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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1878
Page
13
The Weekly Leader describes itself as one of the largest papers in the West issued every Thursday with annual and half year rates. It advertises commercial printing services including cards blanks posters and bill heads with new type and presses for rapid, inexpensive work.
Dispatches report Gen. Grant arrives in Alexandria as various Servyan reverses are announced. Russians occupy Slatitza and Petruchev. The Second National Bank of St. Louis liquidates and Pottsville bank closes. Colorado reports 7,879,432 in annual gold and silver output. Peddecord Burrows in Decatur fail. Steamer Moses returns to Bremen in a disabled state. Fred Ruschaupt files bankruptcy with 165,000 liabilities. Kearsarge buoyed by tide at Beacon Ledge. I M Rice named storekeeper gauger in California. Supreme Court rules on MacGarrahan vs New Idria Mining. Appleton fire destroys business houses, $45,000 loss. Pierce Davies fails with 750,000 liabilities. Ex-Gov Shepherd breaks leg on ice in Washington. Chicago sees wave of bankruptcies and real estate decline. Sofia entered after a skirmish. Russians lose 24 men. National Trust dividend 50 percent approved. Fire sighted south of Jersey City. no details. Abraham Lipman files bankruptcy in Chicago. Martha Innes schooner found ashore. six crew drowned. Frankfort Kentucky ballot shows Williams lead. Damad relieved of grand master artillery in Constantinople. Massachusetts coast gale drives vessels ashore. few deaths. Barclay Street fire morgue adds four unidentified bodies. Five steamers sail from New York to Europe. cargoes large. Montreal butter cheese firm Cochrane retires with 300,000 liabilities.
A cab broke through the ice near Halifax on Sunday killing Flora McDonald Ida Boutilier and John Wilson the driver. Dispatches report bitter cold across New England with readings from 24 below zero to 42 below in Maine and multiple stations in New York.
Appeals to those suffering from youth errors and nervous weakness promising a free remedy. Claims a missionary in South America discovered the cure and asks readers to send a self-addressed envelope to Reverend Joseph T Inman in New York for details.
A historical notice lists ranch names and locations including John F. Coad P O Cheyenne Wyo Mark Coad Camp Clark Neb Converse and Warren P O Cheyenne W T Range Bridger s Ferry North Platte with cattle marks. Cattle on the range show a wattle on the left hind quarter and horses branded on the right shoulder.
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