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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1917
Page
15
Active cattle trade with firm prices. Grand champion Hereford steer sold at $25.56 per cwt to Brown Palace hotel. grand champion Angus steers to Herm hotel at $23.00. Hog market strong to a dime higher with tops at $11.00. grand champion hog sold for $27.00. Sheep demand solid. fat lambs quoted to $15.50 per hundredweight.
Hogs receipts 9 000 market 10c higher top 11 40 bulk 11 00 11 30 Cattle receipts 2 000 market 10c higher steers 7 60 11 76 cows and heifers 5 00 10 50 calves 7 00 13 50 Sheep receipts 3 000 market steady lambs 13 25 14 10 ewes 9 50 10 25 Native steers and western Texan stockers and feeders led gains with mixed advances across categories.
Cheyenne grain prices list milling wheat at 1.60 to 1.70 dollars, durum 1.60 to 1.70, rye around 1.10, oats 1.70 to 1.76, corn 2.40 per cwt, corn chop 2.50, Nebraska hay around 20.06, alfalfa hay 18.00 per ton, bran 1.85, straw 69.08 per ton. The data is supplied by Wyoming Fuel & Feed Company.
A detailed railroad timetable lists West Bound Union Pacific trains including Cheyenne Portland Flyer and Los Angeles Limited with arrivals and departures. It also covers Fast Mail and Overland Line services, along with Denver Pacific and Colorado and Southern trains with their respective arrival and departure times.
Notice announces sale by public auction of 560 acres in Wyoming at 1 PM February 15 1917 at the Cheyenne courthouse front door. Lands located in Township 18 North Range 62 West with appraised value 13.25 per acre, minimum bid 10 per acre, terms requiring 10 percent cash and up to 18 annual payments with 4 percent interest. State Board reserves right to reject bids.
An assassination attempt targeted Yukio Ozaki former minister of Justice and constitutional party leader as he spoke at a meeting demanding cabinet resignation. Two men armed with short swords were overpowered and arrested. The emperor dissolved the house of representatives.
Work resumed in an idle Bohemian silver mine near Marinbad, Bohemia, over the past year. Early results are satisfactory with ore running over 6 percent silver and rich ores found in lower levels. Production is to be increased.
A Kansas City Star column laments moving circuses by motor trucks may end the elephant era. It recalls the elephant as the central attraction since circuses began, warns against losing that romance, and wonders if a motorized show could carry elephants or force an elephantless future.
A Washington Star fragment notes two exceptional children in a family. The boy shuns aviation and the girl has never expressed interest in Europe or nursing, framing a quiet domestic contrast.
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