Wyoming Livestock Holdings and Numbers Fall in 1920 Report
Douglas Wyoming Feb 10 Wyoming livestock holdings and numbers declined materially from Jan 1 1919 to Jan 1 1920 due to drought and high feed costs. Cattle and sheep reduced while prices varied. horses 207000 head down from 230000. milch cows 77000 up from 75000. other cattle 788000 down from 1100000. sheep 3200000 down from 4000000. swine 63000 down from 70000 with price changes across the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Wyo
Wyoming
A. D. Cook
United States Department of Agriculture
Cook
Bids Sought for Mail Handling Between Depots and Cheyenne
The Colorado and Southern railway invites bids for handling and delivery of mail between the C S depot and post office in Cheyenne and trains, including transfers to Union Pacific. Bids go to the C S superintendent in Denver before February 16 1919, lowest responsible bidder to be chosen with right to reject any bid.
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Colorado & Southern Railroad
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Denver
Colorado
Big Men of Bige Ball Confer On Game Future
More than a hundred top baseball officials and club owners from six leagues gathered in Chicago for a week of meetings to shape the sport. The agenda includes joint rules talks, season schedules, and efforts to expand the Three-league circuit to eight clubs. Key sessions include joint National and American league meetings and talks with the minor leagues on a new working agreement, with internal American League issues highlighted by the NY club dispute with Ban Johnson.
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Chicago
Wil G Inveting
American Association
Quincy
Hannival
New York
Ban Johnson
Union Wage Rates Climbing Steadily
Washington report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows 1919 average union wage scales per hour in general trades 55 percent higher than 1913, 47 percent higher than 1918, and 72 percent higher than 1907. Regular hours per week in 1919 were 5 percent less than 1918 and 8 percent less than 1907. full-time weekly earnings were 48 percent above 1913 and 61 percent above 1907, covering bakery, building, stone, metal, mill, woodwork, printing trades, chauffeurs, teamsters, freight handlers, laundry workers, theater hands, and waiters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
U. S. Department of Labor
Actress Yna Claire Denies Chicago Marriage Rumor
Yna Claire, now on Broadway, denies a Chicago newspaper report that she married James Whittaker. She says they are just good friends and not wed. Her engagement two years ago to Lieut. Com. Lavd renee Townsend Jr. ended by mutual consent.
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Yna Claire
Broadway
James Whittaker
Chicago
New York
Miss Claire
U.S. N
Lawrence Townsend _ Tesbington
Potato special to be run to Avolo t Wyoming growers
The Burlington and Colorado and Southern Railroads will run a March exhibit car through potato districts in Colorado Nebraska and Wyoming. It showcases certified seed potatoes market grades disease control and marketing methods with lectures by university and railroad staff and practical growers. Stops are planned in key potato towns to promote seed potato production.
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Burlington and Colorado & Southern
Agricultural Colleges
Burlington and G. &. S
Burlington and Co. & S
Colorado
Nebraska
Wyoming
T. S. Parsons
Warl G. Reed
Burlington Railroad
South
Mother of Eleven Succumbs to Poison
Mrs Joseph Kirsh wife of a Union Pacific round house hostler and mother of eleven children died from bichloride tablets swallowed in a personal crisis. Despondency from caring for a large family and the death of her eldest son a year earlier from blood poisoning are cited as likely causes.
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Laramie
Wyo
Joseph Kirsh
Union Pacific Roundhouse
Burns Attorney Visits Cheyenne on Legal Business
Henry Colburn a Burns attorney was in Cheyenne yesterday on legal business.
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Henry Colburn
Burns
Douglas Complains of Electric Light Rates
The state public service commission has taken under advisement the petition from Douglas to force the Douglas Electric Light company to lower rates for pumping and lighting. Douglas says it is discriminated against, paying 7.5 cents per kilowatt hour for power while other customers use a sliding scale from 10 to 3 cents.
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Douglas
Wyo
State Public Service Commission
Douglas Electric Light Company
Ruby Sues Railroad Over Baggage Search
Joseph Ruby a Rock Springs confectioner filed suit against Union Pacific Railroad for 500 damages after his baggage was searched at Cheyenne by a Union Pacific special officer who suspected liquor from the sound of glass. Ruby was returning home with soda water glasses bought in Denver.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Joseph Ruby
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Ruby
Denver
Topping Plant Planned at Fossil Field by Arizona Wyoming Oil
The Arizona-Wyoming Oil company, with six shallow wells in Fossil field, will install a topping plant this spring to extract gasoline. The wells have a combined capacity of about 50 barrels per day.
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Kemmerer
Wyo
Arizona-Wyoming Oil Company
Son of England's Premier Arrives in United States
R. Lloyd George and his wife, son of the British prime minister, arrived in the United States for an extended visit as part of a growing list of British visitors to America.
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England
United States
America
R. Lloyd George
Young George
Lloyd George
Backache May Signal Kidney Trouble Say Cheyenne Ad
An old Cheyenne advertisement urges readers that a lame back may stem from kidney weakness and urges using Deans Kidney Pills. It warns neglect could lead to gravel dropsy or Brights disease and asks readers to ask neighbors for help.
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Bright
Dean
Local Cheyenne Residents Laud Dean's Kidney Pills
Mrs. G Mil versted and Mrs. A E McKay report kidney pain backache and relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills bought at Roedel's Drug Store or Capital Pharmacy Co. E F Taft and Mrs I W Hall also attest quick relief and restored strength from the product bearing the maple leaf trademark and signature Jas Doan.
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E. F. Taft
I. Nineteenth St
Dean
Capital Pharmacy Co
Doan
Maple-Leaf
Jas. Doan
Mrs M J Morris Endorses Doan's Kidney Pills
In a statement from 816 Thirty-third Street, Mrs. M. J. Morris reports kidney trouble prompted use of Doan's Kidney Pills. She notes prior family use with excellent results and says the remedy cures mild kidney disorders, recommending Roedel's Drug Store for purchase.
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M. J. Morris
Thirty-third St
Dean
Doan
Roedel
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Department OF Agriculture
Bigeball
J. A. Kirkpatrick
Carey Ave
Ina Claire
Avolot Wyoming Growers
R. Lloyd George and
Mrs. Lloyd George
O’neil Street
East Tenth Street
A. E. McKay
E. Tenth St
A. B
East Twenty-fifth Street
I. W. Hall
25Th St
Thirty-third Street
Foster-Milburn Co
Maneduring Chemists
Buffalo, N. Y
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