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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1878
Page
4
The item notes a commercial print shop advertising cheap, rapid card and poster printing, with new type and presses to provide handsome work at low prices. It also mentions various political items and world news summaries from the era, including notes on bankers, elections, and international affairs.
Internal Washington spending is detailed with large sums on art, statues, and capitol frescoes. The piece notes government ownership of streets and parks, plus costs for canal, funerals of presidents, and surveyor L'Enfant’s pay. It discusses the president’s message urging a national quarantine and Indian policy shifts, and criticizes various art purchases as overvalued.
A Cincinnati survey of Southern voters shows Democratic preference split among Thurman Hendricks Bayard with Pendleton and Hancock trailing and Tilden absent. Republicans favor Grant with Blaine second and Conkling barely visible. No new names emerge as conventions approach.
A Boston area tale recalls a condemned man’s death by imagined pain and a New Bedford incident shows a youth, overwhelmed by debauch and guilt, pleading for execution after begging forgiveness from his employer. The dramatic descriptions underscore the power of mental strain on life and death.
The column notes the president's message is not surprising since main points were telegraphed earlier. It comments on the chief magistrate's view and his broad information sources as he addresses national matters.
Leary covers over 110 miles in 24 hours. Russians withdraw from Demotica area. John G. Baxter elected mayor of Louisville. Jellalabad evacuated. no Afghans south of Cabul. Solon Falls flood destroys mill and tannery. President adds many appointments to Senate. New York dairy fair features a butter and cheese factory in full operation. New Haven votes Republican ticket. Bonanza Mackey funds Brass Band Gilmore in Europe. Russian troops ordered from Odessa to Bourgas. Bishop J. P. Wilmack of Louisiana dies at 65. Potterers sub committee to New Orleans for testimony. Five boys capsize in the Mississippi at New Orleans. English division under Maude arrives at Peshawar. Bosnian-returning troops ordered to rejoin. National Academy science reports on territorial surveys. Fort Smith report: Holland kills a man in Little Rock County and escapes. Albanians skirmish with Serbians on frontier. several soldiers killed. Two men Leish and Henry Weis die in St. Louis sugar refinery accident. lantern ignites coal tar.
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