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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1917
Page
7
Oil price listings from D. S. Dickert include multiple company quotes such as Boston Wyoming and Royal Elk Basin with figures shown in dollars and cents and fractional shares. The page presents a dense table of varied tickers, prices, and volumes across several firms and indices.
Daily Market Report from Denver Kansas City and Omaha notes cattle receipts high and demand fair with trade active and prices firm. Good cattle fetch 7.50 to 11.00 for steers, cows 6.50 to 7.45, hogs around 14.10 to 16.25, sheep and lambs steady with light feeder demand and varied prices across regions.
In Cheyenne Wyoming Pauline Gardner files for divorce on grounds of desertion and non support for one year. Frank R Gardner is named as missing defendant whose unknown residence is noted and he must answer by January 12 1918 or a default judgment will be entered. The petition also seeks two thousand twenty five dollars in commissions plus costs for finding a purchaser. The response deadline is January 26 1918.
Notice of a receiver sale for cash of an oil drilling outfit near South Shore South Dakota. Equipment includes a 25 horsepower drilling engine a standard derrick a 30 horsepower boiler and related cables tools and about 1400 feet of casing. Bids must be accompanied by five percent certified check and open January 24 1918 at 10 a m in Brookings.
In Laramie Wyoming on December 21 a man named Lewis was fatally injured when a gun discharged during cleaning. The weapon struck him above the right eye, breaking the bone, as another man stood nearby.
John Mahoney a 91 year old man arrested for drunkenness died in Greybull City Jail after an overnight stay. Identification on his body bore A S Thorsen of Syracuse Missouri. an inquest found death from natural causes hastened by heavy liquor.
PINEDALE Wisconsin December 21 A gasoline iron exploded during preflight cleaning sparking a fire. Guy Holt suffered severe burns to chest face and back as gasoline sprayed clothing and ceiling. Hired help present prevented a larger disaster. Holt remains laid up with burn injuries.
Two Japanese men were killed early this morning when a westbound passenger train struck them near Altamont, about 14 miles east of Evanston. Waeedmote, 36, foreman for the railroad, and Sana, 29, were walking along a ditch when the train, in strong wind, came upon them. They were thrown from the track and killed instantly. The incident occurred at about 1:30 a.m. and the former’s wife was nearby.
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