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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1912
Page
15
The text lists Cheyenne classified ad rates and conditions with cash payment required and a 15 cent minimum, plus a WANTED item for a cook stove and a note about a best time for flying from 6 to 11 in the morning and afternoon based on atmospheric pressure from a Russian engineer.
Jenks recalls a downtown surface car ride where the conductor glared at him for fare nonpayment. Jenks says he responded with a glare of his own, sparking a brief standoff over the fare incident.
New York financial and metals markets show varied quotes with copper at 17.25 and tin near 48. New York listings include Amalgamated copper at 88 and several rail and steel stocks trading with mixed percentages. Denver live stock section begins with cattle pricing notes.
Omaha and state market update shows cattle receipts around 000 with steady to strong tone. Native steers quoted $5.75 to $10.25, cows and heifers $9.50 to $6.85, stockers and feeders $4.00 to $6.50, bulls and canners $3.00 to $5.00. Hogs receipts about 2,700 to 800 with strong demand and price ranges from $8.15 to $8.70. Sheep receipts around 28,500 with market strengthening and lambs $6.50 to $7.20.
Chicago on September 9 saw wheat fall below 90 cents a bushel for the first time this season as heavy receipts dominated the market. December trading opened near 90 cents, then slipped to around 95 cents. Corn weakened on hot crop-maturing weather and ample supplies with December easing from futures lows. Provisions retreated with slack demand as pork, lard, and ribs quotes moved modestly lower.
The census bureau's first 1912 cotton ginning report lists 729,926 bales ginned before Sept 1 with 6,104 round bales and 213 Sea Island bales. State tallies include Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina and others totaling 673,990 ginnings by region.
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