Weekly Leader Items Spark Local Curiosity In Laramie City
In Laramie City notes a private library sale highlights Sturgis brothers wealth while Tivoli saloon sells for 2700 dollars. Postmaster Porter Warner named at Deadwood and other regional updates cover sermons on dancing, debt totals, lectures in Denver, and family notices amid frontier travel and weather chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Sturgis Bros
Tivoli
Ferguson and
Sixteenth Streets
Porter Warner
Deadwood Daily Times
Judge Fisher
C. M. Sandera
Congregational Church
James French
Denver
George C. Pratt
Joseph W. Pratt
Indianapolis
George
Colorado
E. W. Millis
New York
James France
Perry Smith
Wmn. H. Hunt
Rawlins
Denver Pacific Railway
Hoyt heads national education report on Centennial exhibit
A 384 page volume reports the Centennial education and science exhibit with Gov. John W. Hoyt as acting chairman. It covers U S government, Smithsonian, foreign reviews, and global education status, praising Hoyt for past service and hinting at a broader future comprehensive education report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Hoyt
Sir Charles Reed
England
Otto Martin Yorell
Geological Survey of London
Rene Fouret
France
Juan J. Marin
Andrew D. White
Cornell University
J. M. Gregory
Illinois Industrial University
D. C. Gilman
John Hopkins’ University
Baltimore
London
Gov. Hoyt
Charles Reed
Hoyt
Philadelphia
United States
Smithsonian Institute
Paris
Vienna
Rawlins Notes Highlight Mail Route Bid and Frosty Workday
In Rawlins Wyoming January 16 1879 residents report cold weather does not hinder work as five buildings rise. Charles F Perkins arrives from Dixon to seek a contract with Minor Peck and Co to carry mail from Rawlins to White River agency. Perkins previously held the route before July 1878 and seeks reinstatement while a petition seeks a tri weekly mail service.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Charles F. Perkins
Dixon
Snake River
Minor, Peck & Co
White River
Perkins
Post Office Department
Death on a Fremont, Nebraska railroad switch
Harry Hafner of Omaha was killed Sunday morning near Fremont when struck by the engine of a Union Pacific freight train. He was at the rear of the tender attempting to pull a coupling pin during car switching, slipped, and fell under the wheels, suffering a fatal head injury. Hafner was well known along the line from Omaha to Denver.
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Fremont
Neb
Harry Hafner
Omaha
Drake- Taun
Union Pacific
Hafner
Cheyenne
Ozden
Brown's Cough Balsam and Tar Troches Promote Recovery
An East West comparison touts Brown's Cough Balsam for chest congestion and its Tar Troches for clear voice as remedies that aid natural recovery. Arnica Salve is praised for inflammation and old sores. Sold by Addams & Glover and others in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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Brown
Nature
Church Chimes and Western News Notes
Clergy, congregations, and church facts stitch the report from Elmira to Cheyenne. Beecher presides a cremation society while Bishop Whittingham lies bedbound. parish mergers, benevolent work, and a sweep of religious statistics fill the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas K. Beecher
Elmira
Whittengham
Maryland
Military Matters at Fort Meade and Fort Lincoln
Private Edward Santouse of the Third Cavalry is restored to duty after a desertion charge. Maj. Hawkins is ordered to Chicago on public business then to rejoin at Omaha. Capt. Smith acts commander at Fort Meade. fort to host seven cavalry and four infantry companies. Gen. Sturgis may make Fort Meade HQ in spring, possibly abandoning Fort Lincoln to infantry. Lieutenants Mann and McCormick are at Bismarck. Maj. Hiderkin at Fort Lincoln for a court martial. Wheelan and sister join the East until navigation opens. Other service members attend a general court martial at Fort Lincoln.
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Edward Santouse
D Company
Third Cavalry
John 2. Hawkins
Department of the Platte
Chicago
Hhis Station
Omaha
Neb
Capt. Smith
Fort Meade
Maj
Lazelle
Seventh Cavalry
Sturgis
Fort Lincoln
W. Mann
Wheelan
Second Cavalry
Fort Custer
Edwards
Schindell
Fort Stevenson
Dooley's Yeast Powder Promises Better Bread
The article argues that civilization advances through improvements in food preparation and lauds Dooley's Yeast Powder as essential for baking. It claims proper use yields delicious and digestible bread biscuits and pastry as a public blessing.
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Dooley
Marriages and Deaths Reported in Cheyenne and Deadwood
In Deadwood at the Overland house on Jan 14 1879 Mary B Merritt wed Frank Smith both formerly of Cheyenne now Crook City. In Cheyenne on Jan 18 1879 Honora F Motley married George TH Phillips at the bride’s father’s home on Fifteenth street. At Cheyenne Key City house on Jan 19 1879 Harvey Claiter aged 42 died an old Wyoming resident with stockman ties. Funeral at Presbyterian church led by Rev J Y Cowdick. pallbearers listed.
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United States
M. H. Church
Methodist Church
Canada
M. E. Church
Mitchell
Brooklyn
Henry Ward Beecher
Cheyenne Presbyterian Sabbath School
Treasury
Langrishe
Denver
Deadwood
Schuyler Colfax
Abraham Lincoln
West
Laramie
Daily Times
Sentinel
Leadville
Geo. Tilton
W. BR. Wightman
BE. Schooler
Eb, Tilton
Our Constitution Broken and The Coughing People
A fragment discusses recurring coughing hacks and spitting among people, noting neglect of simple cold treatment. The ad promotes Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar, claiming quick relief and urging purchase at drug stores. It cites Union Depot in New York and mentions Pike's Toothache drops as another product.
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Joshua
Polly
Maria
Urittenton's
Sifth Avenue
New York City
Northern Pacific plans one hundred mile extension toward Black Hills
The Northern Pacific seeks funding to construct a straight help line one hundred miles northward from the present terminus. Locals propose a home company of Cheyenne citizens to finance the road with fifty to one hundred dollar contributions, aiming to secure Pacific coast access and mail transport if no rival line emerges. The Union Pacific shifts focus after Utah Northern control, while sermons at the Presbyterian church discuss Christ as friend to the poor and as king with civic duty and compassion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Hoyt
LrAprx
Wyoming
Snake River Valley
Snake River
Colorado
Northern Pacific Trail
Northern Pacific
Neares
Black Hills
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Congress
National Pacific Railroad and Telegraph Company
Cheyenne
Fort Laramie
Powder River
Montana
Northern Pacific Railroad
Pacific Coast
Congrese
Union Pacific Railroad
Utah Northern Railroad
Union Pacific
Son of
Presbyterian Church
Christ
Geneva
Basle
Cromwell
Napoleon
Lincoln
Torpor of the kidneys warned as dangerous condition
The text discusses kidney torpor and its serious danger to life. It describes remedies with Hostetter's stomach bitters as a general invigorant and alterative. The potion allegedly provides diuretic effects and counters congestion, aiding evacuation and supportive action on the bladder and related organs.
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Hitler
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Laramie City
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Louisa Lee
H. B. Kelly
Fred Landan
Geo. B. Stimpson
Fifth United States Cavalry
Fort BD
K. Russell
Little Woldf
Fort Robinson
Sand Hills
Nebraska
Dorace Hughes
Olive
Ketchum
Phil
Outland
Plum Creek
Rreeley
Charles M. Matthews
R. Matthews
Big Horn Country
Goose Creek
Waay Wese
Luke Voorhees
Daily Sun
U. A. Day
Verling K. Siart
New Fort McKinney
Crookham
A. A. Day
Maj. Hart
O. F. Odell
Episcopal Church of the Advocate of
St Phillip’s Church
Young Men’s Association of
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
British Provinces
England and Wales
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Switzerland
Europe
Japan
China
Africa
America
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Woman’s Pre Missionary Society of the
American Methodist Church Bible Society
Austria
Russia
Turkey
Napoleon III
Italy
Queen Victoria
T. J. Webster
Deadwood Enterprise
Gov. Howard
Dakota
Mr. Cowhick
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