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Newspaper

Cheyenne Weekly Leader

Location

Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America

Date

Apr 19, 1883

Page

9

Weekly Leader Touts Wagons Cloth Goods and July Talk

Weekly Leader notes ten freight wagons venturing north yesterday and highlights Cowhick & Whitcomb for clothing silks millinery and fashion goods. Gov Hale visited the district court observing a demurrer while Fairbank Smelter shuts down for coke shortages with ore praised by miners.

Cowhick & Whitcomb Cowhick & Whitcomb’s Gov. Hale District Court W. W. Corlett Bartlett Fairbank United States Fairbanks

Wyoming court minutes report indictments and motions

The court met at 9:45 with Judge Sener. Territories of Wyoming vs Joseph Andrew burglary and grand larceny. bail $250. Stewart assigned counsel. Cheyenne vs Helen Jenkins appeal from justices court. motions discussed and taken under advisement. Burnett grand larceny. two indictments. Max Jacobson forged indictments. jail $250 each. Hinkle and Peck assigned counsel. Newstedter vs Sparhawlk over attachment. Boughton vs Oh Nestein demurrer sustained. ten days to amend. Geer case referred to special master. default in Michaels case to master. Scott indictment found by grand jury. Court adjourned to 10 a.m.

Sener Territory of Wyoming Joseph Andrew C. W. Stewart City of Cheyenne Helen Jenkins Charles H. Burnett Nelle Mary BE. Boughton Charles Ohnestein Melvina Geer John Geer J. C Richardson Mary Michaels Winch Michaels J. W. Fisher Francis S. Scott

Box office puzzles legend of patrons at the window

The Salt Lake Chronicle notes box office clerks hear many terms for the seating chart and program from patrons. The list includes diagram, plan, sheet, chart, score, program, plot, map, machine, and more as names used at the Walker opera house window.

Walker Opera House Salt Lake Chronicle

Rawlins Offers Prize Site for New Large Hotel

The Rawlins Journal notes a ripe chance for a hotelier to build a large first class hotel in Rawlins to accommodate 50 to 75 guests with other facilities. With spring travel starting and current havens booked, a good location at a reasonable figure awaits an enterprising owner who understands the business.

Rawlins

Rankin Buys Paint Mine. Plans Paint Works in Rawlins

J C Friend sold his stake in the Paint Mine near town to J G Rankin for cash nominally one thousand dollars. Rankin says buyers plan full development, painting production, and furnace smelting of ore with nearby Seminoe ores, starting within sixty days. Rawlins Jour.

J. C. Friend J. G. Rankin Mr. Rankin Seminoe Rawlins Wyoming Iron Works Rawlins Journal

Terrible Scourge of Small Pox in Leadville

A Denver Tribune report from Leadville describes a severe small pox outbreak with daily deaths. The piece claims the city council approved charging for treatment, leaving the poor exposed in pest houses and enabling infected individuals to roam streets and bars.

Denver Tribune Leadville Colorado

Union Salaklava War Memory Recalled In Report

The article recalls the battle of Warwick Creek and a 21 year anniversary noting a two hundred man Union charge across a creek. only forty five survived. It mentions Dr G W Corey Whittier and General Smith with W S Hancock and the 3d Vermont.

Thermopylae Warwick Creek Sage Brush G. W. Corey Whittier

Faster Time to be Made on B M Rail Line

The B M railway will run two Omaha Denver trains daily improving speed. Morning Denver to Omaha will take 24 hours while Omaha to Denver evenings depart 6 35 and arrive 5 35. Through service from Lincoln added. Passenger rumors swirl about Union Pacific schedules near Cheyenne with changes expected around May first.

B. & M. Railway Omaha Denver Lincoln Union Pacific Cheyenne Archer

Commercial Drummers and Lottery Fever Stir Trade

Merchants push to drop traveling salesmen but drummers still hold customer sway. Many in the fraternity have won prizes in lotteries and praise the Commonwealth Distribution Co. with a $30,000 capital prize in Louisville drawing on April 380. Tickets are $2. orders to KR. M. Boardman, Louisville, Ky.

Commonwealth Distribution Company Louisville KR. M. Boardman Louisville, Ky

Death by own action at Wyoming stockgrowers meeting

Allen Potter Jr of the Chicago Times reportedly drank heavily after arriving by rail, bought morphine, and died overnight at the Inter Ocean hotel. The incident followed distressing notes to his wife and to Mr. Chase, with a coroner's inquest confirming death by morphine poisoning. Potter, about 25, educated and well dressed, was son of Allen Potter of Kalamazoo, wealth and bank vice president.

Wyoming Stockgrowers Allen Potter, Jr Chicago Times Leader Chicago Leapex Inter-Ocean Potter Charles Rooth, ii Times George W. Hoyt Roath BE. ‘W. Corey Allen Potter Mr. Potter, Jr Kalamazoo Mich Chaffin Landlord Chase Young Potter First National Bank Mr. Chase Express Express Company

Editor Endorses St Jacobs Oil for Rheumatism

Springfield Republican editor J H Mab bitt cites his family use of St Jacobs Oil and calls it a first class remedy. Boston Herald quotation supports the endorsement.

Springfield Mass J. H. Mabbitt St. Jacobs Boston Herald

Dental tonic and renovant praised for whitening teeth

The text extols SOZODONT as a solvent and purifier for dis colored teeth. It claims to restore strength and whiteness of enamel and to remove tobacco odor along with other offensive smells from impure teeth. The tonic purportedly vitalizes the gums as well.

Parkers Ginger Tonic praised by many in Fort Fortunate News Vendor

A fragment from the Allen born Chronicle notes Parkers Ginger Tonic has rescued many from pain and sickness in communities. It also reports Schaeffer, a Louisiana lottery winner, received three five thousand dollar bills via Central Express and will keep business steady after early success.

Parker Schaeffer Central Express Company Allenborn Chronicle and News

Breeding stock boom drives cattle sales with high stock demand

The piece notes a broad spring surge in breeding stock, especially cattle, with both beet and dairy strains seeing gains. It highlights upcoming major sales and widespread stock dispersal, while warning of ongoing fraud in coloring sheep and cattle as counterfeit breeders seek to alter appearance.

Pittsburg South

Solo Venture Advice from the Pittsburg Stockman

The Pittsburg Stockman urges individuals to pursue business alone with a trusted few, avoid large corporate control, and retain profits for personal benefit. It argues personal oversight reduces losses and stresses individual citizenship over becoming a corporate tool.

Beyour Pittsburg Stockman

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