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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1887
Page
3
The item lists matinee and evening opera performances, upcoming races in Nebraska, trackwork on railway lines, and local anecdotes. It notes a fire alarm at an old barn, a theatrical advance gate, militia talk, weather reports from multiple cities, and arrivals of officials. It mentions a planetary variety of local people and businesses and a hotel manager discussing new plans.
An 1887 article recalls Custer and the Little Big Horn massacre, noting a shift from frontier violence to civilized calm in Montana today with Yellowstone Park as a rare remnant of wildness. It records General George A. Custer, Sitting Bull, and the 7th Cavalry, and mentions a monument at the massacre site.
Instrumenta recorded show A G Moleod to Perry M Evans for lots 3 and 4 in block 72 at 950 dollars and Henry B Pottar to Michael O Connell for lots 1 2 3 in block 472 at 700 dollars. Local ads for Rhodes and Company promote fruit pies and watch repair services.
An Omaha drummer acted kindly by helping a Sioux City kin return to her mother after a night in a city bagnio. He paid for a hotel and arranged an eastern train ticket home. The article also notes thirty-one more names added to a board of trade enrollment, bringing total signers to eighty-one. Madame Janist praised as a powerful emotional actress. News of snowshed No. 8 burning near Sherman and Dale Creek is reported with minor injuries. Captain Shannon, Wyoming secretary, lauded for distinguished service and capability. A large group from the Lusk contingent prepares to depart for the village today.
The case Albert D. Chamberlain v Philo E. Hall upheld the claimant on two Dodge scrip town sites in Douglas. No coal evidence found for location No. 4 while location No. 1 shows a coal vein but not enough to outweigh agricultural value. The register and receiver recommend keeping locations 1 and 4 as made.
Cheyenne city bids requested for tapping all water mains and laying service pipes, plus furnishing materials and labor. Bids due by 2 pm July 5, must include long and short tap options and a performance bond. council may reject any or all bids.
To Bob Contractors we are ready to let grading contracts of from one to ten miles on the Denver Texas and Gulf railway south of Pueblo. Apply to J J Brown and Co contractors Cheyenne Wyoming or room 4 Barth block Denver.
Real estate notes push monthly payments on safer investments than stocks. Advertisements promise reduced prices on lumber and building materials for sixty days after a sale of a lumber yard. Also includes notices for asthma remedies and home goods.
Readable notices advertise white dresses at Myers and children’s carey suits newly stocked at Marks on Eddy Street. Pollet Articles offers endless Rhodes Trax items and other merchandise.
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