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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1920
Page
5
Beef cattle led gains with nearly 2000 head as Western Slope steers hit 10.26 per cwt, choicest cows at a high 8 cents per pound. hogs opened 26 cents higher with several carloads around 19.90 to 13.90 per cwt. sheep and lambs stayed steady with fat ewes at 6.26 and lambs up to 12.25 per head, freight paid.
Cattle prices steady to higher for good to choice steers, weaker for others. hogs opened lower and closed mixed with top bid around 13.90 for one load. Lambs and sheep showing gains. western livestock and feeders mixed in a volatile day. Grain prices varied with corn at 87 and oats around 64 to 55, while hogs and cattle futures reflected the unsettled trading.
A childhood reminiscence from Illinois describes five-year-old narrators, siblings Lois Marion and Martha Wilson, and their dog Old Bull being chased by a herd of cattle near a cemetery. The cattle close in as Old Bull fights and a farmer with two dogs drives them away, leaving the children frightened but unharmed.
The article notes Italian experiments harnessing near surface volcanic heat to generate electricity. Tests show promising results to power railways and mills, offering an inexhaustible energy source and a potential solution to coal shortages.
Chinese farmers grow increasingly interested in American farm tools as U S producers plan more exports to China. University of Nanking dean John H Reisner notes Chinese plows are preferred red and dated with a Chinese name, reflecting local taste and habits. The college studies farmer needs and practices to align future tools.
The piece weighs the prospect of a woman president and top roles after ratification. It cites Carrie Chapman Catt as a likely first woman president candidate, notes Alice Paul as a militant contender, and mentions Mary Garrett Hay and Mrs. George Bass as political figures. It highlights club women and the General Federation of Women’s Clubs as influential, and predicts possible future women cabinet posts on health, motherhood, and labor.
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