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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1920
Page
11
Advertisement touts a tire and tube repair product called AgHents Best Seller that allegedly replaces vulcanization with an instant cold process. Claims 800 percent superiority and lifetime tire durability. Includes offer for a free sample and money making method. Address Amazon Robbery Philadelphia Dept. 210. LA 14-21.
Council and county officials prepare for the August 17 1920 primary. Ida R Graham coordinates outside precinct supplies while repairs fix Carey avenue Water mains flood street and snow mud. Beginning of school term and travel plans unfold as locals report busy city life and taxi service remains available.
Reported plan for strike actions includes bomb threats on rail lines and rioting. Denver officials announce adding 100 police officers after clashes. the state governor declines pressure to reinstate strikebreakers. Union aid plans contribute about 600 dollars with 100 applicants seeking old jobs, none rehired yet.
Investors pursued buying of special stocks as merger talks for chemical firms buoyed demand. United States Steel, Baldwin and others fluctuated little from Thursday, but overall prices rose with notable gains in National Aniline, General Chemical and Barrett Company.
Metal prices steady in New York and London with bar silver and Mexican dollars unchanged. London quotes bar silver at 58 3/4 pence per ounce and money rates steady with short bills at 6 5 6 percent and three months bills at 6 11 16 percent.
Exchange figures show Sterling at 3.6354, francs at 13.82 per dollar, lire 19.97 per dollar, marks 2.16 cents. Money rate 7 percent. New York silver quoted at 99 4 cents per ounce.
The Commercial Bulletin notes light inquiry in wool markets with no marked price changes. New clip operations run mostly on a shipment basis as mills focus on producing samples.
SNVBER August 18 fruit prices moved with declines for Colorado apples at 2 to 3.6 per box and apricots easing to 6 to 7.6 a crate. Raspberries and cantaloupes rose 25 cents. oranges fell 5 cents to about 7.19 per box. Potatoes in the vegetable market rose to 3.40 to 3.75 per cwt. Kansas cantals ranged 2.50 to 2.75 per cwt. Poultry demand supported firmer prices with hens at 38 cents wholesale, broilers 50 to 62 cents, turkeys 50 cents, and geese.
Egg market shows no change as light receipts with steady demand keep prices near last week. No. 1 eggs sell 62 to 65 cents per dozen wholesale, shipper prices at 12.60 to 12.75 per case with a 32 to 47 cent loss on the dozen. Butter remains steady with first grade creamery at 56 cents per pound. jobbers pay 54 to 66 cents direct and 50 cents at stations.
Cattle demand shows little improvement with tight supplies and slow activity. Beef steers mostly $9 to $11 with top fancy stock at $11.50. cows $5.50 to $8. stockers few and dealers holding. Hogs steady near Thursday levels, tops $16, good porkers $15.75, light hogs down to $14.75, pigs strong at $12.50 to $12.60. Sheep receipts abundant with prices easing slightly. fat lambs $12 to local tops, good lambs $11.50 to $11.75, ewes $6.25, feeder lambs $10 to $10.75.
Chicago August 13 cattle receipts total about 4 000 with good light and handy weight steers strong while heavy icyeyes and grassers appear. Traders monitor market as supply shifts and prices fluctuate.
Receipts show hogs up to 80 cents higher with top at 15.86 while bulk values run 15.15 to 16.76. Cattle range includes steers and cows steady to slightly lower with bulls down 26 cents and vealers around 15 dollars. Sheep receipts steady, native lambs trading around 10.50 to 12.26 with packers at 12.50 and feeder lambs near 11.75 to 12.26.
U S Burleo of Markets shows hog receipts around 6 000 with prices 26 to 35 cents higher for medium and light butchers and top hogs at 15 26. Cattle receipts near 15 with best heavy steers at 16 40 and top yearlings at 15 65. Sheep receipts about 5 000 with best lambs and fat sheep selling near 12 00 and tops around 6 35.
Chicago grain prices dated Aug 13 show wheat No 2 red at 2.58 to 2.61 dollars, corn No 2 mixed at 1.59 to 1.60, oats No 2 white at 0.76 to 0.77, rye No 2 at 2.10, barley at 1.16 to 1.18, timothy seed at 8 to 11, clover seed 25 to 30, and 15 to 16.
New York sugar prices drifted lower as the unsettled epo market contributed to volatility in futures. Raw sugar sales reached 22 000 bags with values around 13.04 cents per pound, while refined and fine granulated sugars ranged up to 17.10 to 22.60 cents.
A Chinese owned syndicate will build a twenty story hotel in Chicago Loop after leasing land for 149 years at nearly 5 million dollars. The project sits on land already owned by backers of the venture.
Selwyns production of Buddies tours from New York to Prin cess Theatre on Thursday August romance of Buddies and the charm of its music appeal. Julie Benoit, Babe, Sonny and Miss Brooklyn figure in a love story set among American soldiers awaiting demobilization with Mgr William's score driving the scenes. Denman Maley Olive Reeves Smith Joseph Hebbert Jr Ignacio Martinetti head the company.
The Young Men's Literary Club converted to a public forum Saturday night for a heated discussion on Poland and the League of Nations. Chairs Wilcox presided with Argesheimer as critic. Republicans outnumbered administration allies and no decision was reached. Guests included Dr. Beck and C. W. Riner. Members are urged to attend a Granite Springs picnic at 2 PM.
Mrs. Geneva Robinson of Albany reports Foley's Honey and Tar Compound quickly soothes hay fever asthma bronchial coughs as effectively as ordinary coughs and croup. She says two bottles broke a stubborn lingering cough and praises the medicine as the best she ever used.
A set of candidate notices: W K Mylars seeks county coroner on the Republican ticket in the August 17 primaries in Laramie county. Frank Van Tress runs for county commissioner for a two year term as a Republican candidate in the same primaries. Charles C Branson seeks county treasurer on the Democratic ticket in Garamiec county with primary on August 17.
An old advertorial touts Southington Remedy from Kansas City Missouri promising relief of long lasting maladies in 8 to 5 days with no harm or work interference. It markets single and double strength bottles priced at 1.00 and 3.00 with a free booklet upon request.
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