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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1883
Page
8
Disjointed text mentions a place, town and county with references to houses and signals of a frightful event. A woman is noted in relation to a building site and a stock telegraph line. Details are unclear due to OCR garbling.
A garbled eyewitness fragment describes a rapid event in a room wreck scene with injury and confusion. A boy, a plan, and a chaotic yard scene are referenced, yielding little coherent detail about location or outcome.
Fragmented OCR text mentions a roofed dam and an older person. No clear event, names, or location are readable.
No new developments in the rape case. Reverend G G Craft resigns as Laramie Baptist pastor while Reverend L J Hall of the Methodist Church may be reassigned. Laramie banks still take trade dollars at par and sewer questions loom as local business leaders note. The drowned body of Pickard was found near Cooper in the Laramie River. Fire damage to Weber’s mill costs about two thousand dollars. twenty five laws and betting losses feature in the incident. Rawlins Journal says a visiting representative will seek ads for the tri weekly edition and reports life in Seminoe camp with a thriving quartz mill and profitable amalgamation.
Fred Meyer a butcher delivering meat at the Frontier hotel fell through a rotten kitchen floor into an old well and drowned before help could reach him. The coroner's jury censured the house owners for a man trap on the premises. Meyer to be buried tomorrow. Articles filed for American District Telephone Company of Nebraska to operate telegraph and messenger services across several states with initial capital of 50000 dollars. Incorporators listed. Cheyenne boots and shoes ad ends.
An advertisement touts Parker's Ginger Tonic as a cure for sinking strength and misery. It claims noticeable improvement begins with the first dose and rapid vitality returns.
Contractor John Mills expects the Crow creek dam and a 3 mile conduit to deliver 4 million gallons daily, supporting a city several times Cheyenne’s present size. Work near Fort Russell and Sloan's Lake includes terra cotta pipe, reservoirs north of Sloan's Lake, and a $31,000 city cost under oversight of Councilman Dyer and City Engineer Provines.
The hair restorative Parker's Hair Balsam is described as made from harmless materials and adapted to fading and falling hair, earning a high rank as an elegant and reliable product.
A 34 foot deep trench method is used for a conduit between Crow Creek dam and reservoirs north of Sloan's Lake. Workers faced rising wages, Alaska rumors, and hard digging while tunneling pits, using plank sheeting, pulleys, and horse powered dirt removal. Delays came from weather, floods, and water in pits. The note ends with the remark that Hon. David Davis dislikes climbing barbed wire fences.
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