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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1883
Page
1
Fragmented text shows scattered phrases about letters by mail and medical products. Mentions Liebig, a diploma, Invig ree, and cautions about a CFBARY address in California and a Main z Btore in York, with unclear context and garbled lines.
Rates for daily and weekly advertising listed by lines and sizes. Contract rates apply for longer runs. Local notices charged per line. official ads at 8 cents per line for a week or more, 10 cents otherwise. Weekly reader ads priced per line, with monthly and yearly options. Publisher J B Morrow of Cheyenne, Wyoming.
The colored label on each subscriber's issue shows the time paid. After this issue, overdue subscriptions will be discontinued. The paper is now the largest weekly in the Rocky Mountain region and requires cash in advance for subscriptions.
From Thursday and Friday issues of the Daily Leader Cheyenne reports rising mining efforts with a new company to back by Philadelphia and Cheyenne offices. It details cattle thefts on Powder River and the pursuit of suspects, plus local notices of deaths, divorces, and civic chatter in the territory.
A woman asks how to seem perpetually happy and well. The reply credits Parker's Ginger Tonic for maintaining health and a good nature for herself and her family.
The speaker urges Cheyenne to drill an artesian well on the northern outskirts near the county hospital to benefit both city and county. Major Palmer of Fort Collins believes flowing water could be reached under 500 feet, estimating 5000 to 6000 dollars for sinking. He could manage the project efficiently with a local partner's machinery. Let the matter be agitated.
W. D. Wrighter and wife, traveling to their Sherman area sheep ranch, were lost two miles out after a sudden snowstorm. They camped overnight exposed to extreme cold, then found their bearings as the sun returned. They reached home exhausted but safe the same evening.
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