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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1920
Page
8
Mixed classifieds list cattle for sale in Nebraska, piano sale in Denver storage, stockholders meeting notice in Wyoming, automobile insurance ad, several wanted notices for housework and staff, a lost watch charm, and a physician’s office closure due to a death. Includes location names Smithfield Cheyenne Denver and dates May 14 1920.
The Producers Consolidated Coal Company filed Articles of Incorporation with Wyoming Secretary of State. The firm plans coal mining, mining property sales, water rights, power plants, transportation, lending, and general business. capital stock is 41 million dollars with seven directors led by L. E. B. McLaughlin in Lost Springs, Converse County, Wyoming.
Kinney Oil & Refining Co. schedules a special stockholders meeting at 542 First National Bank Building Cheyenne Wyoming on May 8 1920 at 10 am to consider issuing about three million shares of preferred stock in exchange for ten to one common shares. Transfer hooks close April 8 1920. Dated April 2 1920. John D Glark president H T Severns secretary.
Open high low close figures listed for corn oats and wheat with multiple grades. Chicago livestock markets show cattle receipts around 17 000 with beef steers steady and calves slow. hogs 45 000 with prices mixed. sheep receipts 18 000 with steady to strong trade and higher lamb prices.
Slogs receipts 16 000 opening to shippers 25 to 85 lower on medium and lights. packers bid 15 250 lower than Saturday across all classes. Top 14 65 bulk 13 75 to 14 40. Cattle receipts 9 000 beef steers and heifers slow 15 250 lower. bulls and feeders steady to lower. veals weak. Sheep receipts 4 000 lambs steady to 10 150 higher. best wooled 19 50. clipped 17 65. bulk 17 35.
Local notice states Beginning May 5 the Geyser Laundry office will close at 6 o'clock on Saturdays. Hobbs Huckfeldt Finkbinder advertise auto tops and baby carriages. Union Trust Co promotes savings at 6 percent.
The article claims during the world war the government ran notable experiments in telegraphing via invisible searchlight beams. It notes a 18 mile transmission from Sandy Hook to a receiving station atop the Woolworth Building in NYC with no visible beam during the process.
The passage explains that infrared rays are produced by many light sources including high power arc lamps used in searchlights. These rays are invisible to the human eye, and once the source is understood, the concept becomes clear.
An advertisement promotes Zemo antiseptic liquid from the E. W. Rose Co. of Cleveland Ohio. It claims fast relief from itching and skin troubles including pimples eczema ringworm and blotches with a 35 cent or one dollar bottle applied as directed.
An old advertisement extols Nature’s Remedy NR Tablets to tonify digestion. It contrasts gentler support for stomach liver bowels kidneys with harsh laxatives and promises immediate relief plus lasting benefits. It claims improved digestion assimilation and cleansing for a healthier balance, urging a 25c trial with guarantee via druggists.
An early report outlines infrared telegraphy using shielded searchlight setups and selenium cells. It notes infrared penetration, materials to block visible light, and proposed receivers like bolometers or holometers, with Heath and Sandy Hook to New York tests of about eighteen miles.
Cure bad breath with Dr Edwards Olive Tablets a vegetable blend with olive oil. They stimulate the bowels and liver to natural action purifying the system and clearing blood without calomel side effects. Take one or two nightly for a week at 25 cents per box.
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