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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1877
Page
12
The president endorses the returning board and Packard, orders Gen. Augur to support Packard without deploying troops, and notes Nicholls and rival officers cannot be recognized. Grant directs transmission to Packard and Nicholls, asserting the Packard victory as final.
Lord Carnarvon reports alarming famine info with 840000 on relief works in Madras and 250000 in Bombay. Bombay famine grows, April peak projected. Madras worse. Districts total 12 affected, with millions needing aid and relief costs over two to four million pounds.
The piece argues advertising serves the public and merchants by creating broad demand. It compares a newspaper drummer to a promoter seeking patrons, noting many firms rely on advertising as honorable, competitive, and profitable for retailer and consumer alike. It concludes urging self-help in business through active advertising.
E McDonald of Chicago unveils a novel eight inch thick double deck refrigerator car with three air chambers that circulate dry cool air to maintain about forty degrees. The Tiffany Refrigerator Car Company plans to build fifty cars for beef from Texas and Colorado and to serve California fruit on the Union Pacific.
Nasby outlines a strategy for 1880 advocating curbing Black voters by intimidation and foreign-born mobilization. He proposes sailing lines to Ireland and Europe to pull in immigrant votes and insists the Democratic Party must control the South and Congress, even by violence, to gain the presidency and Senate.
National Bank officers at Fishkill remain uncertain as overdraft deficiency estimates widen from seventy thousand to one hundred thirty thousand dollars. News notes Miss Jean nette Bennett and party leaving New York for Paris via City of Richmond with J Gordon Bennett, while Senator Key withdraws from Tennessee contest citing public interest and integrity. An aspirational obituary joke envisions cremation reshaping funeral industry and social customs with jars replacing gravestones and lighter burdens for mothers-in-law.
A reflective piece arguing for both laughter and sorrow as essential to human life. It defends humor as useful and inevitable while noting that pain gives depth to joyful moments, and asserts that balance and mature appreciation sustain mental health.
A small scientific toy draws attention as a wind mill inside a three inch glass bulb spins without power. The vanes are black on one side and bright on the other, reflecting heat on the bright side and absorbing it on the dark side. Temperature difference in the partially exhausted bulb creates a current that moves the vanes.
The article recalls the farewell from the capital for Governor Tilden as a quiet, somber departure. It contrasts the public demonstrations that accompanied Governors Hoffman and Dix with the subdued send-off for Tilden.
Col Ingersoll was captured by Confederate forces during a reconnaissance when a sharpshooter aimed at him. He shouted a joke about acknowledging the Confederacy, causing the shooter to pause and Forrest later exchanged him for the troops, praising the joke that saved his life.
A harsh, satirical clash depicts a mixed race Mexican rising to power, leading an army of five thousand and proclaiming himself president, then seeking Lower California as a wealthy hidalgo. The speaker urges Western migration as a path to prosperity.
Late Washington advices trace support for the president of the Senate count of electoral votes as constitutional. They cite Jefferson Burr 1801 precedents, and note that only the Senate traditionally opens and counts, with the House present but not active.
Capital is wanted right here in Cheyenne and better returns for judicious investment cannot be obtained. It is impossible to obtain a dwelling, a situation that has persisted for over a year. A builder who erects fifty or one hundred dwellings for large and small families will profit greatly.
Senate and House actions include printing 65 000 copies of election committee testimony from Louisiana Florida and South Carolina and Oregon electoral vote casting. Contempt proceedings against Win Orton proceed with custody by the sergeant at arms. Proposals on Capitol security and Western Union concessions are discussed.
Louisiana Governor Stephen B. Packard issues a sweeping edict declaring an organized armed faction calling itself a general assembly illegal. He orders dispersal, surrender of state arms, and urges citizens to aid in restoring order amid tensions with Nicholls and Gen. Augur. A large color crowd gathers at the state house as officials weigh next steps and potential recapture of courthouses and station houses.
A collection of practical remedies and tips for daily life including cures for colds with warm milk and treacle, flannel care to prevent shrinking, starch formulas with spermaceti and wax, Graham gem batter with sour milk, cleaning sweet-meat jars with pearlash, and a no boil wine jelly recipe using gelatine lemon juice cinnamon wine sugar and brandy.
OCR fragment outlines mail and freight terms with mentions of arrivals by eight, west and east routes, and cloud days. It hints at a daily mail schedule and Saturday closings but details are incomplete and unreadable.
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