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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1919
Page
16
International Harvester announces purchase of Parlin Orendorff, including Canton Illinois plant, a major plow maker. Transfer to occur July 1 with Parlinsdorff branches in four cities leased and run by International.
A note lists ten branches located in Kansas City Minneapolis Omaha St. Louis Dallas Portland Denver Sioux Falls Oklahoma City and Spokane reflecting an expanding network across regional offices.
Amira Gentile, described as a working man, lost his pocketbook last evening while walking from Eleventh Street to the post office. The wallet contained 400 in post office checks and 50 in cash, totaling 450. A reward of 90 is offered for return of the checks and money as noted in the State Leader.
A calm afternoon lets Mrs. B. return home in time to prepare dinner for Mr. B. Everything proceeds nicely as the couple enjoys a pleasant spell before evening. The text contrasts this with using different fuel or range causing hurried effort and loss of the memory of pleasure.
London May 6 General Porfor Ing will visit London later this month as official guest of the government for two days and unofficial guest for five more. Arrival date and length of stay are tentative. Plans include an investiture at Buckingham Palace and a parade with British and Colonial troops before Pershing sails home.
The Mexican court in Vera Cruz ordered the American schooner Cape Horn, owned in Galveston, turned over to the customs collector. The ship was seized on a charge of fishing in Mexican territorial waters and the case is under investigation.
J. L. Sullivan becomes chief clerk in the office of Superintendent A. W. Woodruff of the Union Pacific Wyoming division in St. Wereds. Mr Smiley resigned and left yesterday afternoon for Green River.
Treasury secretary Carter Glass clarifies the War Insurance Act, noting that insurance payments go to designated beneficiaries without proof of dependency. Compensation payments require actual dependency for a mother or father, while a beneficiary can receive insurance regardless of dependency.
John Donnellan Co notes active but unsettled corn trading with prices rising to about 0.3 to 0.4 cents. Commission houses were on both sides, cautious on declines, with buying on dips outweighing sales during early session. Oats and hog markets show volatility as receipts and cash demand influence activity.
Clear weather with normal temperatures. The high reached 55 degrees at 2 45 p m and the low 28 degrees at 6 00 p m The average today about 43 degrees The wind from the west sped to 20 miles per hour at 2 44 p m Precipitation totaled 0 42 inches with no snow on the ground
Work on the Hynds building is delayed until two carloads of marble arrive. Expert workmen are reinstalling wainscoting in the Plains Hotel lobby while awaiting materials.
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