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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1917
Page
7
Denver reports light cattle receipts with good demand and firm prices. Steers ranged $9.00-$10.50, cows $7.25-$8.25, bulls up to $6.75, veal $10-$11.50. Feeder stocker activity steady around $6.00-$7.50. hogs mostly $18.25-$18.90. Sheep demand strong with lambs lifting to about $16.50-$46.25 and ewes around $10.50-$12.50.
Hog receipts totaled 14006 with dull trading and prices 25 cents below yesterday. Early top 19.15, most cash sales 17.75 to 18.50 for average hogs. Cattle receipts at 6000 with a market firm on native beef cattle from 8.25 to 15.50 and western steers around 7.00 to 12.40 with stockers also noted.
Livestock receipts and price ranges listed for hogs cattle and sheep at Kansas City and Omaha markets on August 23. Hogs bulk sales quoted around $15.00 to $19.00 with various weights and packer bids. cattle including prime fed steers $9.00 to $13.45 and cows $5.75 to $10.50. sheep lambs yearlings and ewes shown with multiple per unit ranges. Continuous market notes indicate strength in some reports and weakness or steadiness in others.
Greeley manager Herman Walters plans to bring a loyal, intact Spuds lineup to Cheyenne on September 2 to face the Omaha semi-pro champions in a key post season title game. The Omaha team, fresh from Denver where they won the Colorado state semi-pro title, is praised as the region’s fastest outside Western league squads. Thousands of Greeley fans may travel by train or car to cheer a contest seen as the Rocky Mountain and Nebraska plains semi-pro championship decider.
Mixed sale items listed including coal shovels tools and household goods offered for sale. Also notices seeking a girl for general house work and a boy for State Leader position, with addresses visible for applications.
Denver August 2 H M Blackner president of Midwest Refining denies a Chicago rumor that the firm will declare a 50 percent dividend and offer the $26,000,000 new stock at $100 per share. Directors meet September 5 in Denver. action uncertain. Local market steady with Western Exploration and United Petroleum among movers amid broader field activity.
Washington August 25 The labor unrest across the nation and strikes that threaten war effort were discussed by President Wilson and Samuel Gompers head of the American Federation of Labor for about an hour. Gompers said progress was made and that he explained labor’s grievances in detail and expected Wilson to address them seriously to preserve labor’s stability.
A letter to friends of Charles Moran reports an American transport, miles off the triad coast, fighting a German submarine. Sixty shots were fired. the ship arrived safely in England. Moran said the ship fired forty two shots, one disabling a gun on the submarine, and no German shot landed. The battle lasted just over an hour.
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