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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1876
Page
13
The fragmentary item hints at a public shelter and related costs or funding. It mentions a church involvement and a few people or groups facing acute conditions, with uncertain figures and phrases about old ad and 1¢ costs.
Commercial printing services advertise low prices and quick turnaround for legal notices and business materials. A proprietor warns against employee debts and outlines payment rules for The Leader. A Cheyenne free luncher asks to have rituals sent to his stop, speaking in a colloquial Western voice.
Wm M Grosvenor argues in a New York letter that if Congress stalls the electoral opening until March 4 next, the new House may have the duty to elect the president. He notes the right to elect arises only after certificates are opened, and prolonged debate could delay this until the incumbent Congress ends. If no candidate is certified, the new Congress would have until March 4 1878 to select a president by ballot.
The Cheyenne Post Office in Laramie County Wyoming Territory lists names of letters not called for within thirty days to be sent to the Dead Letter Office. Entries include Aby Mrs Amelia Arthur Miss C Anderson C W Abbott E Bagley A M Burton many others with multiple misspellings and trailing marks, names from local residents and distant cities such as Kansas City Missouri Albany New York Omaha Denver and Denver Colorado.
Cheyenne markets corrected weekly by Whipple and Hay list grain and provisions with prices for corn oats flour and cheese. County and city officials named include Draper and commissioners for Laramie County Albany Carbon Sweetwater and Uintah with sheriffs clerks treasurers assessors and school superintendents. Public notices include church service details for Cheyenne City and neighboring counties with church schedules and priest/pastor names.
An 19th century newspaper fragment touts HALr s Honey of Hound and Tar for coughs hoarseness and lung ailments and Pike s Toothache Drops claim rapid relief. An inane plea offers a free receipt to cure youth errors and nervous weakness. Notices warn of a reward for missing Robert Smith Lewis and offer Wyoming compiled laws for sale at the Cheyenne Leader office.
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