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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1921
Page
11
A fragment from a dialogue on destiny in wartime exile shows a speaker asking about future roles and replying that place matters more than the idea of a job. The exchange hints at personal risk and shifting identities in a conflict era.
The George VY Ho bart's modern morality comedy drama Texperience by IF Ray Comstock and Morris Gest debuts Friday January 14 at the Princess. Now in its seventh season it proved wildly successful in cities, endorsed by clergy, tracing Youth from innocence through temptation to a renewed life with Love and Ambition. A brief boys’ life joke follows.
Community notices include a Dance tonight at South Side A C with a 60c couple rate, pharmacy discounts at Forbes, and various ads for rent, insurance, auto work, taxi service, and baby carriage sales. Local shops Hawb, Huckfeldt, and Kirkpatrick advertise services and a messenger option to send a paper to subscribers.
The Cheyenne State Leader launches a five week Free Motion Picture Page offering readers free tickets to local shows in exchange for careful reading and spotting omitted or misspelled words. Subscriptions via phone are encouraged and the page targets attentive readers.
New York stocks ended with sharp losses as oils steels and equipment shares led declines. Atlantic Gulf fell to a new low after a late rally in other issues, with Crucible Steel climbing on heavy orders and London exchange quotations higher.
An advertisement urges readers with catarrhal deafness or head noises to buy Parmint double strength from a druggist. Mix 1 ounce with % pint hot water and a little sugar, then take 1 tablespoonful four times daily. It claims relief, opens nostrils, aids breathing, and stops mucus in the throat.
Bar silver domestic quotes around 9944 cents per ounce, foreign around 654 percent, Mexican dollars trading at 50 cents each, reflecting volatile bullion markets and currency shifts in early January.
Grain markets report No. 2 hard wheat at 87 both in Chicago. The bulletin notes No. 8 hard wheat quotes and hints at early price movements in futures trading.
A brief commodity price rundown shows Corn No. 3 mixed at 67144 681ec and No. 2 yellow at 72c. Oats No. 2 white 46% 47% 4¢, No. 8 white 454% 46% 4ec. Rye No. 2 at 1.67, Barley 66 86c, Timothy seed 5.50 6.75, Clover seed 16.00 23.00. Pork nominal, Lard 13.00, Ribs 11.00 12.25.
Minneapolis reports unchanged prices besides corn receipts of 434 cars versus 608 a year ago. Wheat futures show March at 1.73, May at 1.69, with oats, rye and flax bids listed and barley and bran noted.
The unreadable OCR fragment lists paired codes and place names such as West Hx West Oil Fields Western States Wind River Wyo-Tex Wyo-Kans with scattered numbers. It appears to be a catalog or index of regional routes or oil districts with associated figures.
A young mother with a baby in arms boarded a street car and paid with a dollar. The conductor asked for smaller change, she smiled at the infant and said she had only been married a year. The anecdote reflects a gentle, humorous plea for fare adjustment.
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