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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1883
Page
5
An 1883 notice lists subscription prices for the Daily Leader and Weekly Leader with yearly, half year, and advance options. It also details advertising rates by length and placement, including local notices per line and contract terms for various insertion periods.
Telegraphic news in brief reports Chicago gaining Langtry presence while the east end endures heavy snowfall. Other items: St Louis raises 2200 for German flood sufferers, Beecher to resume Life of Christ, Canada Pacific funds secured, a Bohemian killed by a policeman, ticket scams surface, idle mills in Philadelphia, Mason Robt McMundy denies Davis punishment motive, Kansas legislature party counts, Coulterville mine explosion feared, Pennsylvan ia rail wreck, a Toronto boy frozen to death, divorce drama in Piano, body of suspected murder victim found in Chicago, Mulberry Grove fight fines, Frances Willard begins long temperance tour, and New York Tribune notes Methodist debate.
Mayor Harold supports present plans while Van Wyck urges suspension of western mail contracts. House commerce aides fix daily meetings for river and harbor legislation. Treasury authorizes nickel coin redesign. Elections panel backs seating Kane, with Missouri’s Lessing in dispute. Mississippi River Commission backs levees. Interior to transmit Yellowstone leasing correspondence. Appropriations panel adds 4 million to pension, totaling 85 million, while knots on Northern Pacific forfeitures are postponed and star route witnesses fees debated. Comptroller rules registers and receivers not entitled to 1 percent commissions.
Jem Mace and his protege Slade boxed at the Metropolitan temple in San Francisco. Slade displayed strength, speed, and accuracy, matching Mace with few heavy exchanges. Mace announced retirement but offered to meet Sullivan, while Slade's potential impressed experts.
In Paris on January 8 Pere Hyacinthe spoke at the Galician chapel saying Gambetta’s funeral honored both nation and faith. He called Gambetta’s soul immortal and urged German and northern nations toward reconciliation with the south. He contrasted constitutional monarchy with a wise republic like Washington. The Papa nuncio did not attend the funeral.
At the prisons and asylums aid association anniversary it is stated that only eight jails keep books to prevent fraud and eighteen inmates share cells. One jail uses a log pen with no door and prisoners are moved through a top hole. Many inmates are described with graphic revulsion. Fifteen jails are cited for boisterous and indecent ribaldry.
In Milwaukee the council held a stormy session as the comptroller refused to audit 1882 bills charged to 1883 funds totaling 250000 dollars. No action was taken. F J Dixon, a grocer, made an assignment with liabilities of 75000 dollars and assets of 45000 dollars, with major creditors in New York Boston and Philadelphia.
Emily Faithfull and Miss Kate Patterson of Langtry's troupe were hosted by Mrs. Dr. Sarah Hackett Stevenson in a grand Chicago reception. Leading society ladies attended and sent lavish floral tributes, seen as an indirect snub to Mrs. Langtry.
Reports sketch Gambetta funeral mobilization and state mourning across cities. Paris carriages, wreaths, and crape draped buildings signal a national tribute while London observers note mass demonstrations and police directives for crowded streets. Nearby, headlines point to political shifts and weather events as Europe braces.
A federal report on American store cattle to Great Britain warns reopening hinges on eradicating lung plague in the U S. It cites annual losses of 2 to 3 million dollars and a possible 5 million future loss, urging strict quarantine and authority to destroy diseased animals.
A Santa Barbara dispatch reports the Princess Louise Marquis of Lorne and her husband leaving tonight aboard the steamship Ancon bound for San Pedro. They will halt at San Gabriel to tour Guy Stoneman’s orange groves and vineyards then travel to Tucson Deming Albuquerque Kansas City St Louis Cincinnati and Richmond Va before Charleston where the princess sails to the Bermudas until May. The Marquis will proceed to Washington and then to Quebec to open parliament around February 1.
An old classified style ad touts Wells Health Renewer promising health and vigor. It mentions relief from dyspepsia impotence and sexual debility and lists a price of $1.
A historical notice touts Rough on Rats brand as an all‑in‑one pest eliminator. It claims to clear rats and mice along with roaches bed bugs flies ants and moles in homes, with a product line including five cent boxes.
An old advertisement touts Welly May apple pills as anti bilious and cathartic for thick heads and heavy stomachs. Pills priced 10 and 25 cents.
Pittsburg reports a forthcoming convention to organize the nations 176000 bituminous coal miners. The plan aims to unify under a single leadership for mutual protection and to deter strikes with each state forming its own organization. The call will be issued within days.
A listed property 900 acres fourteen miles from Laramie City offers 700 fenced, substantial residences stables and corrals with grand water privileges. Includes 150 head of horses and mules. Terms available through Beamer and Steele attorneys at Laramie City Wyoming.
A sweeping claim cites Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as an unfailing remedy for diseases peculiar to women. The statement asserts universal approval among all women who have used the product, distributed through druggists.
What Physicians Bay. San Leandro, Cal., Jan. 6, 1877, Dr. RB. Y. Pierce, Buffalo, N. N. thanks Pierce for using his pleasant purgative pellets in four years of practice. He cites them as unrivaled for chronic stomach liver and bowel derangements.
Advert says Sozodont bathes teeth in whiter shine and purifies breath. It suggests common dentifrices fail to whiten and improve health, while Sozodont strengthens teeth, enhances chewing, and makes eating a pleasant pleasure.
A Brooklyn mother recalls nearly losing her baby to cholera infantum and credits Parker's ginger tonic with timely relief. A few spoonfuls cured the infant, and occasional doses kept the child healthy, easing her nerves.
The fragrance of Floreston Cologne is described as lasting and rich with a flowery odor, presented as a welcome addition to a lady's toilet table.
An advertisement endorses Brown's Bronchial Traches as a direct remedy for coughs bronchitis and throat irritation. It claims they do not upset the stomach unlike syrups and balsams and have been recommended by physicians for thirty years. Sold at 25 cents per box.
Ww TM Ware Peor law office located in Warren's Building Cheyenne Wyoming.
A fragmented account discusses the Wyoming Academy and Letters, its aim to advance authentic history, science, art, and a enlarging library, and the call for support, funds, and active participation to sustain and develop departments in language, literature, history, natural history, and mineral kingdoms.
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