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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1878
Page
16
Captured by Indians exposes Iowa woman's frontier ordeal
Mrs. Charles Jones of Washington County Iowa and her 15 year old son survived after being captured near Fort Kearney in 1878. They describe a party of Yankton agency Indians who killed twelve emigrants including two Jones relatives, kept slaves outside the agency, and moved camp northward. The pair escaped, wandered by stars to Nebraska, then Iowa, before being helped home this morning amid local investigations and calls for agency probes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Omaha
Charles Jones
Washington County
Iowa
Yankton Agency
William Brown
Joshua Brown
Joseph Hyatt
Mrs. Jones
Mys
Jones
Yankton
Ginnes
Young Jones
Nebraska
Kearney
Prisoner Directory at Wyoming Penitentiary Lists Many Names
United States prisoners at the Wyoming penitentiary and territorial inmates are listed with details. Each entry cites name, date of reception, crime, sentence length, age, nativity, occupation, family status, religion, habits, and education, covering multiple nationalities and offenses from larceny to manslaughter and mail obstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Wyoming
John H. Hicks
John Ackerman
Charles Wilbert
Charles H. Borris
John H. Brown
Michael Sweet
Canada
Edward Dalton
Harry Austin
Harry Cuseck
Nativity
Missouri
Charles Clark
Amercan
Michael O’brien
Ireland
James Collins
Liberty
New York
John Smith
August
Germany
Jules Garnier
Sweden
Cook
John W. Shaw
Harry Golden
Harvey Shankland
Herman Lessman
Robert Scott
Richard Brown
Virginia
William O.brien
London iron trade men seek five percent cut in wages
Telegraphic dispatches report northern England employers pressing for a five per cent wage reduction amid weak business conditions. Workers claim labor costs are lower than in two decades, while distress grows across the country and authorities and citizens seek relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Versailles
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Viceroy of India
Maj. Cavagnari
Ameer
Cabul
Turkestan
Yakoob Khan
Moscow
Rostow
Vindikookas
Hintze
Army of the Caucasus
New York
Union
Shoreditch
Bethnal Green
Hackney
Poplar
Millwall
Spitalfields
Limehouse
South Sackney
Shadwell
Haggerston
City Suffered Storm Disruption Cuts Communication Links
A recent storm disrupted communications for several days between the city and Aspinwall causing interruptions in services and message flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aspinwall
Four Horse Thieves Lynched Near Corning
Reports from Little Rock say four horse thieves were lynched at Corning in Clay County last night, a stark vigilante action prompted by mounting thefts in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litle Rock
Corning
Clay County
Judge Rules Section 820 Repealed In US Statutes Case
In Montgomery Alabama on December 24 Judge Bruce ruled that section 820 of the revised U S statutes had been repealed and is not in force, affecting the validity of the provision in question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
United States
Bruce
Double murder at Junction City leaves two dead
A Mason Texas dispatch reports Tom Doran killed Louis Temple at Junction City. Temple's father pursued Doran, shot him twice, stabbed him eleven times, and cut his throat from ear to ear, killing Doran as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Mason
Texas
Junction City
Tom Doran
Louis Temple
Doran
Temple
Fire destroys Wilmington wharf and two steamers
The J. P. Underhill burned at the Wilmington wharf this morning. Flames spread to the Northeast and to five stores and two warehouses. Loss estimated at 70 000 dollars with 35 000 insured. Nearly 100 hogs heads of molasses 700 tons of coal 100 barrels of rosin and other produce were destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
J. P. Underhill
Revolt in Guadalajara Provokes Fatalities and Arrests
From Mexico City on December 24 reports say a revolution is underway in Guadalajara sparked by an onerous tax. Citizens have been killed, prominent men imprisoned, and American railroad concession pleas before Congress are said to be refused. English bondholders may win recognition in exchange for infrastructure deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Mexico
Guadalajara
Congress
Boiler Explosion Strikes Dominion Paper Mills
Montreal dispatch reports a boiler at the Dominion company’s Kingsey paper mill exploded today nearly destroying the building. Several workers were injured and two men are missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Dominion Company
Kingsey
Accident to an Editor in Denver
The Denver incident reports editor Dick Allen of the Leadville Reveille entangled in a noose during a church alter event. The accident happened Sunday evening and was severe or fatal, with Reverend McClelland involved. The piece notes a matrimonial twist involving Miss M. Lt. Merriman and jokes about widowly prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Dick Allen
Leadville
Railroads Face Court Ruling on Municipal Aid Bonds
The article notes court action impacting railroad finance with a US Supreme Court decision on municipal aid to railroads. It mentions repairs of Pullman cars, Terre Haute car works output, and plans by New England managers to cut half fare to ministers with Western roads considering similar steps at year start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Terre Haute Car Works
New England
Western Roads
Supreme Court of the United States
Earnings Rise as Kansas Pacific Expands at Lawrence
The Kansas Pacific reported earnings of 77 492 for the first week of December, up from 74 442 in the same period last year, a gain of 3 050. A side track at Lawrence was built to serve ice shippers, with capacity for about 100 car loads daily. Colorado Central train arrived late by half an hour due to snow but caused no further trouble. continuous record of transit and finance details from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haggerston
Great Britain
Scotland
London
Geneva
Switzerland
Germany
German Switzerland
Metz
Vosges
Dee
South Yorkshire
North Derbyshire
Jelalabad
Cavagnari
Ameer
Cabul
Vienna
Italy
Roumelia
Bulgaria
France
Berlin
Odessa
Todleben
Russia
St. Petersburg
Czarowitch
Mandle
America
Bismarck
Herr Hobrecht
Gen. Browne
Jellalabad
Calcutta
Constantinople
Romer
New York
Peru
Montoya
Aspinwall
Chagres
Royal
Pacific Mail
Pannama
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Kansas Pacific
Lawrence
Colorado Central
Dramatic Scene and Fat Cure Ad in 19th Century Page
A vivid street vignette depicts a fat lady puffing like a steam engine clinging to a wiry man as a crowd watches. An amused boy comments on a tug to tow her in with a cargo. Allan’s Anti Fat pledges vegetable weight loss of two to five pounds weekly, available via druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Dramatis Persone
Charlie
Allan
Dooley's Yeast Powder and Royal Baking Powder Libel Battle
Dooley’s Yeast Powder publishers deny a Royal Baking Powder Co claim of alum in Dooley’s biscuits. Bellevue Hospital Medical College confirms no alum. Dooley’s sues for malicious libel seeking seventy five thousand dollars. Federal and state officials refute Indian department claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DooLey
Duane St
New York
Brooklyn Hogle
Scientific American
Mott
Indian Department of the United States
Royal Baking Powder Co
Bellevue Hospital Medical College
H. Williamson
Broadway
R. Ogden DorEnmus
France
New York Custom House
New York Board of Health
Chas ¥ T. Chandler
Board of Health
Indian Department
Indian Bureau
Bell
Royal Baking Powder Company
Dootry & BroruEr
Wyoming Legal Notice of Divorce Petition 1875
District Court in Laramie County Wyoming hears Lewis Orlando Ball against Mary Irene Ball. Complainant seeks dissolution of bonds of matrimony filed December 21, 1875, with defendant required to answer. failure may lead to judgment. Attorneys listed include Q W Shannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of the First Judicial District
Territory of
Wyoming
Laramie County
Lewis Orlando Ball
Mary Irene Ball
Lewis Ornamo
Q. W. Shannon
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Washington
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Duke of Cumberland
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Christiansborg Castle
Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Saturday Evening. Gen. D. C. McCallum
Brooklyn
Erie Railway
Chancary
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