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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1916
Page
7
The Denver market reports firmer cattle with higher bids across beef steers cows and feeders. Hog and sheep trading also strong with steady to higher prices and prompt clearances despite liberal supplies and busy activity at Chicago Kansas City and Omaha benchmarks.
A fragmented pricing list shows corn and oats quotes with multiple grades and months. Values include No 2 red at 1.05 and 1.07, No 2 white at 69c, No 2 yellow at 69c, and oats quotes around 44–45c and 40–42c with May and July references.
Chicago wheat closes March 7 with May at 81.16 and July at 81.??, reflecting market activity in Chicago. The report notes minor price adjustments and typographical uncertainty in the July figure.
Published by the Wyoming Fuss and Feed Company. Lists farm prices for corn wheat hay oats straw and related commodities. Also reports a 1916 land notice from the Department of the Interior Cheyenne Office noting Ernest C Bundy of Divide Wyoming filed intent to prove land claim with witnesses listed for April 12 1916.
Land Office Cheyenne reports Thomas A Brannen of Little Bear Wyoming filed to prove up a 1913 homestead entry for NW and NW SW in Section 28 Township 16N Range 67W with final three year proof set for April 19 1916 before the Register and Receiver. Witnesses include Harry Farthing Thane M Haldwin and others of Cheyenne. Separately John J Bygebroad of Carpenter Wyoming filed for a 1913 homestead entry in Section 24 Township 14N Range 65W with final proof due April 19 1916 before the same officers. witnesses listed from Archer and Cheyenne.
The narrator recalls 1860s events in El Paso tied to Juarez and Maximilian. It covers a ball at Fort Bliss honoring Juarez, diplomatic sensitivities, and local attitudes toward the Mexican empire, including a forced loan, armaments sales, and reminiscences of cross border figures and U.S. officials. Juarez’s return to Mexico City and the end of Maximilian’s rule are noted with Civil War era reflections.
Harlia BR Stroud files for a divorce from Sallie Stroud in district court alleging desertion for over one year before filing. The petition seeks an absolute divorce on the grounds of willful desertion and will be heard after the date noted in the filing.
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