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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1917
Page
15
Platte County Wyoming announces a bond issue of 50 bonds at 1000 dollars each totaling 50000 dollars to fund a courthouse and jail in Wheatland. Bonds mature in 20 years with 4 1/2 percent interest, sale set for February 9 1917 with bids to be certified by a 10000 dollar Wyoming bank check.
State Board of Land Commissioners schedules public auction in Cheyenne Wyoming for February 3 1917 at 1 PM. Sale includes West half Northeast quarter section 29 18 62 containing 380 acres with terms 16 percent cash and up to eighteen annual payments at 4 percent interest. Appraised value 13.33 per acre, minimum bid not less than three fourths of appraisal and $10 per acre. Purchaser bears ad cost. improvements may be bought at appraised value. Board reserves right to reject all bids.
Public land sale notice from the Department of the Interior Cheyenne office announced for February 23 1917 at 11:00 AM. Mabel Philia Heasman holding Serial No. 014884 seeks an 8 acre tract in southwest Wyoming with minimum bid $2.50 per acre. Unclear land description and bidding closes when bidding ends.
Department of the Interior announces a public sale under Alfred H. Heasman Serial 014585. The tract in Section 24 Township 16 North Range 69 West 6th Principal Meridian will be offered to the highest bid at not less than $2.50 per acre at 11 A.M. The sale is ordered by Will Reid, Register.
Notice under Wyoming statute calls a stockholders meeting at Cheyenne on January 24 1917 at 1 PM to consider amending the articles of incorporation to increase capital stock from 1 500 000 to 2 500 000 shares. The meeting authorizes action by the stockholders with F S Gibbons signing as president.
A Pittsburgh Gazette writer relays data from a traveler on Hawaiian music origins. He claims Methodist camp meeting hymns shaped modern Hawaiian tunes and notes a Broadway style influence in Honolulu cafes. An exchange with a Hawaiian band leader yields a humorous misinterpretation of a popular song title.
An ad offers a prompt messenger service with the headline Phone No 8. It promises reasonable prices and notes the business is open until 3 a m. The brief item highlights late night availability and affordability for urgent deliveries.
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