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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1912
Page
15
If your name appears in the telephone directory you can telephone your want ad to The Cheyenne State Leader, Phone 93, and a bill will be mailed after its insertion.
All orders for classified advertising must be paid in cash. Rates are one cent per word per insertion. No ad under 15 cents. Three line want ads printed three times for 26 cents. Monthly contracts 60 cents per line per month. Death and funeral notices and cards of banks and lodge notices five cents per line per insertion. Two or more consecutive insertions two cents per line per insertion.
The Second Chance Mining and Milling Company is incorporated in Cheyenne Wyoming on August 1 1912 with capital stock of 500 000 dollars in 50 000 shares at 10 dollars par. It operates in Carbon County with three directors Krank R Spear Wm A Wallace and L W Tennant. Thomas Tennant as agent, Encampment office. Also Totty and Fox dissolution notice states James C Totty assumes all obligations and will continue the business, with accounts payable to James C Totty.
John D. Wright announces the sale of his Cheyenne insurance agency to Messrs. McInerney and Conway. They will operate from the same location at 221 W 17th Street, providing prompt service and courteous treatment. Wright asks patrons to support the new firm.
Black Prince, a pet black snake kept by reclusive Charles Ballard of Merrywood, Lenox, was slain by a Lanox workman while repairing Mrs Heloise Moyer’s home. The seven foot serpent had resided in the garden for years, status uncertain.
Call money 2 percent. Silver 61/4 cents. Copper 17.25 to 17.00. Tin 16.46 to 46.75. Copper stock Amalgamated 87 3/4. Sugar 129. Atchison 83 4. Great Northern 139 1/2. New York Central 116. Northern Pacific 128 1/2. Reading 170 1/2. Southern Pacific 112. Union Pacific 171 1/4. U S Steel 74. Steel preferred 113. Market opened higher Aug 25 with steel and Reading active. profit-taking trimmed gains. funds irregular. Louisville and Nashville firm on favorable development rumors.
Cattle receipts vary by city with mixed trends on August 28. Denver shows steady to weak conditions for cattle and hogs with notable price ranges. Omaha and Chicago report stronger hog markets and steady cattle, while sheep hold steady in Chicago and St. Louis notes wool prices.
Openings showed mixed moves as wheat rose on bulllah cables and poor Canadian weather. December prices opened around 94 cents, then drifted. corn futures firm early but eased after fine weather. September wheat steadied with modest gains and then slight declines.
Chicago reports show wheat closing at 94 and three quarters cents, a modest rise. Corn for September shares steady at 73 and three quarters cents, up slightly from earlier trades.
Four year old Joseph Timmerman may have been buried alive after stones struck him, with deputy coroner Dr. Harry Czprlinsky noting the injuries could cause death without instant fatality. Accused are playmates John Farley and John Holmberger.
The page lists multiple train schedules with times and routes for westward travel from Omaha through Cheyenne and Ogden, and eastward from Ogden via Cheyenne and Omaha, along with Denver and South region timetables. It also mentions Chicago Burlington and Quincy services and various arrival and departure times across these lines.
Washington Aug 28 Representative Robert L Henry of Texas plans to run to succeed Speaker Clark and build a strong organization with aid from Governor Wilson. Many Democrat members urge Inderwood to oppose Clark but he refuses. Speculation places Wilson's cabinet picks at issue with A Mitchell Palmer and Burleson named for attorney general and agriculture secretary.
Clara A. Ligier at 411 W. 18th Street offers facial and scalp treatments with telephone arrangements priced at 17 dollars.
The State Leager serves as Wyoming's prominent want ad medium, offering readers classified notices and community listings across the state. It provides job, sale, and service postings in a concise format for local readers.
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