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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1878
Page
13
Readable phrases hint at a general government, states rights, and internal welfare debate. The text mentions a system, imitations, and a past summe context, suggesting a historical ad or notice about governance and crimin system themes.
Rates for various advertisements including nonpariel six insertions at eight cents per line and local notices ten cents per line per insertion. Includes transient advertisements for one month at twenty cents per line and six months at one cent per line. Opt. 1877 date noted.
The article mocks cravings for fresh goods and seasonal foods while noting a string of disparate items from indictments to a postponed Vanderbilt will case to a New York money market report. It cites oysters in summer cherries in winter and lists stock quotes and bonds with terse commentary on market firmness and weakness.
The Leader correspondent chronicles Chicago society with theater goers and fashion, noting operatic debut of Mlle Litta in Lucia di Lammermoor and Miss Cary the contralto. It describes city divisions north south west sides, the Loan Exhibit for decorative art, and a church trial over beer garden leasing. It reports a postal theft by a night watchman and praises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a long solved remedy for digestion and related ailments.
Ranch branding details list ownership and brands for horses and stock in Laramie County Wyoming Territory. Includes marks such as above brand on left hip, Waddle on neck, K Horse left shoulder, Bridle Bit left side, and ear marks crop and slope. Also contains contact: Ferguson Street Cheyenne address for Goodwin with Bear Creek range reference.
Market columns show Cheyenne wholesale and retail prices for grain provisions and groceries, listing corn, flour, beans, butter, lard, bacon, hams, pork, canned goods, fruits, and oils. Prices per hundredweight, per bushel, and per pound vary by item, with notes on brands and origins such as New York, Colorado, and Elgin.
Special notice offers a free receipt claimed to cure nervous weakness early decay and loss of manhood. The ad directs readers to send a self addressed envelope to the Rev. Joserh T at Inman Station D Bible House New York for the remedy.
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