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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1880
Page
1
Readable fragments describe a local notice but key names dates and actions are garbled leaving the specific event unclear. The text hints at official procedure or sale but lacks concrete entities or deadlines to specify.
The fragment mentions a rental item described as a 600 noose in a ten unit context. The readable text is sparse and lacks clear names or places. No confirmable events or entities to anchor a complete news item.
A collage of ads and notices from Cheyenne listings includes sales offers for livestock and merchandise, a grocery focus, medicines like Addoms & Glover remedies, tannery goods, and hotel accommodations. Several businesses announce sales deadlines, contact details, and promotional claims for tonics, bitters, and patent medicines.
A chaotic column questions medical vanity and truth in reporting. The writer insists on clarity over pretense, blaming self serving narratives for public distrust while urging stricter editorial standards.
Colorado Republicans met in Leadville for their state convention with ex Gov Routt presiding. Senator Teller delivered a vigorous keynote criticizing the democracy while praising Republican unity. Gov Pitkin was renominated by acclamation after a two o clock session, with further nominations for Kent Robinson Meldrum Saunders and Cor nel Cornel to follow at nine the next morning.
The World reports gold imports at the assay office led by Thomas Acton. By August 26 the present year’s imports near six million dollars with ten million projected. vaults hold about twenty five million. last year’s August start reached seventy five million. The Batavia arrived with one hundred thousand dollars in specie. Col Manypenny’s Ute commission notes one council held and another planned. Chief Ouray is ill.
The Report attributes the center-scooped trade dollars sealed with solder to Chinese schemers. It notes more dollars must have been spent at American wages to dig out silver and reseal with solder. The fraud involved skilled concealment to preserve weight and ring, suggesting only Chinese cheap labor could profit from the tiny margins.
Chicago reports twenty eight deaths by own hand this week. The Journal confirms Jay Gould and associates control the Delaware Lackawanna and Western and will extend from Binghamton to Buffalo Niagara Falls to link with Grand Trunk and Wabash lines. The Times notes ample funds for campaigns with wealthy donors ready to back both parties. Reconciliation of the Sprague and Hoyt families at Canonchet Naragansett Pier is reported and Kate Chase Sprague may return after summer.
At Saratoga on Aug 20 Hermil Midgley won the three quarter mile dash with Time 1 15 second second place Time Lavacea won the mile heat races with Clyde Stamp ton second Redman won the one mile race Suanona second Aramblota Florence Mayflower placed in the two year old three quarter mile dash. In London Yorkshire takes winner Mapburg Apolis second Prince Palatine third. In Hartford Charter Oak races Charles Ford won the 2:10 trotting heat 1 and dead heated with Hannis in heat 2 Fords win by two lengths in heat 4 to take the race.
The strike of the moulders at Jillo in Louisville Kentucky ended on August 26, with details of settlement not disclosed in the fragment.
Washington Aug 26 President Fremont Ohio reports the party to accompany the president to the Pacific coast will meet in Chicago Sept 1 Secretary Ramsey will join the group at Omaha noting the travel plan timing and locations for the presidential expedition.
The steam yacht Lancashire Witch arrived in San Francisco with Captain Jones his wife and the Mathilde crew missing. After visits to Socorro St Benedicte Clarion and a dog and boat remnants found, no sign of the crew emerged. Probable fate remains uncertain with minimal chance of reaching the Mexican shore.
Gen. Castro who led California forces in the Mexican war arrives in New York today. He travels toward Sonora to aid in quieting unrest and to plant a colony of American and native Californians there.
In Cincinnati on Aug 20 an unknown woman, badly beaten, was found in a secured ravine two miles north of Sidney Ohio. A postmortem showed she was about to deliver twins. Canal watchman William Curtin was arrested on suspicion as the murderer and the scene showed a fierce struggle with torn clothing scattered about.
Kingston reports a disastrous hurricane sweeping Jamaica with thousands left homeless. Crops and fruit trees destroyed, churches demolished, three city wharves lost, and thirty two vessels wrecked in the harbor. Aid needed for starving thousands as Pamino looms. Grant reportedly arrived in Galena after western trip.
The New York dispatch reformulates a late 19th century exchange between Hancock and Sherman. They discuss army use in civil conflicts, presidential succession, and the electoral count bill. The letters reveal concerns over troop movements and the risk of unrest during presidential disputes.
Reports show Gen Weaver departing for Boston to speak at Farneil hall on Friday. In San Antonio preparations mount for a northern Mexico revolution while border traders anticipate shifts inland. A Rome consultation involves Cairoli Clar dini and Maffei on foreign affairs. Castle Mayo mill fire in Lawrence halts operations and costs workers their jobs. Melikoff hosts a reception in St Petersburg. Greek royals arrive. A Russian engineer is assigned to Tamail for Ismail Ren railway planning. Berlin notes Bismarck’s arrival and relief measures for distress. The government pursues railway construction.
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