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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1878
Page
12
An 1877 advertisement notes Md Weekly Leader and Daily Leader printing services with low prices for commercial job printing. It lists cards, bill heads, posters and other items, plus advertising rates for daily and weekly editions, including per line charges and multi insertion discounts. The notice dates to October 1st, 1877.
The column catalogs 1878 almanac excesses among druggists, notes suicides and deaths in Leadville and Omaha, predicts a wedding boom in January, and recounts incidents across the Black Hills and Deadwood area from wheelbarrow feats to church fundraising and counterfeiters. It also reports a theater gun incident, a fine in Cheyenne, and police responses to local thefts and galloping drinker bravado.
A local rascal Byron tries a swindle involving a grass widow and her two children while planning to flee to Laramie City. The piece also outlines the Evangelical Alliance of the United States Week of Prayer schedule from January 1879 and lists North Star Lodge No. 1 A F and A M installation details with committees and a supper and hop.
The Cheyenne Leader outlines its mission to publish all daily news from around the world, reflect public interests, and avoid bias. It touts broad journalism, rapid telegraph and mail reports, and a front rank reputation, with subscription rates and ranch branding notes.
The notice describes railroad routes and travel options including the B&O line to Washington and Baltimore with connections to southeastern cities. It also records a public highway description from Cheyenne to Greeley via Owl Creek road and includes cattle branding practices and ranges near Cheyenne, Camp Clark, and Sidney Bridge.
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