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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1913
Page
15
Harrisburg reports a legislative recommendation to revoke the charter of Coatesville Borough, Chester County, over lynching events linked to Zack Walker and Degro. Governor Tener urges stripping municipal powers as punishment for officers and citizens who failed to uphold duty and honor.
In a broad recommendation the governor calls for general legislation to empower the state to abolish municipal governments like the borough of Coatesville, a 12 000 population town in Chester County, to place it under township admin. He cites turmoil following a 1891 lynching and argues existing law cannot revoke a charter, urging sweeping measures to dissolve boroughs and curb disorder.
Paris reports Prince Helle de Sagan Duke de Talleyrand with wife Anna Gould and their son Holson arrived at Savoy London and sail for New York on the Mauretania to attend the wedding of Miss Helen Gould. Time will fix the date, with possibilities set for Monday January 20.
Market prices show wheat at 1.26 to 1.27 per bushel for choice winter and spring, oats around 1.26 for western, barley feeding 0, malting 1.06, rye 0, per ton hay mainly 9.50 to 13.00 for various South Park, Colorado upland, prairie and timothy varieties, alfalfa from 9.00 to 10.00, with No 1 to choice and loose notes.
Cattle receipts fair, demand good, prices near last week. Beef cattle sold 4.00 to 6.00 for cows, bulls active, veal moved well. Feeders steady 5.50 to 6.75, light cattle slower. Hogs active but off from eastern markets, top 7.37 but most 7.25 to 7.95, light hogs down to 6.80. Sheep brisk with steady prices, choice ewes 4.55, yearlings 6.50, shipments wanted.
Eastern Live Stock reports cattle receipts of 13 000 with about 1500 southerns. Prices slipped 10 cents from prior levels as native steers bring 7.00 to 9.00 dollars while southern steers range 6.00 to 7.50. Southern cows and heifers bring 3.75 to 6.20 and native cows and heifers 3.75 to 7.75 with stockers and feeders at 5.00 to 7.40.
Cattle receipts total 61067 with western steers at about 6.50 and western cows near 4.75. Sheep receipts around 10,000 with muttons quoted 4.50 to 6.00 and range stock from 8.00 to 8.50. Market news notes overall steadiness or slight drop as buyers and packers adjust bids.
Notice is given that the annual meeting of the Leader Publishing Company stockholders will be held at its Cheyenne Wyoming office on January 14 1913 at four oclock in the afternoon for election of directors for the ensuing year and other business. John D Clark president. It is hard to convince a man that his salary is increasing as fast as the cost of living.
Insurance loans and real estate details listed with a local address and bureau bonus. The notice cites Carey Avenue Cheyenne Wyoming and a phone line 67 172 percent.
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