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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1917
Page
7
Daily Market Report from Denver notes active cattle trading and firm prices with top fat cattle at $25.50 per cwt for Hereford and $23.00 for Angus. Feeder and hog markets also solid with highs around $11.00 for hogs and fat lambs at $26.00 per hundredweight. Chicago and Kansas City rounds show varied but firm or higher trends across hogs cattle and sheep.
St Louis stockyards report higher hog and cattle prices with strong demand. Hogs range from 9.00 to 11.65 dollars with various grades listed, while cattle see native beef steers and yearlings up to 11.60 and cows around 5.50 to 7.75. Sheep at St Louis show lambs up to 14.50 and ewes near 10.25. Omaha hog receipts reach 16,500 with markets higher.
Cattle and hog receipts reported with prices for native steers cows heifers and calves. Illinois tone shows market strong in Saint Joseph with top at 11.46 and lambs up to 14.19. Sheep receipts around 3 000 and overall market steady to higher depending on category.
Prices listed for milling wheat durum wheat and rye with per unit costs. Includes corn prices and Nebraska hay values, furnished by Wyoming Fuel and Feed Company. Local produce figures show per ton and per hundredweight rates.
The bulletin lists Union Pacific and other lines with trains arriving at Cheyenne Portland and Denver and departing for Los Angeles Caltrorst and Denver with various numbers and times. It notes limiteds and express services among multiple routes and times, including Pacific No 18 and Overland Mail Ca and Atlantic Express timings.
Michael K. Mockus, a Lithuanian lecturer, stands trial in Connecticut on blasphemy charges. The case, linked to historic 1643 hive laws, was argued before the district court and adjourned to allow briefs. He was arrested after making public statements.
In Mstrict Court of the First Suimncial District Wyoming Mary Benson sues George Benson for divorce claiming desertion for over a year and failure to support. Respondent must plead by March 10 1917 or petition may be taken as true and a decree rendered. Clerk T J Fisher and Attorney Thomas Hunter.
The regular annual meeting of United Western Oil Company stockholders will be held at the company office in the Citizens National Bank Building Cheyenne Wyoming on February 28 1917 at 4 p m for electing a board of directors and other business. John McKeon president. LEADER PUBLISHING CO notice stockholders meet February 10 1917 at 6 p m Cheyenne Wyoming to elect directors and transact business.
New York report cites Mike O Dowd calling Les Darcy easy to beat based on gym work. He backs himself for a match with the Australian and predicts Mike Gibbons or Billy Miske would defeat Darcy. He notes a rejected $11 000 offer to box him at Clermont club in Brooklyn.
John McGraw doubts baseball players forming a union will succeed. He has watched the players fraternity grow and believes the move is doomed to failure after observing prior efforts.
Mc Graw argues that baseball cannot be unionized because it is an art. He notes past attempts failed and that the sport’s artistic nature creates divisions between minor and major leagues. He contends organized labor cannot fit baseball's historic structure.
Rats destroy about $300 worth of catalogues yearly at Ohio State University. The basement of University Hall houses the stock where nibbling binds pages to obtain paste. Traditional poisons and traps fail due to the rats’ environment and cunning.
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