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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1913
Page
3
A fragmented notice lists travel assistance options from Goodrich Drug Co in Omaha Nebraska. It mentions a weekly amount between 25 and 50 dollars and references H R fare. The exact details and dates are unclear.
Great Oregon and California railroad land grant forfeited to United States in Oregon federal court decision. Some 15,000 claims are immensely valuable. Prepare for final disposition of land. Send 25¢ for maps and details. Douglas County Abstract Co Roseburg Ore Sun tf.
Advertises for a reliable partner offering a manufacturing plant with $12 to $15 daily profit and no risk. Requires bank references and a personal interview at the address J. W., care Leader 1.
The Carbon Coal and Development Company is incorporated in Cheyenne Wyoming on May 5 1913 with capital of 500 000 shares at 1 each. It will mine market and develop coal and mineral lands in Converse County and other sites as directed by three directors Albert M Crafts Hylton and John C Anvepolice. Principal office is Temple Hall Building Douglas Wyoming with Albert M Crafts as resident agent.
A garbled exchange reveals a wife asking for fifty dollars from her husband to buy a hat. he refuses, citing financial strain. The text shifts to a geographic note describing an ancient division in Southeastern Italy, named Anulla, near Adriathe, including Lecce Roggian and Bort with a population around two million.
Help wanted notice seeks individuals to hire handymen for hourly daily or monthly work. Apply at Sealy Army headquarters located at 99 W. ATth Avenue or call the listed phone number for details.
Denver market notes show wheat prices for choice winter and spring at 1.25 per bushel with various oats and barley listings. Hay prices range from 8.00 to 14.00 per unit with alfalfa and prairie varieties. Horse demand is good and trade active with strong upcoming supplies expected. sellers and buyers urged to act to capture favorable prices.
In Denver the cattle yarding was light with about 6 600 head receipts. Southern stockers dominated, weekly offerings liberal, demand fast, and Eastern markets weaker, keeping local cattle prices steady to lower on higher grades. Beef cattle saw good steers 7 50 to 7 78, cows 6 50 to 7 00, veal 9 75 to 10 25, and stockers steady amid active but softening trade. Hogs scarce with a lone load at 9 70, but better hogs could bring more. shippers pushed shipments forward as markets remained firm.
May 17 reports show cattle receipts at Kansas City with various classes priced from native cows to Western steers and stockers. Hogs receipts exceed 1,500 with steady to firm demand and prices around 8.25 to 8.40. Chicago notes cattle receipts around 200 with steady market and hogs around 19,000.
Western South Omaha and Saint Joseph show cattle receipts May 17 with steers and heifers trading around 7.00 to 8.75 per hundredweight and hogs steady to higher with tops near 8.45. Western market totals include calves, bulls, and sheep receipts, while Saint Joseph lists hogs and cattle with limited sheep data and prices quoted for yearlings and lambs.
A Kansas City price table lists grain bids and closes for wheat corn and oats with multiple contract months. Entries include No 2 hard wheat at 59 3/4 bid and 82 0, No 2 red at 97 40, and corn mixed across May July and September bids. An unrelated line concludes with a proverb about an ex widow naming a baby after her first husband.
New York May 17 Harper and Brothers announce the sale of Harper's Weekly to Norman Hapgood with delivery due June 1 Colonel George Harvey president of Harper and Brothers will move his editorial duties from Harper's Weekly to the North American Review in a statement issued with the transfer
The Cheyenne city council passes an ordinance barring any sale or gift of cigarettes tobacco or liquor to anyone under 18. Violators face misdemeanor fines from five to twenty five dollars or up to thirty days in jail. Effective upon passage and approval in May 1913. D W Gull mayor and J J Bhrowalter city clerk seal.
Florence Coulter files for divorce in Laramie county Wyoming district court against a non resident of Wyoming with last residence in Alliance Nebraska. Judgment by default possible if no answer by June 7 1912. case includes claims of non support and desertion. Filed by attorney T J Fisher in the district court clerk’s office.
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