When Cheyenne Met a Great Wyoming Snowstorm
A reader recounts past snows from Rawlins to Cheyenne in March, describing four to five foot snow depths, deep drifts, and widespread production losses at mines. Personal tales include settlers surviving with minimal gear and a saloon roof collapse, with workers scrambling to shovel and find work afterward.
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Cheyenne
Denver
Wyoming
Rawlins
Deadwood
Kabis & Dillman
Eddy Street
Press
Sidney
Laramie
Omaha
Ogden
George Washbaugh
Stocks Rally on Belgian Loan Prospects Amid Monday Uptick
New York stocks opened higher following last Saturday's rally as Belgian loan success fuels sentiment. Rail and steel shares led gains with Pressed Steel Car and Delaware, Lackawanna & Western advancing, while London exchange remained steady and loan demand stayed robust.
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New York
Shorts
Delaware
Lackawanna & Western
Southern Pacific
Northern Pacific
Exchange
London
Exchange Rates and Mercantile Paper Report
Exchange New York reports prime mercantile paper at 7.448 percent. Exchange steady. Sterling rates show 60 day bills on banks at 3.738 percent and 3.78 for commercial. Demand 8.78 and cables 3.74.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Metals News Roundup From New York Markets
Copper ranges from quiet spot to futures with nearby and first quarter at 13 18% and 13 14. Iron bids ease with No. 1 northern at 83 dollars. Tin softens with spot 84 and futures 34 75. Lead holds at 4 75 while zinc eases with Hast St Louis delivery at about 6 37.
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New York
St. Louis
Livestock Prices Report from Chicago and Denver Markets
Chicago receipts show cattle steady to mixed with beef steers around 7.50 to 8.60, hogs steady to up 10 cents with tops near 9.85, and sheep around 4.50 to 10.75. Denver buyers saw few beef steers selling up to 8.00 with feeders quiet and veal calves jumping to 12.50, hogs sold higher.
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Chicago
U.S. Bureau of Markets
Denver
Veteran recalls record storm here forty years ago
A local veteran recounts the 40 year old record snowstorm as described in last evening’s Tribune. He defends Cheyenne papers and urges readers to compare current coverage with archived Leader files from thirty years ago.
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Tribune
Leader
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Cheyenne News Roundup From Visitors to Local City
A compilation shows many names visiting Cheyenne including E Ewel Douglas W A Gross Pine Bluffs Ben Williamson Hillsdale J L Donalogne Glenda and George Stuart returning from the Denver stock show Others include E S Drury editor Wheatlands Times and Peter Sill Thermopolis Also Carnegie library to close for one hour today in honor of Robert Morris Local officials and railroad agents Be I Johnson Warren McCord visit Cheyenne Forgery suspect Lyle Barton held for trial John Hay arrival W A Gross and others in town Various residents and travelers listed with Plains accommodations Snow disrupts Wheatland party at the Plains and hospital holds Hiner for insanity Fred Lee to face second theft charge tomorrow
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Robert Morris
Carnegie Library
Morris
Mid-Continent Oil Paces Gut with Price Cut
Prairie Oil & Gas and the Standard group led a price cut effective immediately to 3.00 per barrel for Mid-Continent and North Texas crude from 3.60, aiming to curb production as pipelines had reduced intake. Caddo heavy crude also dropped from 2.50 to 2.00 per barrel. Wyoming prices unchanged.
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North Texas
Mid-Continent
Prairie Oil & Gas Company
Standard Group
Texas Company
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Wyoming
Plenty of Garages Built in Denver
Denver reports 1920 building operations at 7 649 920 dollars up from 6 779 880 in 1919. City inspector Frank M Ladd notes no normal building conditions for at least six months due to high labor costs. materials prices have fallen but may need further drop. Garages built in 1920 outnumbered residences three to one.
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Denver
Colo
Frank M. Ladd
Ladd
Baker and Alleged Accomplices Held In Conspiracy Case
Federal authorities believe Fred Clyde Baker conspired to violate the Prohibition Act and carried a letter indicating a pledge of protection to moonshiners. Baker, Williams, and Davis are held in the county jail awaiting U S commissioner action and bail decisions. Williams claims a Giants pitching past.
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Fred Clyde Baker
Denver
Baker
J. W. Williams
L. 8. Davis
Cheyenne
United States
Burri
Federal District Attorney
D. J. Powell
Howell
Prohibition Enforcement
Gill
Davis
Williams
Giants
Clara Zetkin Defies France in Passport Ban Uproar
Paris scene erupts as Clara Zetkin a German socialist elder enters France despite officials refusal. Zetkin attended Tours meeting spoke and returned to Germany prompting parliamentary slugfest and calls to tighten border controls.
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Clara Zetkin
Lenine
Paris
France
Clara Zetkinsion
Trotzky
Rosa Luxemburg
Karl Liebknecht
Berlin
Tours
Zetkin
Germany
Socialist Party
M. Vallat
M. Steeg
Interior
M. Cachin
Lennne
Cachin
Lightning Sparks Most Forest Fires in Southwest
The 1920 annual report from District Forester Pooler in Albuquerque shows nearly 200 of 436 fires in Arizona and New Mexico forests were preventable. About half were stopped before making headway, and the Coconino forest, based in Flagstaff, supplied about 40 percent of the fires, most caused by lightning.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Arizona
New Mexico
Pooler
Coconimo Forest
Flagstaff
Ariz
Madden and Magin win six day bicycle race
Madden and Magin won the six day bicycle race in Chicago. They covered 2 279 miles and finished the event at 10 30 p m tonight.
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Madden
Magin
Chicago
Hddie Madden
Jake Magin
Storefront Refurbish Urged for Spring Trade Boost
Midwinter stock taking is the time to paint and varnish. A bright clean store improves customer interest and trade, with high returns on invested money. Let us handle the work using proper paint to keep your store attractive.
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George
Washbaugh
Pole Creek
Luke Voorhees
Hillsdale
Lom
Belgium
E. T. Payton
E. Ewel of
Douglas
W. A. Gross
Pine Bluffs
City
Ben Williamson
J. L. Donalogne of
Glenda
BH. O. Fuller of
BH. H. Linhart
Riverton
George Stuart
Fred H. Healy
E.S. Drury
The
Wheatlands Times
B. H. Brooks
Rock Springs
Mr. Brooks
Union Pacific Coal Company
Peter Sill
Hot Springs County
Mr. Sill
Thermopolis
John L. Sullivan
Sparks
Mrs. Sullivan
I. Johnson
Warren McCord
Milwaukee
Chicago & Northwestern
Lyle H. Barton
Justice of the Peace Houseman
John W. Hay
J. P. Smith
Casper
Hugh N. McPhee
Horse Creek
the City
Glen Rock
J. W. Johnson
F. O. Carrion
Charles R. Mason
Charles A. Morrison
Wheatland
Claude IF
Palmer
the Plains
Mr. Palmer
F. A. Welty
Weltys
Dubois
Samuel W. Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Guernsey
Charles G. Buechner
G. M. Hiatt
I. G. Hoffman
A. B. Cowan
Western Union Telegraph Company
Dan Hiner
State Hospital For
Sheriff Carroll
Fred Lee
Forbes Pharmacy
U. S
Pean
Bure Seve
Herman Com
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Carey Avenue
Box Towney
Forbes’ Pharmacy
17Th and
Capitol Ave
Tin
Tan. Com
Ati
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