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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1878
Page
3
A collage of short items notes transport and labor topics, political opinions, and international affairs. Mention of a 100 mile Missouri division contract, Greek and Turkish tensions, railway pooling in Chicago, and praise of Bayard Taylor balanced with criticism of imperial policy.
The piece argues for ending the gold dollar in favor of the silver dollar, claiming gold is a nuisance and silver is now sufficient. It warns gold bugs would profit from resumption and calls for destroying small dies to expand silver coinage, preserving currency equity and honesty. It also cites a Paris case of long-ago crime and mentions Edison’s claim about the Wallace electric light machine reducing lighting costs and boosting efficiency.
An elderly Frenchman secured a 1862 permit from Gen. Butler to cut wood in a New Orleans swamp and since then has built a large woodcutting business, selling rights to others. Property owners protest timber destruction, but he ignores the permit and continues. An injunction is planned to halt him.
A New York woman writes through a newspaper thanking Col. Ingersoll for his powerful impact on her husband. Before meeting Ingersoll he was orthodox and stern, with temper outbursts. after conversion he became kind, cheerful, and gentle with the family.
Fashionable Canadians praise HA R. H as the princess leads a trend with a small cane in hand and regular long morning walks. Ladies of fashion adopt sticks, and the princess’s every move draws notice, promising a national sneeze when she twitches her nose.
In Chicago two experts studied pork to assess trichina prevalence. Eight percent of hogs were found infected. A white rat fed diseased meat died later and was full of trichina. Proper cooking kills parasites. never eat half cooked pork.
A collage of 1878 dispatches notes Tilden and Pierce style politics and diplomacy. Points cover British Afghan march tale and cipher delays. Also scenes on Chicago entertainments and a Clark trial update with social commentary and a British female anecdote.
Ey Rugg, resident seven miles northwest of the city, suffered a severe left eye injury from a horse. Dr. Graham treated the wound which is serious but not life threatening. Snow and cold persist with light snow reported at Hat Creek and frigid conditions elsewhere. Christmas day forecast remains stormy.
An advertisement extols Brown's Cough Balsam as an effective remedy for coughs colds and incipient consumption without opiates. It also promotes Brown's Tar Troches for voice hoarseness and sore throat, and Brown's Arnica Salve for inflammation and old sores. Local distributors listed in Cheyenne Wyoming. Separately a civil case in district court notes L Murrin vs J G Davis for 589 21 due for goods with appearance and answer deadline of January 10 1879.
In the First Judicial District of Wyoming Territory Oliver P. Goodwin as administrator of Joseph Armijo’s estate filed a petition against P H Fisher for 220 dollars plus 12 percent interest since April 24 1877. The Bear Springs ranche property on the Fort Laramie stage road is attached. Fisher must answer by January 11 1879.
Abraham Hershfield of Cheyenne Wyoming conveyed personal property to W B Clapp and O Young to secure a note for 267.48 dated October 10 1878. With default the mortgagees will sell the mortgaged goods at A H Reed Co warehouse January 3 1879 at 2 PM to satisfy the debt with interest and costs.
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