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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1920
Page
16
The New York market shows movement with gains in industrials including equipment motors copper and petroleum products and specialties such as tobacco leather gas and power chemicals and textiles. Rail shares move slowly with Atlantic Coast Line and Southern Railway among leaders as total sales reach 60 000 shares and bonds hold steady.
Were scarce and plentiful items show mixed prices across fruits vegetables and dairy. Concord grapes cost 60 cents a basket, Tokays 3 to 3.56, pears 2 to 4 a box, watermelons 1 to 1.60 a hundredweight, peppers 15 to 20 cents, tomatoes firm around 8 to 9 cents, beans 10 to 12 cents a pound, cabbage 1 a hundredweight, potatoes 2 to 2.60, hens 35 to 38 cents wholesale, broilers 50 cents, roosters 25 to 30 cents, butter around 60 cents a pound and creamery grades steady.
Ot Denver stock market shows best steers at 10.50 to 11.00, medium 7.50 to 9.00, and odd cows at 7.00. Hogs mainly 14.75 to 15.75, top load 16.25, feeders 9.60 to 10.25, lambs 11.00 to 11.50, ewes around 4.00, killers up to 4.59.
Chicago reports cattle and sheep receipts around eight thousand and twenty six thousand for fat lambs and feeder stock. Prices rise for good and choice cattle yearlings and calves with top veal at 17.50. slaughter cattle 9.00 to 15.60. hog receipts near sixteen thousand with top at 15.85. sheep and lambs open steady to higher with western lambs at 13.40 and natives around 12.50. Market activity remains strong across segments in Chicago and Omaha reports.
In New York on October 5 the Federal Sugar Refining company announced a drop to 12 cents per pound for fine granulated sugar, marking the season's lowest level to date. The market noted improving feed values for lambs and sheep as demand remained slow and livestock feeding stayed strong.
Prime mercantile paper unchanged with Hy. change irregular. Sterling demand at 249 1 4. Time loans steady. Call money strong with high 8 and low 7, ruling rate 7. Closing bid 1, offered at 8, instrument for instant loans at 8.
Copper nominal wire electrolytic spot and fourth quarter at 17 1 2 6913 1 2. Lead steady and unchanged. Line quiet with East St Louis delivery spot at 740 760.
Chicago prices show Wheat December at 1.89 1 2 and March 1.88 1 4. Corn December 43 8e and May 87 1 3. Oats December 4 1 2 and May 658 3 4. Pork October 21.50 and November 22.00. Lard November 18.70 and January 16.62. Ribs October 14.75 and January 14.765.
More than 200 commercial representatives testified before the Federal Trade Commission in Washington on a proposed guarantee against price declines. Commissioner Murdock outlined three positions: full endorsement, total opposition, and conditional support with trade practice changes.
The Shipping Board plans a sale of surplus materials valued at eight to on Gollara. The bids will be opened October fifteenth at the offices of the coast chairman, with announced officials confirming the sale.
In Washington on October 6 former Democratic National Committee chairman Homer Cummings held talks with President Wilson a day before his planned western speaking trip. The meeting focused on campaign strategy and preparation for the journey.
Paris on Oct 5 reports M. Isaac secretary of state for fine arts faced three marble maidens bare in the gardens of the ministry. He ordered their removal prompting debate on propriety and art in public spaces.
Cheyenne briefs note a court session on a Swager case and a city claim by Mrs. Houx for damages from water pipes bursting after a water shutdown. Also recorded are social visits by Lara Collins of Knorville with T. H. Gilson, and details of the Morgan family member’s passing and mortuary contact.
Forest fires east and northeast of Merrilan rage toward the town half a mile away. About 10,000 acres are reported burned in the vicinity as residents fight the flames. Communications were disrupted, delaying confirmed reports of fires near Neileville.
Vienna headlines report a diphtheria outbreak with rumors blaming spoiled meat as a possible cause. Officials and papers note rising illness and public concern as authorities investigate potential links to food products.
Former labor candidate for the presidency Parley Christensen will speak in Cheyenne on October 13, traveling from Denver. The event promises a presentation on important matters and efficient service as part of his campaign tour.
A brief Brooklyn notice mentions a baby named Dia E with a woman offering a letter for publication to benefit other women suffering from feminine issues. The notice footnotes Mrs Karemuwe Kvae of Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, seeking readers’ support.
In Europe, efforts by Paanants to cultivate faces along onsite areas and between rail road tracks emerge as a peculiar social project. The details remain fragmentary, but the initiative highlights a fringe cultural activity taking root in certain regions.
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