about 20.50, and older wooled fellows around 17.45.
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Omaha
Chicago
Anniversary Soon of Firmest Pillar of Washington Regime
Washington notes an upcoming 475th birth anniversary of Oliver Ellsworth, U.S. senator and Chief Justice, praised by John Adams as the firm pillar of Washington’s administration. The obituary-style piece recounts his role in drafting and ratifying the Constitution, his tenure in the Senate, and his watchdog stance on treasury expenditures.
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Senate
Washington
Ellsworth
Supreme Chort of
United States
John Adams
France
Talleyrand
Napoleon
Hiisworth
America
Connecticut
United States Senate
Aaron Burr
Oliver Ellsworth
Supreme Court
Elsworth
Gerberus
the Treasury
Treasury
New York
Ite
Tie
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Flying Squadron targets profiteers in price push showdown
The article describes a nationwide drive against profiteering with the Flying Squadron led by Attorney General Palmer. It details tactics to refuse overcharged goods and walk out, then buy elsewhere, to expose high prices. Complainants’ names are withheld for safety as investigations widen.
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New York
Riley
United States
Palmer
N. L. van Sickler
Wyoming Divorce Petition Involving Extreme Cruelty
Notice by publication in Laramie County Wyoming informs Mary S. Baker that her husband Jesse Baker has filed for divorce in the First Judicial District Court. She must answer by June 42, 1920 or a default judgment will be entered. clerk T J Fisher and attorney John Charles Thompson listed.
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State of Wyoming
Laramie
U.S
First Judicial District
Mary S. Baker
Jesse 2. Baker
T. J. Fisher
District Court
John Charles Thompson, Sr
Kinney Oil and Refining Stockholders Meet in Cheyenne
Kinney Oil and Refining Company calls a special meeting of stockholders at its Cheyenne office on May 8 1920 at 10 in the forenoon to discuss issuing preferred stock equal to three million shares of common stock at one for ten. Transfer books close April 8 1920. Dated April 2 1920. John D Clark president H T Severns secretary. Apr 28 20 40ts
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Kinney Oil & Refining Company
First National Bank
Cheyenne
Wyoming
John D. Clark
H. T. Severns
Unscrapable Notice From Southington Pharmacy Ad
Fragmented OCR shows a dated advertising notice from Southington area for a monthly compound and tonic products. Mentions pricing around $2.00 and references product strength and claims. Readable portions point to a small business advertisement with unclear details and mis-spellings.
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Y. & C.u. Southington
Mangas Gity
Americans Lead World in Ice Cream Consumption in 1919
Washington reports Americans were the top ice cream consumers with 614,360,816 quarts manufactured commercially in 1919, plus vast home freezer production. Dairy outputs include Butler 869,055,223 pounds and cheese 409,529,240 pounds. Milk in various forms totaled 2,085,114,103 pounds.
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Washington
Department of Apt Cultural
Butler
Nine Year Old Maine Girl Wins Pine Tree State Huntress Title
Louise Smith of Northeast Cherry Maine is named champion girl hunter after trapping a big wildcat unaided. She reportedly clubbed the animal into insensibility and carried it home on her back. An ad for auto tops and real estate services follows.
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Louise Smith
Northeast Cherry
Maine
Pine Tree
Woolley
Notice of Final Settlement in Wyckoff Estate
The administrator of the estate of Oliver Dean Wyckoff files a final account and petition for distribution with the District Court in Laramie County Wyoming. Interested parties may examine the account and file objections before June 5, 19%. absent objections, the estate will be finally settled on or after that date. First National Bank of Cheyenne, Administrator, Apr. 44-21-28 May ea.
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Oliver Dean Wyckoff
District Court
Laramie
Count Ly
Wyoming
First National Bank OF
Cheyenne
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