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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1920
Page
11
In atractions given in add. If it asks you to address initials or numbers write the initial or number in care of this office. Mail will be received by proper parties. Do not call this office as there is no inside information. Will Reid Register.
George J. Prosser announces his candidacy for County Commissioner as a Republican. Primary date set for August 17, 1920, with two years in office sought.
A Pioneer Woman receives a bouquet from Charlie Irwin during the Frontier parade along Capitol avenue as locals and guests gather for Frontier week. Georgia Baxter of Bryn Mawr, Pa., departs after visiting the frontiers celebration. The issue also notes engagements, family reunions, hotel gatherings and numerous Frontier guests in Cheyenne with a variety of social events and visitors from Colorado, Illinois and Wyoming.
Mrs L Gibson of 12th and Edison St La Junta Colorado reports kidney discomfort for some time improved after using Foley Kidney Pills. She says they helped her right away and made such a change that she feels fine. The pills are described as promptly relieving back ache rheumatic pains sore swollen or stiff muscles and joints and restoring kidney and bladder health.
Conflicting market conditions influenced New York trading with easy money rates and hopes for railroad rate advances offset by foreign exchange weakness. About 375,000 shares changed hands as readings near session highs faded, rails and steels leading in movement while London exchange weakened. Rumors of an interstate commerce rate decision loomed as call money stayed ample at 8 percent.
The Producers & Refiners corporation reports a new Osage district well in Fremont county Wyoming yielding seventy six barrels in the first day under pump and expected to reach 100 after cleaning. The well reached pay sand at 1517 feet and stopped at 1582 feet with fifty five feet of pay sand. About seventy five rigs are active in the Osage field.
Oil stocks eased from midweek optimism with thin trading. Boston Wyom ing and Mountain Gulf hovered near 1.03 to 1.06 in domestic deals while Mid West Refining fell to 150 162 and Standard Oil of Indiana varied from 650 to 670. Columbia bids ranged 89 to 41 cents and Consolidated Royalty at 1.83, as activity stayed very light.
Local report shows Atlas Crude trading around .04 and Bessemer near .03 with nearby oils in the area weighing on the market. Details are sparse, but the snippet indicates a focus on crude price levels and regional activity.
Disjointed rate table notes time loans steady and unchanged while call money ranges from high to low. Ruling rate at 8 with closing bid 7 and last loan reported at 6, indicating a tight money market with scarce liquidity.
Sugar market in New York on July 30 saw raw sugar firmer at 16.30 cents per lb and refined steady at 21 to 22.50 cents. Futures edged higher in sympathy with firmer raws as commission houses and shorts bought moderately. Old crop months rose by 25 to 30 points at midday, while new crop months showed little interest and held flat.
Wheat and corn prices listed for No 1 red, No 2 red and No 8 red with bid and ask ranges. Oats No 2 white and No 3 white quotes are shown along with rye No 2, barley, timothy seed, clover seed and pork products. Lard and rib quotes are included.
Omaha market bulletin lists grain and corn futures with bids for Wheat No 1 hard at 2.38 2.39 per bushel and No 2 hard at 2.87 2.38. Corn No 2 white 1.38 with No 3 white 1.35 1.87, No 1 yellow 1.89, No 2 yellow 1.88, No 2 mixed 1.86 1.37, No 3 mixed 1.85 1. Oats No 8 white 0.344, No 4 white 0.714 0.0.
In Louis, Mo on July 30 futures for December corn at 2.24 and March at 2.21, December 1.24 percent, oats September at 69.5 cents, December 69 and a fraction, with miscellaneous monthly price notes.
Denver July 30 vegetable prices fall with wholesale potato quotes down $2 to Colorado $4–$4.50 per cwt and Kansas $3–$3.76. Cabbage $2.50–$2.76 cwt. Apples $3–$3.50, cantaloupe $4.50–$5, pony crate $3.76. Watermelons $2–$3 cwt. Hens rise to 89–40c lb, ducks 45c, broilers 56–57c, roosters 26c. Eggs wholesale down 1c to 61c dozen. shipper prices unchanged at $12.25–$12.60 dozen. Butter steady. No 1 creamery 57c, butterfat 52c stations.
Liberty First 3846's First 4's Second 4's First 444's Second 4% s Third 4% s Fourth 4% Fifth 4's appears as a fragmented securities note listing multiple bond series and percentages without full context or complete details. The readable items indicate series identifiers and interest rate references across several Liberty Bond series.
Copper steady at 19 cents per pound for third quarter. Tin and antimony unchanged. Lead and zinc hold steady. East St Louis zinc quotes at 7.70 and 8.00 dollars. Market watchers note overall flat tone across base metals.
Mercan tile paper notes unchanged exchange, Sterling at 3.70 percent with cables to 3.7544. Frames demand 7.57 with cables 7.59. Belgian francs demand 811, cables 8.18. Guilders 34.20 both ways. Lire 6.27 with cables 6.29. Marks 2.80, cables 2.32. New York exchange on Montreal.
Cattle receipts 1,800 with a slow market and generally steady on all classes none for choice steers. Hogs receipts 8,000 with steady opening and 15 to 25 cents lower at close. medium and light 14.50 to 16.50. packing and heavy 14.00 to 14.40. Sheep receipts 10,600 lambs 26 cents lower. best sale lambs around 14.50. sheep 25 cents lower. wethers 8.75. ewes 7.75. feeding lambs 50 cents lower.
The Librarian of the New York Public Library notes high demand for Clarence Tarkington's works as the latest Tarkington stage drama to be shown at the Princess on Wednesday August 4 by the same company as before.
Paris, July 30. Doubling of most international postal rates will be proposed by French delegates to the International Postal Union meeting in Madrid October 1. France has raised domestic first class letter postage from 15 to 25 centimes, making a local Paris letter as costly as international mail. The commission also backed a surtax to cover exchange losses.
The excerpt lists a theatre production with a fifteen week run featuring Clarence in a first hand comedy. Prominent cast includes Gregory Kelly Ruth Gordon Robert Adams Byron Beasley Grace Filkins Betty Murray Joe Wallace Guy D Ennery and James T Ford.
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