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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1920
Page
14
A dense batch of Cheyenne classified items includes sales of adding machines and houses in various price ranges, a Ford touring car, a Moline tractor, a Majestic Range, and assorted lumber. Also notes a stockholders meeting for Big Bear Oil Co with details on dates, proxy deadlines, and office location.
Charlotte Torrance filed for divorce in the First Judicial District Court at Cheyenne Laramie County Wyoming alleging extreme cruelty by the defendant Adam P. Torrance. The defendant must answer by March 20 1920 or default judgment will be entered. Clerk TT Fisher and Attorney John Charles Thompson Sr listed.
A small fire on Van Lennen street between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets prompted the fire department to respond before 8 p.m. Waves of tumble weeds and debris under an old wagon box and hay racks were involved. a chemical extinguisher sufficed to quell the blaze. The brief note then shifts to a Washington report on the unlikely abolition of surveyors general offices in Wyoming and Colorado while federal land holdings persist.
A vintage ad claims Foley Kidney Pills revitalize kidneys reduce headaches and clear poisons from blood. It features a Macon Georgia reader testimonial and mentions broad distribution in stores.
A Cincinnati woman Mrs J L Schoenberger wins a fifty dollar prize for answering whether a man can marry and raise a family on $150 monthly. She asserts she and her husband have raised three boys bought a house and saved on that amount. The question was posed to residents of Ohio Indiana and Kentucky.
A description of a spring garment featuring white tassel trim with navy silk binding and embroidery. The design hints at youthful neck details and a satin sash, with a Spain-inspired flair.
A state highway study shows most likely bidders are local Wyoming contractors as Chicago firms show limited interest. Eleven western states officials, including M R Johnston and W R Weeks, report the Casper to Salt Creek road project will be funded by Midwest Refining. Bids for bridges and culverts on fourteen projects close Feb 24, with an estimated total value of 325000 dollars.
The report notes mixed prices for corn oats and related futures. In Chicago May corn at $1.82 and July at $1.29 with slight losses, oats around 79 to 80, and in Omaha entries list No 3 white corn $1.45 No 4 white $4.38 No 4 yellow $41.33 No 5 yellow $1.30 and oats No 2 white $80 No 3 white $64.87 in varied quotations.
Minneapolis market update shows flour unchanged with barley priced at 1.16 to 1.37 per bushel. Des No 2 at 1.53 to 1.54, bran at 13. (Note: OCR fragment contains limited data)
Hogs receipts 8 500. prices rise to a top 13.85 with most barrows and gilts selling around 13.45 to 13.70. Cattle receipts 3 300. market 10 25 lower with beef steers 3 75 to 5 45, cows 5 25 to 6 50, veal calves 4 4 to 15 60. Sheep receipts 9 500. market firm with lambs 18 20.25, yearlings 15 47.50, ewes 12.25, wethers 14 47.50.
Chicago hog receipts totaled 30 000 with light hogs 25 cents higher and other weights slow. Top offered at 15.05, bulk around 14.75 to 14.85, escorts 13.65. Medium hogs listed near 14.20 to 14.50, heavy packing hogs 12.00 to 13.25. Cattle receipts 11 000 with market not specified.
The cattle sale lists steady medium and heavy weight steer prices and ranges for beef steer grades from good to prime. Veal calves and feeder steers show wide price spreads, while cows and canners move at lower levels. Sheep receipts note lambs and ewe values, with varying quality grades and prices across the sale.
At the Red Cross annual meeting the quorum was not met and no officers were elected. The 5 PM Monday vote will be held at W. B. Mullen’s office. The executive committee includes W F Mull en Ray E Lee Glyde M Watts Rev G F Fisher W C Deming Mrs D M Carley Mrs Arthur Spaulding and Dr Walter Lacey. Archie Allison presided at the Carnegie library meeting where Louise Smith served as secretary. Jessie Lummis spoke on peace time plans and Lulu B Ford described home service and civil relief work with more than 60 active cases. Ruth Guilfoil outlined nursing activities in Gyenne and maternal care support.
Sheriff John A. Stoddard of Green River seized Earl Schiffbower in town on Sunday. Schiffbower awaits transfer back to Sweetwater County to face a grand larceny charge. Deputy Loris Larson assisted in the arrest.
Reports indicate Mme Karina and her classic dancers may entertain in the United States soon. The troupe currently enjoys favor in England and across the European continent after an extensive tour of Europe.
Eighty two members of the Manufacturers and Wholesale Merchants Board of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce embark on a five week trade extension tour. They travel 7000 miles by Pullman coaches with their wives to twenty two cities across Missouri Kansas New Mexico Arizona California Utah Wyoming Colorado and Illinois to foster closer cooperation between Cleveland and the western states. Cities already visited include Kansas City Leavenworth Atchison St Joseph Topeka Wichita Newton Santa Fe Albuquerque Grand Junction and Phoenix. Remaining stops include Los Angeles San Diego Santa Barbara San Francisco Sacramento Cheyenne Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo and Chicago.
Citizens of San Saba county pledge a 20000 cash bonus to the operator who brings in the first 300 barrel well in the San Saba field. The Heatherly No 4 Royal Duke Oil Co Gray No 4 Martin Oil Co Jym Sloan No 14 Wichita Oil & Gas Co are active tests. Royal Duke drill down 41085 feet and more locations are set since Jan 4 as spring development approaches.
Advertises a cold cure tablet by E W Grove with bromquinine stating it stops cough and headache for 30 cents per box.
Miss Grace McDonald of Newcastle applies for admission to the Wyoming bar. A Washington University law graduate, she is presently employed in a Newcastle law office and formerly educated at Wellsley with years of practice in the District of Columbia.
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