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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1920
Page
6
Lumber for sale at 9522 Bent Street Cheyenne listing 1x8 9xh 2x6 2x8 2x10 2x12 and 4x4 lengths with make offer options. Also Good five room house with extra lots at 822 Capital and improved farm near sale terms. Also mail clerk positions offered to young men with $110 monthly pay and free examination notices.
Two plays dominated Cheyenne events with a rugged high school night. The School for Scandal at the gym faced technical hiccups yet earned praise for a strong company while She Stoops to Conquer followed as a recovery with better reception. Cheyenne also hosted a tough basketball loss to Utah School for the Deaf and Dumb, with key players Ericson, Storey, King, Schoels, and Welsh contributing.
Connecticut conducts an experimental farm to table scheme using a uniform home hamper carried by street railway express. Farmers place orders by phone or mail, fill hampers, and have them delivered within hours by trolley lines with automobile leg service. Success hinges on farmer participation and customer willingness.
SHOSHONI Wyo Feb 27 The sale of the J D Woodruff and J R Thomas ranch on Dry Creek recently reported took on the appearance of a swindle when a 500 dollar check given by Bazant Brothers of Yankton SD was returned to the local bank marked no funds and information stating that the pseudo Purchasers were wanted in two other towns of the west for perpetrating real estate swindies A Lander man who endorsed the check presumably for the purpose of effecting the sale was the victim of the transaction and was also a party to the loss of several hundred dollars advanced to one of the Bazants as expense money.
An old promotional slip urges sending 5 cents with a mailer to Foley & Co for Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound and kidney pills. It touts relief for coughs colds croup and pains in sides back and kidneys with a Foley Gathartic as a laxative.
A note from Arthur Kerwin praising Lyman as second best and expressing hope he can represent the high school in Washington D D G.
Normal temperature for the date is 28 degrees. The actual mean is 24 with a 2 degree rise in the last 24 hours. Highest 29 and lowest 18, winds NE at 44 mph this morning. Precipitation since January 1 is 0.73 inches versus 0.94 inches normal.
Orchids are grown successfully in Helena Montana's capital once an import city now self supplying. Helena claims to be one of the highest cities in the world to grow orchids with shipments reaching Seattle and Idaho. Large sale line of baby carriages and sulkies advertised by Hobbs Huckfeldt Finkbiner. Gates Half Sole Tires puncture proof and cheap with free care for 5000 miles by More Mileage Tire Co.
Hogs receipts 17 000 in Chicago with prices up to 15.25 top and ranges for different weights from 14.00 to 15.25. Cattle and calves show steady or higher values with beef steers at 41.25 to 44.00 in Chicago and 13.00 to 14.25 in Omaha. Sheep and lambs near 11.25 to 20.30 in Chicago and similar ranges in Omaha. Pigs, sows, and feeder categories also listed with varied weight classes and prices.
F E Lee of Buffalo is in the city. F C Osborn of Hillsdale is a Cheyenne visitor. Fred BE Holdrege of Thermopolis is in the city. J R Coxen and CG D Rea of Laramie are in town. R E Coad is in the city from Burns. William B Wagner of Egbert is a Cheyenne visitor. Mr and Mrs Charles J Belden arrived from Pitchfork. Mr and Mrs C H Moffatt and Lyle S Powell of Douglas are in town. Bud Waitman of Wheatland arrived Thursday. J A Kirkpatrick, Real Estate and Insurance, 1824 Carey Ave.
Minneapolis February 27 report shows unchanged flour and various grain quotes. Barley at 81 cents, Rye No 2 at 1.55 dollars, Corn 1.41 dollars, Oats 0.87 to 0.835 dollars, Flax around 5.13 to 5.18 dollars, with Bran listed at 43 dollars.
Omaha market notes list corn prices for multiple grades and oat prices. No. 3 white and No. 4 white corn are quoted at 1.40 dollars with several other grades across No. 4 yellow and mixed categories. Oats show No. 2 white at 86 to 87 cents and No. 8 white at 86 cents.
Albany county Prosecuting Attorney George Patterson visited Cheyenne yesterday and met with John Cordillo Peter Cordillo and Walter Newell charged in the Albany county court with the murder of Frank Jennings on September 7. The interviews were not stated to be tied to any proposed plea deal or compromise.
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