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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1920
Page
9
The readable text provides market quotations and a brief financial note from a regional news page. It mentions price movements and investor sentiment with limited detail due to fragmented OCR. No specific company names or numbers are clearly legible in the available snippet.
New York Nov 12 Gains outnumbered losses at the opening of Friday's trading as stock market nerves faltered. Major declines hit American Car, General Electric and U S Steel while Gulf, Endicott Johnson and Rubber shares slipped amid heavy unloading. Late losses broadened to several equipment and transport groups as call money concerns weighed on sentiment.
Denver reports feature fat lambs returning from feedlots at $11.76, up to about $12 freight paid, with range fat lambs $11 to $11.50 and feeding lambs brisk in demand. Cattle and hogs show varied results in Chicago summaries with beef steers scarce and unevenly higher, top cattle at $13.05 and hogs mostly $12.60 to $12.90, pigs steady to strong.
Hogs receipts 2,500 market generally steady with 0c lower. Bulk hogs 2.26 to 2.50, top 12.75. Cattle receipts 1,500 beef and butcher slow to steady. stockers and feeders 25c lower. Sheep receipts 2,500 lambs strong while sheep feeders steady. top fed lambs 12.00. wethers 6.75. ewes 6.50. feeding lambs 11.50.
Regional grain quotes show flour and wheat in Minneapolis and Chicago with No 1 hard wheat around 1.86 to 1.87 and corn around 86 to 92 cents. Omaha reports mixed grain prices, oats around 47 to 49 cents and sugar futures in New York slide to new season lows with San Domingo and Porto Rico raws selling around 6 1/2 cents.
Laura May Nelson was granted a divorce from Amphreon on desertion grounds in district court yesterday. Judge W J Tidball of Laramie sat in for Judge Mentzer. Reverend Short to Rawlins to oversee St Johns church. departs early next week.
Canadian plans for a new Welland Canal spark western and midwestern interest in linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic. Engineers say deepening the canal could bypass Niagara rapids, with possible further canals to Montreal. A full waterway would allow large ships to travel from Duluth to Port Weller and reach Lake Ontario ports.
Secretary Payne grants Salt Creek Consolidated Oil a lease on all of Section 31-40-78 in the Salt Creek field. The company aims to begin production from its wells once the lease is perfected. The field, in the second area of the world’s greatest oil field, has seen prior success by Midwest Oil and related firms. Additional notes touch on industry figures and regional production outlook.
Fragments recall Charles Thurber of Worcester receiving America’s first practical typewriter patent in 1845. Other bits mention estimates of electric clothes-washer production and odd historical notes about ostrich age and various names and places.
Local notice urges residents to place Thanksgiving turkey orders early for guaranteed holiday supply next week.
Apples offered include Jonathans Roman Beauties Greenings and other eating and cooking varieties. They are marketed as the best on the market and customers can save by buying a box.
A vivid advertisement touts Tokay grapes oranges bananas grapefruit sweet cider new nutes fresh coconuts dates figs and other choice fruits for sale at the local market.
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