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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1920
Page
19
The fragment lists market quotations and financial notes from a pa newspaper page. It references prices, indices, and trading activity with terse items likely reflecting daily market movements and investor interest. The readable portion hints at commodity and stock data typical of early 20th century financial briefs.
New York traders faced a sharp reversal after a strong opening with gains outweighed by losses in the first half hour. Downtick pressure hit equipment, steel, and shipping shares while United States Steel and Endicott-Johnson slid. Gains appeared in Mexican and American Petroleum but overall trading ended weaker with widespread declines into the final hour.
Denver reports mixed cattle and lamb activity with fat lambs leading gains at $11.76, feeder lambs strong, and high-quality fat cattle scarce. Chicago receipts show beef steers unevenly higher, with top hogs around $13.05 and pigs steady, while lambs rise to $13.76 for top lots.
Omaha market survey shows hog receipts around 2500 with a steady trend and prices from 2.26 to 12.50, top 12.75. Cattle receipts about 1500 with slow to steady movement and 25 cent declines for stockers and feeders. Sheep receipts 2500 with lambs strong, fed lambs at 12.00, wethers 6.75, ewes 6.50, feeding lambs 11.50.
Financial notices show flour and grain prices steady to lower in Minneapolis and Chicago with carload receipts rising in Minneapolis. Omaha lists hard wheat and corn values while sugar in New York hits a season low as San Domingo and Porto Rico sales dip and refiners hold steady.
Laura May Nelson was granted a divorce from Amphreon on desertion grounds in yesterday's Cheyenne district court. Judge W. J. Tidball sat for Judge Mentzer. Father Short will assume temporary charge of St. John's in Rawlins, leaving early next week. New passenger schedules take effect tomorrow adding two trains.
Canadian government work on a new Welland Canal renews talk of linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic. Engineers say deep drafting could remove rapids and a canal from Galop to Montreal might eliminate remaining obstacles. The plan envisions ships passing from Duluth to Montreal via Lake Superior and Ontario, with Port Weller at Lake Ontario as a key gateway.
Secretary Payne granted a lease on all of Section 31-40-78 in the Salt Creek field to Salt Creek Consolidated Oil, the largest oil land lease yet under the act. The project anticipates an initial production around 7,000 barrels a day from a four-wall well near a parallel field. several nearby wells are capped pending lease perfection. The Salt Creek Consolidated Oil Co already holds other leases in the district and plans production from multiple wells once finalized. Vertical stakes include Midwest Refining ownership, with James Owen of Denver as president and Mrs. Downing as secretary. Weathered notes also mention Ethan Allen and fiber lamp production estimates, and Fall River, Mays as the nation’s largest cotton milling city.
The fragment references the first practical American typewriter patented by Charles Thurber of Worcester, Massachusetts in 1845. It also notes projections for electric clothes-washer production and offers scattered, garbled phrases about people, places, and objects from various eras.
Community announces a large supply of turkeys next week and urges early orders to ensure a turkey for Thanksgiving Day.
We offer Jonathans Rome Beau ties Greenings and other apples for eating and cooking. The fruit is described as the best on the market and customers can save by buying them by the box.
A local listing showcases Tokay grapes oranges bananas grapefruit sweet cider new nutrients fresh coconuts dates figs and other choice fruits for sale by area vendors.
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