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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1879
Page
5
An 1877 notice details advertising rates for the Daily Leader and Weekly Leader. Rates include 10 cents per line for transient ads, 6 cents per line for 80 insertions, 10 cents per line for notices, and weekly rates 95 cents per line for first insertion, with monthly and yearly discounts. Includes date October 1, 1877.
A long column of varied scraps notes a Floridian felt seasick after an earthquake, mentions Tom Moore’s birthplace turned candy shop, global population figures for Jews, and a range of political and cultural tidbits. It references Blodgett Reno cases, Nast’s silver vase, Brindles nickname, and local theater in Chicago with Amy Cavendish.
A lodge of Masons operates at Lead City Dakota. Deer herd appears south of Deadwood near Salt Spring. Southern Pacific expands into Arizona with rail laid at about two miles daily. New York hosts about 6,400 ecclesiastical bodies serving 2.6 million. church property valued at 117 million dollars. Methodists most numerous. Ogden Masons plan grand ball for Washington’s Birthday on the 20th. U S corn output rises 80 million bushels, barley up 15 million, oats up, potatoes fall from 170 million to 124 million bushels.
Cheyenne wholesale and retail grocers Whipple and Hay publish corrected weekly prices for grain, canned goods, coffee and spices, meats, dairy items, and household provisions. The list includes corn, oats, flour, beans, sugar, canned peaches and strawberries, sardines, lard, bacon, cheese, lard oil, salts, soap, oils, and assorted liquors with unit prices.
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