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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1914
Page
15
Budapest reporters tour two major Hungarian military hospitals with 1000 and 1500 beds, plus the American Red Cross facility for 200 wounded. Dr Charles MacDonald leads care as Russian and Austro Hungarian soldiers receive treatment and face deadly injuries amid nurses and orderlies.
Dr A J Carlen of Chicago describes five day voluntary fasts showing hunger nearly pain free and explain contractions of the stomach cause the sensation. He notes paltry sore feelings stem from imagination and that liquor and tobacco lessen the pain while appetite stimulants fail to help.
The British public suspects a German submarine blew up the Bulwark in a London harbor near the Thames mouth, a bold feat seen as proof of advancing submarine reach. Experts note submarines could travel from Heligoland or Cuxhaven to attack near Britain, challenging admiralty assumptions.
Cattle trade active with strong to higher prices, beef steers 6.75 to 7.25, cows 5.65 to 6.55, veal steady to strong. Feeders firm to high, good steers 6.75 to 7.35, one lot at 7.76. Hogs strong with tops 7.20, down to 4.40 for rough hogs. sheep demand good with ewes 4.15 freight paid and lambs 7.00 to 7.79. Local demand remains strong and market in good shape but prices softer than last week for sheep.
Chicago market reports show hog receipts at 25 000 head with prices up to 20 cents over yesterday and varied by grade from light to heavy. Cattle receipts count 4 000 with Christmas cattle movement, with steers, cows and calves priced across a wide range and yearlings listed among demand.
In Omaha at the market today, hogs and cattle prices moved with Bulk of cattle steady. Native steers traded around 4.76 to 4.78, cows and bulls 5.50 to 4.00, western and Texas steers varied between 6.00 and 6.50 per hundredweight amid overall steady demand.
Calves bring about 6.25 to 7.00 dollars as market tones rise. Sheep receipts reach 4,400 head with yearlings at 6.50 to 7.00 and wethers 5.25 to 5.76. Lambs command around 7.50 with varying cents.
Prices for grain markets in Kansas City and Chicago show No 2 hard wheat trading around 1.09 to 1.14 per bushel with December and May futures. Corn and oats figures list No 2 mixed and No 2 white bids with shifts in Dec and May contracts.
Furnished by Wyoming Fuel and Feed Company, prices for corn and corn chop at 1.75 per ewt, wheat and oats 1.75, bran 1.25, native hay 16.00 per ton, alfalfa 13.00, straw 9.00 per ton. Milling 88 90¢, durum 87e. Not delivered.
During wartime operations a German pontoon crane Hercules collapsed its boom while lifting 160 tons. One end of the boom buried in sand. one worker injured. The crane reportedly cost over $250,000 and the incident marks a costly setback amid ongoing tensions.
In Havre on November 28 a Belgian retreat became an attack after a quick command by General Bertrand at Maercht, mirroring Sheridan's Civil War shift at Winchester. The account appears in the Courrier de Armes, the official Belgian soldiers' paper, noting Bertrand succeeding General Lowan in command.
The paper lists arrival and departure times for trains on the West Hound main line including No 17 Cheyenne Portland Flyer No 7 Los Angeles Limited No California Express No 19 Pacific Limited No 1 Overland Limited No 6 Mail Coach No 9 Fast Mail No 1 Fast Mail No 20 Pacific Limited No 18 Portland Cheyenne Flyer No 2 Overland Limited No 4 Atlantic Express No 6 Arrive West and East head schedules with station notes for Denver Wheatland Billings and intermediate points.
In a chaotic scene a general’s miscue halted a German push and led troops to wheel and strike back with renewed vigor. Elsewhere Belgian companies misread lines and fired on their own forces as orders caused a tense stand between units.
A vintage promotion urges mothers to keep a jar of Musthrole for quick relief of croup and other ailments. Claims include throat and bronchial relief, with wide list of uses from headaches to rheumatism. Sold by druggists in 25c and 50c jars and a hospital size for 2.50, with insistence on genuine Musthrole from The Mpsterole Company Cleveland Ohio.
Several settlers from Florence and nearby towns filed in Cheyenne for final three year proofs on their homestead claims. Named filers include Allen B. Allsup, Robert C. Johnston, Zeph Anglen, and Earl Anderson with multiple section plots and witnesses listed. Another notice cites Edgar A. Schuetz of Federal filing for final proof on land in Township 15 N Range 78 W with witness names.
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