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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1883
Page
8
A faded hair care testimonial notes Parker's Hair Balsam restoring gray hair to youthful color and luster. The elegant dressing is praised for purity and rich fragrance as a remedy for dull, lifeless hair.
A sentimental poem from the Weekly Leader on August 16 1883 recalls a vanished beloved. The verse describes longing sight and imagined embraces, with imagery of sun crimson skies and a troubled stream. The speaker endures sorrow but finds solace in memories and the voice of the lost love.
The Chicago Journal argues for federal adoption of a postal telegraph system as essential to modern life. It notes strikes and delays open public eyes, warns against private monopolies, and calls for immediate congressional action to create a postal telegraph monopoly and relieve burdens on business and news gathering.
Women decide on dental care and choose Sozodont for their teeth. The ad touts the slogan when a woman will she will and when she went she went, implying lasting popularity for the product.
The Wyoming Meat company, recently recorded, will operate in Cheyenne with slaughtering and refrigerating facilities. Promoters include I. R. Alter W. F. Davis Ira A. Lowe and W. H. Lowe Samuel Rosendale. plans call for a Cheyenne slaughtering house near Crow Creek and a 40 000 acre ranch for grazing to supply meat locally while using new refrigerator cars and favorable rail rates.
The New York Herald editorial notes Slade is a good man but no match for Sullivan in science or strength. It asserts Sullivan today could rank with British pugilists like Ben Caunt and would rival Heenan, as in his 1859 meeting with Tom Sayers, among American prize fighters.
The Chicago Tribune published half a column on President Arthur's Sweetwater camp journey, detailing the road, stations, scenery, and events. The dispatch, dated Camp on the Sweetwater Montana, notes no telegraph within fifty miles and claims transmission “via Ogden” from Green River.
A Sidney Telegraph excerpt explains terms for western workers. It defines a cowboy as a cattle or horse herder, a bull whacker as a driver of a heavy ox team, and a mule skinner as a mule or horse driver. Each trade has distinct street distinctions and career paths.
Yellow stone Journal reports rising hostilities with Cheyennes and river Crows allying against settlers along Tongue and Powder rivers. A hunter on Ash Creek was found dead likely shot by Indians after aiding them, provoking talk of frontier justice. Cheyennes muster near eight hundred and threaten widespread damage before surrender.
Experience guide notes Parker's Ginger Tonic as a remedy women use to counter despondency headaches indigestion back pain and other troubles of the sex per periodical journal language paraphrased for a historic ad context.
In Pawnee and nearby counties farmers report cattle losses due to aggressive dogs. Texas bulls fetch about 2.75 dollars per head as imports rise. A Hays City correspondent notes 278 offspring from a single cow over twelve years. North Platte merchants announce a major herd sale totaling around thirty thousand dollars. Recent rains worsen rough county roads.
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