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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1879
Page
5
An 1877 notice outlines advertising options for the Weekly Leader with rates for display ads, miscellaneous prints, and local notices. It lists price per line, discounts for multiple insertions, and notes a date of October 1st, 1877.
A jumble of witty observations and throwaway lines features Mr Moody on babies in church, notes on ex soldiers, honoreable titles, a long list of personal vignettes from authors and states, and playful quips about politics crime weather and poetry. The items mix humor with social commentary and cultural notes.
A Chicago correspondent reports on opera week with Col Mapleson arrivals and Haverley’s renovations, Italian opera fervor, a new West End Cooking Club, police presence, and elite crowds. A separate Pittsburg Telegraph tale recalls a reformed young man inspired by a ragged girl to raise charity funds.
Salt Lake report recalls anti polygamy meeting urging Congress to pass laws to bar polygamy, exclude polygamous jurors, and prove polygamous marriages by similar evidence as civil actions. It condemns Gentile and Mormon leadership, cites Brigham Young and distillery ties, and notes adultery and illegitimate births among Mormon settlements.
The council at city hall debated licensing, street and alley expenditures, and a new officer salary ordinance. It adjourned after a deadlock on nominations, with talk of a marshalship and upcoming regular meeting.
Cheyenne markets list provisions and grocery prices by Whipple & Thy and others in Cheyenne Wyoming. Items include flour, butter, lard, bacon, hams, apples, canned goods, tomatoes, pineapple, oysters, peaches, prunes, raisins, dried fruits, and various meats and beverages with per unit or per case pricing.
Washington report details Mr. Springer's bill after the 1880 census dividing states into three member districts where possible and five member districts for larger electorates. It claims Republicans would gain 28 seats in the South and Democrats similarly in the North, with four million colored voters able to influence 22 seats in nine states.
Richards the Nebraska murderer was sent to Lincoln after the death penalty, instead of Kearney, while cheerful and conversing with guards. He claimed to have sold his body to a medical college for comforts until death. He was tried for one murder, Peter Anderson, admitted the deed, but claimed self defense. the jury convicted in first degree after two hours.
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