Weekly Leader Highlights and Local Updates
Cattle men file location notices with County Clerk for four new claims in the Whalen cafton mining district. Winds reached fifty four miles per hour during Tuesday’s storm, with higher speeds recorded last January. Knights of Pythias plan a star ball on April 25. District No. 1 spring roundup assembles May 10 at Culberton Nebraska, tracing routes along the Platte and Beaver rivers. Local business activity shows gains versus last year.
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Daily Leader
Jeffery
Whalen Cafton
Lucia E
Kimball
Laramie City
Knights of Pythias
Scientific American
Pretty Camp
Grow Dog
Washington
Deadwood Times
Culberton
Nebraska
Colorado State Line
Ogallala
Platte
Beaver
Fort Morgan
Denver Tribune
Prisoners Shipped From Laramie After Cavalier Court Term
Deputy Sheriff Will Hosford returned with four convicted prisoners Chas Williams Moses Reader W Payne and Carey Boyd to Joliet after a pause at Sharpless House. Judge Sener decided Hunter vs Wolcott awarding 151 dollars plus interest. Ivison vs Hutton first lien to Carey Bros with Hutton second. Lara mie court adjourned to April 17 with murder trial ahead. Territorial officers Warren and Knight qualified as treasurer and auditor. Dr Barkwell plans stocking Wyoming waters with native fish and trout. Lost mare sought in Cheyenne by G B Goopell. about 15 hands, brown, no brands, foal. A liberal reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will. Hosford
Laramie City
Chas, Williams
Moses Reader
W. Payne
Carey Boyd
Joliet
Sener
Hunter Va. Wolcott
Ivison
Cheyenne
G. B. Goopell
Free remedy recipe offers cure for youth faults
An old card advertises a free cure for nervous weakness, early decay, and loss of manhood. It promises a remedy discovered by a South American missionary and instructs readers to mail a dressed envelope to Rev Joseph T. Inman in New York City.
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South America
Joseph T. Inman
New York City
Nidaweod
Wm. A. Patt
F. F. Stanton
C. W. Nylan
I. 8. Bartlett
Wiest Lode
Baker & Johnson
J. G. Thompson
Platte Cation
Olive Branch
Union
Wyoming
California
Copperfield
Eureka
Revenue
Garfield
Kid
Montana
Jessie
Leader
Walter
Mattie
Little Chief
Cowboy
Mono
Arthur
Keystone
Bessie
Franklin
Independent
Clare
Red Jacket
Iron King
Homestake
Little Pittsburg
Metropolitan
J. Ht. Reeves
Fort Laramie Visit Describes Fences Mines and New Weapon
VIA FORT LARAMIE March 26 correspondence details a journey past 60 miles of Kelley’s fence and Swan’s range, with praise for Kelley’s hotel and Hunton’s white residence. The piece notes Fort Laramie improvements, cavalry and infantry, guard house activity, and a curious “new weapon” log of six days’ punishment before hinting at copper mine prospects and a planned historical sketch of Laramie.
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Fort Laramie
Henry White
Bartlett
J. Allen
J. C. Baird
Schwartz
Bard’s
Kelley
Bill Sharon
Nevada
Jim Ralston
Mr. Kelley
Art Laramie
J.C. B
The Wind Storm at Fort D. A. Rus sell
A violent wind storm at Fort D. A. Russell on Tuesday caused extensive damage. Dust filled the air, fences fell, ditches filled, windows shattered, and chimneys on one side of the commanding officer's quarters were blown away. Col Brackett feared a fire risk as soot and flames swept into rooms, though fires were extinguished with stove efforts.
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Fort
D. A. Russell
Sountry
Col. Brackett
Dry air warps ware and glass in Cheyenne tale
In Cheyenne a tale on Wyoming dryness explains warped ironstone china and cracked plate glass. A visitor from the east learns the air shrinks and seasons objects, with a shopkeeper and a preacher noting the effect on editorials and even a minister’s sermon. Brown's Bronchial Troches advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
East
Warren
Pioneer Theodore Dickson Among Denver’s Early Pioneers
In a Denver Inter Ocean note a respected citizen Theodore C. Dickson is described as the first to plant a stake in Denver. Frank M. Cobb witnessed the founding deeds, noting Dickson and Cobb as original nine settlers who laid out the east Cherry Creek settlement on September 24, 1858. Dickson, a 54 year old, is linked to the Green Russell party and Denver life in Cheyenne with a prominent cattle community and notable buildings including a clubhouse and Mrs Iliff’s former residence.
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Denver
Cherry Creek
Dickson
Green Russell
Colorado
Cheyenne
Cheyenne Club Rules Mention Drunkenness Profanity and Sunday Play
The article notes offences for expulsion including drunkenness in club precincts and use of profanity or obscenity. It states house rules ban all games on Sunday and contrasts Cheyenne hospitality with Denver. It mentions guests of Mr and Mrs Dickson and the club's substantial buildings and notable hospitality.
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Cheyenne
Denver
Dickson
Nervous Debility Cure Advertised by Dr BE
A Wyoming ad markets West's Nerve and Brain Treatment as a cure for hysteria dizziness convulsions nervous headache mental depression loss of memory and other conditions caused by over exertion or self abuse. One box per month one dollar or six boxes five dollars mailed prepaid. Guaranteed six boxes to cure with a written money back guarantee if no improvement. George W Hoyt sells at 807 16th St Cheyenne. Orders by mail at regular price.
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West
George W. Hoyt
Cheyenne
Wyo
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Weekly Leader
Albany County Court
Territorial
F. B. Warren
Jesse Knight
Board of Auditors
Bresh Kish
M. C. Barkwell
Hawk
Mother Earth
Braddock
Monongahela
Brown
Hartville
Hon. I
Phil
T. Dyer
John Conly
John O’brien
Empire Lode
Sparks Brothers & Co
Copper Gulch
John London
Lieut
Eaton
Jeff. McDermott
McDermott
Chicago
CG. A. Gardner
Platte River
Copperopolis
Lone Jack Lode
Capt. Bubb
B. A. Hart
John Shaw
Lone Jack
Village Belle Lode
J. Conly
New York Lode
Messrs. Whitbeck & Scott
Green Mountain Boy Lode
Messrs. Dickson
McGregor
Miller
Allen
Brooks
Messrs. Miller and
Golden
Denver Lode
Henry Chase
Fort Lammie
Sartville
North Platte
Messrs
Robert Law
Thomas W. Shanks
Nava Baking Powder Co
Wall Street
New York
Ware Peck
LAW Office
J Cc
Baird
Leader Building
Simmons
Seventeenth Street
E. S. Bartlett & Co., Proprietors
U.P
Simmonds
Nabob
Kentucky
Pacific Slope
S. Dana Hayes
Massachusetts
I. ©. Louderback
St. Louis
Missouri
Canada
Geo
W. Hoyt
Cheyenne and Vicinity
G. Simmonds
Didawsna
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