Optimism Over Polish Situation Supports Market Rally
The New York market gains on optimism about the Polish situation and sterling. 500,000 shares traded as rails and steel lead advances. United States Steel up to 86 ration Baldwin Locomotive at 104 and Bethlehem Steel at 70. Oil, copper, and sugar issues rise. Maxwell Motors cited amid broader buying. Closing strong with profit taking in mid session and renewed demand lifting Reading, Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific, and more. Butter and dairy prices hold steady while poultry and eggs face mixed demand and prices drift.
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New York
United States Steel
Baldwin Locomotive
Bethlehem Steel
Bears
Reading
Rock Island
American Sumatra Tobacco
Gulf States Steel
Maxwell Motor Company
General
Delaware & Lu Lackawanna
United Fruit
Mexican Petroleum
General Electric
Replogle Steel
Maxwell Motors
National Aniline
Union Pacific
Canadian Pacific
New York Central
Southern Pacific
Shell Transport
Grain Prices Rise on Foreign News in Wheat Market
Chicago reports show general demand with limited offerings lifting prices as France and Italy pursue wheat. Selling intensified on upturns, closing unsettled with December at 2.88 and March 2.42, while corn moved with wheat amid Iowa crop damage and nervous trade. Oats gained as corn and wheat supported prices.
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Chicago
France
Italy
Iowa
Vegetable Market Steady Prices Amid Large Supplies
Denver August 11 The vegetable market was in fair condition with steady prices across all varieties and large supplies noted.
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Denver
Exchange rates and precious metal prices noted
Sterling at 3.66 dollars per pound and francs at 18.65 per dollar cited. Lire at 19.75 per dollar, marks at 2.19 cents, money at 7 percent, silver at 9944 cents per ounce.
Metal price report from New York and London
Copper iron tin ammonium and lead unchanged in New York trading. Zinc steady with Hurst Louis delivery at 7.68 to 8.00. London quotes copper unchanged at 112 pounds per ton, tin at 276 pounds 15 shillings, lead and zinc unchanged.
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New York
Hurst
Loulfs
London
Livestock Receipts Steady as Idaho Steers Top Prices
Denver buyers received a fair cattle run on Wednesday including a Southern stocker train and about 1,000 native head. Idaho grass steers sold up to 12 dollars, top for the season, with other steers at 10 to 11.75 dollars and fair grades 9 to 9.75. Cows remained scarce and market quiet.
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Denver
Idaho
Market Report Prices for Cattle Hogs and Lambs
Selling at 7.50 to 8.60 and fair cows 6 to 7.26. Stockers in light supply. demand light but moving. $700 yearling steers quoted 7 to 7.50. plainer grades 6 to 7. Hog trade light due to small receipts. market fairly active with prices steady from Tuesday. Tops 15.90 for full loads. some loads 16. Pigs in good demand 11.50 to 12.50. lambs steady 6 to 6.50. A few yearlings sold at 8 and 12.56 for fair to good grades.
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices Mixed in Chicago Market
Chicago reports 9 000 cattle 17 000 hogs and 25 000 sheep traded. Cattle prices steady to mixed with tops around 16.85 and good and choice at 15.00 to 16.50. hogs mostly 25 cents lower with early top 15.90. sheep and lambs mostly lower with fat lamb bids near 13.76 and bulk 12.50 to 18.50.
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Chicago
U. S
Market reports from Omaha cattle hogs and sheep
Hogs receipts 8000. market slow with narrow shipping demand. Prices see bulk sales at 18.85 to 14.60, top 14.86. Cattle receipts 2200. beef steers and stockers steady to 26c higher. best fed yearlings around 15.00. bulls and veals steady. Sheep receipts 18500. killing classes slow. lambs bulk 12.76 to 13.00, feeders steady to easier with best early feeding lambs at 12.40.
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Omaha
United States Bureau of Markets
Sugar futures slip on unsettled spot market
Raw sugar in New York steadies around $15 a hundredweight as refined demand softens. Centrifugal futures drift lower by up to 40 points at midday amid unsettled spot market sentiment and quiet refined activity.
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New York
Grain prices in Chiago market report
Wheat No 2 red quoted at 2.53 2.54 range. No 2 hard 2.53 2.54. Corn No 2 mixed 1.58. Oats No 2 white 77 78 46 cents. No 3 white 74 77 cents. Rye No 2 2.06. Barley 1 1.18. Timothy seed 8 11. Clover seed 25 30. Pork nominal. Lard 18.27. Ribs 14.75 16.
Flour Prices Hold Steady in Minneapolis Markets
Minneapolis reports flour unchanged at 80 cents higher in carload lots with family patents quoted at 13.25 per barrel in 98 pound cotton sacks. Bran priced at 42 dollars.
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Minneapolis
Omaha grain prices for wheat corn and oats
Wheat prices for No 1 and No 2 hard range from 2.43 to 2.48 per bushel, No 1 hard at 2.45 to 2.48. Corn prices list No 2 white 1.56, No 2 yellow 1.68, No 8 yellow 1.65, No 2 mixed 1.61 to 1.52, No 3 mixed 1.62. Oats ask No 2 white 0.73, No 3 white 0.724.
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Omaha
Neb
Elk's Dance at Rocky Mountain Society Orchestra
A social event titled Elk's Dance is set for Thursday August 12 featuring the Rocky Mountain Society Orchestra with admission at 1 50 per couple.
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Rocky Mountain Society Orchestra
Torpedoes on Car Tracks Baffle Police
Sergeant McFarland traced five loud reports heard after 11 PM to torpedoes set on a street car track at the Twenty first street Carey avenue corner. A conductor said the devices, similar to railroad torpedoes, were placed by unknown youths and produce a revolverlike rumble when run over.
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McFarland
Twenty-first Street
Carey Avenue
Ponzi admits garb of prison as records reveal alias
Montreal records show Charles Ponsi of the Zrossi & Co. bankers firm fled after the 1908 failure. Under the alias Bianco he was convicted of forgery and false pretenses and sentenced to three years in the St. Vincent de Paul penitentiary.
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Bianchi
Canada
Ponzi
Herald and Post
Montreal
Charles Ponsi
Zrossi & Co
Zrossi
Mexico City
Bianco
St. Vincent de Paul
Preparing Schools For Coming Term
Public school buildings undergo redecorating and repairs ahead of the September 7 opening. Corlett and Johnson interiors are being redone and the superintendent's office plus two high school rooms are being refreshed. Central school roof painting and gutter work proceed while the county institute for teachers starts August 30.
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Corlett and Johnson
County Institute
A. 8
Jessup
Long Time Rivals Play Ball Sunday
McConnell's Pirates will meet the Teamsters' nine next Sunday at the South Side park. Their meetings have been closely contested and this game is expected to be hot. The last meeting went eleven innings with a 4 to 3 Teamsters victory.
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McConnell
Pirates
Teamsters
South Side Park
Roosevelt Opens His Campaign at Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic candidate for vice president, opened his campaign in Chicago before about 3,000 people. He urged Republicans and independents to support the Democratic platform and ticket. He said the GOP was split by leadership quarrels and labeled Senator Harding's faction the old guard. About 700 women were given places of honor on the stage.
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Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harding
Theodore Roosevelt
Baseball score snippets from early 20th century games
Fragmented box score lines list teams such as Chicago New York Brooklyn Philadelphia St Louis Boston Cincinnati and Cleveland with partial inning by inning results and player abbreviations. The garbled text records first and second games across multiple matchups including R H E tallies and pitcher or batter surnames.
Locomotive Plunges Down Mountain Side Near Colorado Springs
A Midland Terminal passenger engine slid down eight miles west of Colorado Springs during a storm, rolling fifty feet into Fountain Creek. The second engine stayed on rails and prevented the passenger coaches from wrecking. The engineer and fireman of the leading engine escaped.
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Colorado Springs
Midland Terminal
Fountain Creek
Local Society Notes and Presbyterian Gatherings
Additional Society reports visitors from Wheatland Arcola and Denver. Christian Endeavor at First Presbyterian plans open air meet at Crystal Lake or Pine Grove. mentions Frontier week helpers and Union Pacific support. youth group meeting with attendees listed and an 11 oclock lunch. prepares upcoming outdoor events.
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Telas
The
Presbyterian Church
Anderson
Union Pacific
I Ce
Christian Endeavor Society
First Presbyterian Church
Horace Jenking
Crystal Lake
Pine Grove
Laura Warren
Mary Paul
Aleda Laird
Tabor
Rosalie Paul
Marie Hall
Hazel Galloway Glayds Piper
Hilma Christensen
Art
Senator Kirby Loses In Arkansas Primary
The Arkansas Gazette reports final unofficial primary returns. Senator Kirby received 41,458 votes while challenger Caraway tallied 70,823. Governor results show McRae 34,357 and Powell 22,768 with other candidates trailing.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Gazette
Caraway
Kirby
McRae
Powell
Terral
Iroyd
Haynie
Walsh
Riggs
Stroupe
Wells
Man Sues Over Jailbird Comment in Damages Case
William J. Danford files suit against Deborah Burnett claiming emotional distress after being called a jailbird. The remark allegedly harmed his feelings and involved damages of about ten thousand dollars.
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San Francisco
William J. Danford
Deborah Burnett
Candidate for Laramie county coroner on Republican ticket
The notice announces DR. W. K. MYLAR as a candidate for the county coroner nomination on the Republican ticket, subject to the August 17 primaries in Laramie County.
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Laramie County
Tel-A-18
W. K. Mylar
Harding Talks on Nationalism On Leaving Porch
Worthington D August 11 Senator Harding urged a return to the right track to combat nationalism and international menace. He said civilization remains unsettled, and America must stand as a barrier to revolution and disorder while holding firm to its foundation.
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Worthington
Harding
America
Prohibition Ticket Nominates at Germantown Rally
Rev Aaron S Watkins and D Lt Colvin accepted nominations at Mimia Military Institute athletic field. They stressed strict enforcement of prohibition laws and the Volstead act as vital issues.
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Germantown
Mimia Military Institute
Aaron
Watkins
Prohibition
D. Lt. Colvin
Attack on resident near South Cheyenne school
Barney Shelvin of 1915 House Street reports being attacked by a man while passing the South Cheyenne public school building last night. He says the assailant struck from behind with a broom handle, robbed him, then fled after a brief struggle.
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Barney Shelvin
House Street
South Cheyenne
Shelving
Shelvin
Oil Field Drilling Update Across Wyoming and Texas
Oil and Gas activity spans Lance Creek and Colony fields with multiple wells: 1800 barrels per month from the Lance Creek Exploration well. cleanout work and oil showings at sections 9 and 25. Baker well awaiting casing in Cottonwood. Five wells drill in Brush County Texas. Colony field test well at 27-57-61 expected sand in 30 days. Roxana and Exploration joint venture expected to prove up 7000 acres if shallow death reservoir hits. Racine Wyoming well shows gasser potential. Fargo and New York Oil companies coordinate land and royalties. New York pipeline to Casper advancing. 22 miles laid of 244 mile gathering network with city work pending completion in upcoming days.
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Lance Greek
Western States Company
Cottonwood
Baker
F Exploration Company
Brewster County
Texas
Colony
Exploration Oil and Gas Company
Roxana Oil Company
Racine-Wyoming
Poison Spider
New York Oil Company
Fargo Oil Company
Fargo
New York
Casper
Thi City
Fargo Company
New York Company
Largest well in Cat Creek field brings 400 barrel flush output
Taylor and Clay Brokerage reports the Decker-Col lines well on section 18 15 29 in Cat Creek Mont brought in last night at 1610 feet. The Royalty and Producers and the Frantz Corporation own land around the producer, which is claimed to prove up about 1200 acres as demand for higher prices continues.
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Cat Crek
Mont
Taylor and Clay Brokerage Company
Decker-Collines
Frantz Corporation
Gas Sand Breakthrough Boosts Casper Creek Completions
Production estimates rise from 10 009 000 to 18 000 000 cubic feet per day after drilling into a deeper undisturbed gas sand. Field life may extend as access to unwithdrawn land yields about 60 000 000 cubic feet daily. New wells at 1100 feet and 3800 feet progress with sands in place and early completion anticipated.
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Casper Creek
Coliseum Hall Redevelopment Promises Refined Dance Venue
The Sherman Paint company lands the contract to redecorate Coliseum dance hall. Monnier and Kelly own the venue and plan a full remodel with an artistic east end fence and private party seating, a northwest soft drink stand, and refined dancing policy. The hall reopens Saturday with The Rocky Mountain jazz orchestra for opening night.
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Sherman Paint Company
Coliseum
Monnier & Kelly
Rocky Mountain Jazz Orchestra
Gallooping dominoes lead to arrest
San Diego police arrest Ramon Salva and Fred Jones on burglary charges after dice allegedly used in a robbery are found on their persons. Cigar store owner P Peterson reported dice chewed by mice, and the store was robbed days later.
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San Diego
Goddess of Chance
Ramon Salva
Fred Jones
P. Peterson
Salaya
Jones
Weather and road report for Cheyenne area 1920
Weather Bureau notes all main roads out of Cheyenne as good to excellent. Fort Collins road rough beyond state line, Greeley road being graveled but good. West of Pine Bluff rough from recent rains. New Torrington road now passable. State Medical Society delegates returned home. Concrete approach to jail entrance completed yesterday.
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Weather Bureau
Cheyenne
Fort Collins
State Line
Greeley Road
Pine Bluff
New Torrington Road
Striking Coal Workers Ordered Back to Work
Federal anthracite coal commission and the anthracite board of conciliation directed Pennsylvania Coal Company strikers in the anthracite field to return to work on Wednesday. The action involves Pennsylvania and the coal industry during August.
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Strik
Washington
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Pennsylvania
Federal Anthracite Coal Commission
Anthracite Board of Conciliation
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Black Tail
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Royalty
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Cow Gulch
Tee
Domino
Elkhorn BH. T. Williams
Frantz Corp
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Hutton Lake
Jewell . Ee
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Kinney
Lance Cr
Roy
Lusk Pete
Wind River
Liberty
Serene
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Hori
R. HH
Chie Bae
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Tyler
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Bailey
Daly
R. H
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Schang
Pittsburg , Co
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Smith
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Detroit
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Mexico
Francisco Villa
Mrs
Phil Hopkins
Wheatland
Roscoe Dutcher
Arcola
Will Depp
City
Kathleen. Mann
Wyoming
Colorado Mountain
Ty TV
Albert K. Mader
Council Bluffs
Arkansas
Boone Dome
Bell Springs
Salt Creek
State Medical Society
Cheyenne Construction CO
DR. C
Southington Remedy CO
Kansas City
Geo. P. Knight
Capitol
W.w.dumm
Carey Ave
Brittain, Inc
Lydia E. Pinkham
Chattanooga
Tenn
Lydia E. Pinkhat
R. A. Fairsumn
Orchard Knob Avenue
State Capitol
Paul H. Moore Realty Company
Capitol Avenue
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