Market Quotations and Foreign Exchange Snapshot
Sterling at 3.8746 dollars per pound. Francs at 12.90 per dollar. Marks at 2.44 cents per mark. Money market shows an 0.8 percent change.
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1920
Page
3
Sterling at 3.8746 dollars per pound. Francs at 12.90 per dollar. Marks at 2.44 cents per mark. Money market shows an 0.8 percent change.
The document lists Liberty bonds with various maturities and prices including Liberty First 34s at 91.04 and 4s at 85.60. Other series shown include Liberty Second 4 5 at 84.62 and Third 444 8s at 88.80 with additional Fourth 434s at 86.08 and Fifth 4 5s at 95.72.
Copper steady and iron firm with tin unchanged at 49.00 a ton at spot and nearby. Antimony and lead hold, with lead at 8.50. Zinc also steady as market notes from New York and St Louis show little price movement.
In Denver today dealers report strong demand for creamery butter with shippers receiving 62 cents at stations and 56 to 68 cents direct. First grade butter at 67 cents likely to rise. second grade 53 cents. Process butter 49 cents and packing stock 36 to 88 cents. Poultry prices rise with scarcity urged. eggs steady at wholesale 49 to 52 cents. Vegetables steady with price drops likely on abundant supplies. Apricots arriving daily with steady demand. gooseberries and strawberries out of season.
Raw sugar in New York opened 10 to 20 points lower as commission houses sold under scattered liquidation. By midday, prices recovered to the previous night’s close amid short covering and renewed demand for refined and granulated varieties.
Livestock at Denver on July 28 showed uneven trading with native grass steers selling near steady, prices from 10 to 11 dollars depending on weight and quality. Common cattle moved 9.75 or less while medium to stout cows ranged 7.25 to 8 dollars, choice cows 9 or more, stock cows 5.50 to 6.60. Hog receipts were noted as comparative.
The market reports show around 400 head with hogs selling mostly to large packers. Prizes rose about a dime, top price $15 for a load of choice porkers. bulk hogs $13.75 to $14.50, heavy and mixed $13.50 down. Pigs unchanged, few light stockers at $12. Butcher stock around 12.50 for best. Sheep include a couple loads of fair lambs at about $14.50, medium lambs $14.25 down, ewes $7.50 to $8 for select types.
Chicago market totals show cattle receipts about 7 000 with steers steady to strong and best yearlings at 16.75, hogs receipts around 16 000 with prices 10 to 25 cents higher on lighter demand, tops at 16.60 and bulk near 14.50. Lambs about 17 000, western current steady while natives ease, top native 14.75 and bulk around 18.50. Canner and bale prices variably quoted with spreads noted.
Omaha July 28 cattle receipts 8300 market generally steady on all classes. Hog receipts 11000 market active 25 40c higher with medium and light butchers 14.25 to 15.00 and top 15.26. packing grades 13.50 to 14.00. Sheep receipts 17600 killing classes about steady top lambs 15.40 with feeders up 10 to 15c and best sale feeding lambs 13.75.
Minneapolis reports flour at 70 cents down to 7i lower with family patents at 13.50 to 13.55 a barrel in 98 pound sacks and bran at 45.00. Chicago line lists wheat No 1 red 2.66 to 2.68, No 2 red 2.65 to 2.68, corn No 2 mixed 1.40, yellow 1.47, oats No 2 white 78 to 79, rye No 2 2.04 to 2.07, barley 95 cents to 1.06, timothy seed 30 to 36, pork nominal, lard 18.75, ribs 16.75 to 17.25.
Yesterday’s results show Sam Garrett and listed cowboys in calf roping with times from :55 to 2:... The Cheyenne Men’s Relay Race crowned Darrell Cannon and Drumheller as 1st with 2:50, Bob Lee second, P L Landrum third. Steer bulldogging and steer roping contested for Worlds, with multiple competitors posting no times or varying runs. Wild horse race saw Wyatt Webb first at 1:57 with King Merritt and Shorty Kelso among others completing several positions.
Roach Lloyd Carroll and Hugo Strickland hold places after Roach's wild west contest win in Chicago. Boxer proves troublesome as Sexar rises on hind legs and Pale Face and Boise Kid compete closely. Currié Nation shows Kan- prowess in the event.
A vivid account of the Frontier Day events notes Will Rogers appearing in a brown suit and horse, plus bold tricks by riders like Harry Walters and Lorena Trickey. The crowd packed the grandstands as innovations such as changing horses and calf roping drew fast enthusiasm, with final day slated for Friday if weather holds.
The piece describes the Dance of the Firelight by the Arapahoe tribe with warriors in beads and war Bonnets, squaws and papooses joining in, drums rising and fading, and a mid performance shift to the Crow lvdnee led by Yellow Calf, before paleface spectators.
The Crow dance depicted real battle scenes with warriors leaping, crouching, and mimicking rifles and war clubs. Squaws trembled while cameras filmed the fiery performance. Noted by T J McCoy and attracting 8,500 to 6,000 spectators, it rivaled historic tribal fire dances once seen near Laramie County.
Thieves stole about $1 200 in jewels from D Miller store as he notified the sheriff and police. A drag net and telegrams to nearby towns were issued, trains watched with no results. Miller had no robbery insurance and the loss could be final if thieves are not found. The raid followed years without similar incidents at the Miller shop.
National League games drew long results with New York beating St Louis in 14 innings 6 to 5 after ties in other matchups. American League results include Cleveland 8 Boston 0 and Detroit 6 Washington 4, with notable pitching by Bagby Harper Cicotte and Shocker.
The State Leader sold 650 copies on Wednesday morning, an extraordinary record for a small city newspaper on a day with no sensational news.
Indians from the reservation attend Frontier Days with the grounds show described as a minor attraction. Several braves slipped away from the com mitteemen to see downtown sights while dances unfold. Squaws and bucks mingle with palefaces as tourists join the dance crowd.
Gossip claims a white woman, said to be raised by Arapahoe Indians after her parents were killed, is married to a chief and speaks only the native tongue. Report notes she may be identified by brown hair rather than black.
Two thousand Fuji textile firm workers in Tokio struck after the company refused to recognize their right to organize. The Tokio cable to the Nippu Jiji reports the action reached Honolulu via delayed transmission.
After Frontier Performance a group of boys showered pillows on spectators in the grandstand. Deputies will be stationed in the stands to prevent a repeat as the show attracts distinguished guests and should be confined to the arena.
The Reichstag today by an overwhelming majority approved the agreement made recently by the government at Spa with representatives of the Entente.
James Carmen of Mayfield Kentucky reports good health after using Foleys Kinney Pills and says they are certainly fine. He notes relief from sore muscles and back ache, attributing his improved condition to the pills.
Visitors flock to Frontier Park where church ladies report record evening crowds. After meals, guests buy bread, pies and leftovers at reduced prices. The YWCA cafeteria also benefits, with 352 people served after closing shortly after 8 pm Wednesday. Restaurants and lunch stands stay busy throughout the day.
The Barkalow Brothers operate the baggage check at the Union Pacific depot waiting room. With Frontier guests, regular stalls filled Wednesday and luggage overflowed onto the floor. Bags and suitcases lined the waiting room and filled the platform entrance for several fest.
Kentucky congressman Swope cautions that federal action is needed to resolve the Japanese immigration issue in California and elsewhere, arguing entry should depend on loyalty. Willis R. Lebo testifies that Japanese workers aided the Northwest’s development and cost of living, while M Yoshida cites local Japanese landholdings and businesses in Pierce County.
Frontier visitors split their time between morning engagements with professionals and offices, including dentists and lawyers, while afternoons and evenings are spent on leisure. Merchants report brisk business in the mornings as out-of-town patrons flock to federal, state, and county offices.
The body found in a New York trunk is identified as Mrs. Eugene Leroy. Detroit police seek further reports from cities holding possible suspects. Allan A. Tatum, key to the case, refuses to accompany officers. Leroy alias C J Wood alias C Fernandez is charged with first degree murder in Detroit.
In Doorn Holland the ex emperor William forms a small German dominated court while Allies guard Holland to keep him from mixing with locals. The house resembles a German enclave with 40 German staff and only a Dutch barber occasional visitor. William seldom appears in public now.
The text notes William's isolation outside a manor fence called a cage covering about forty hectares. It records his ten outings to visit former host Count Bentinck at Amerongen and occasional visits by his sons or the former crown prince, limited by his mother's illness, with William rarely seeing new faces beyond daily associates.
The Frontier committee and the Chamber of Commerce ask Cheyenne residents to list available rooms at the accommodation headquarters in the Chamber of Commerce building. With visitors rising quickly and accommodations scarce, more rooms must be secured for the larger crowd arriving today.
Night crowds echo a Coney Island mood with western street cries and Painted Rock lore. Carnival stalls display groceries and fruit as prizes while dance halls lure jazz lovers. ice cream parlors and soda shops buzz as automobile visitors flood the streets.
The Tribune report that Simmons Hardware of St. Louis would gift Daisy Parsons a silver mounted saddle is incorrect. The Frontier Association will provide the saddle.
Funeral services for Benjamin McLerran aged 3, son of Mr and Mrs Benjamin McLerran, held at Marly-Bricker Brothers parlors at 10 this morning with burial at Lakeview cemetery. Lawson Robertson doubts current American athletes will surpass Stockholm marks from eight years ago.
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