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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1878
Page
5
Hand printed buttons remain a novelty while Scotch plaids stay in demand. The French twist fades as buff kids in garnet costumes appear. Corduroy cloth rises in fashion as flat and ball shaped buttons appear on dresses. Fur lined wraps, black velvet bonnets, cottage bonnets, colored fringes for evenings, seal skin hats for ladies, and bullet shaped colored glass buttons all appear as stylish items.
Items describe William in Berlin, Princess Louise’s dancing, ships with American apples sailing Europeward, New York mayor-elect Cooper taking office, Maria Fechter in Paris, and ironies of politics. Also mentions fires at Mt Vesuvius exhibitions, Chinese ambassador entertainments, connections among society figures, imperial infants, and a breadth of short anecdotes from arts, science, crime, and international affairs.
The London Lancet proclaims Mr. Wm. Campbell of Newcastle on Tyne the champ among heavies. He weighs over 62 stones, stands six feet four, with a 96 inch shoulder, 85 inch waist, and 35 inch calves. At 22, he left labor due to size and now lauds Allan's Anti Fat as a weight reducer.
A dramatic shipboard quote leads into a testimonial for Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar as a cure for coughs colds and lung afflictions. The ad notes Dr Hale as originator and C N Crittenton in New York as seller with a 40 cent price and a larger size option. It ends with Pike’s Toothache Drops claim of one minute relief.
A list of cattle brands and owners includes H REBEL PB O Cheyenne and EB W WHITCOMB P O Cheyenne with ranges near Bear Creek Fox Creek and Goshen’s Hole in Laramie County. Other names include STURGIS & GOODELL Cheyenne with brands such as K and OH.JOHN F COAD and MARK COAD of Camp Clark Nebraska.
An admonition on recognizing disease early and a promotion of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a tonic. It claims the remedy strengthens digestion, nourishes the system, improves appetite, aids sleep, combats biliousness, regulates bowels, and improves pallor and mood.
The advertisement touts Brown's Cough Balsam for Coughs Colds and Incipient Consumption noting it contains no opiates and aids irritation relief and easy expectoration. It also promotes Brown's Tar Troches for voice hoarseness and sore throat and Brown's Arnica Salve for inflammation old sores ulcers frost bite all priced 25 cents per box. Sold by G W Hoyt Addams and Glover and Hurlbut Bros Cheyenne Wyo. dld&wttf.
Obscure listing shows C. M. Stebbins of Stebbins & Porterenver and relatives Geo I Stebbins in Denver W R Stebbins in Atchison Kansas M E Post in Cheyenne Wyoming with uncertain context or dates.
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