Buffalo sightings and town notes sweep Cheyenne region
A roundup of Cheyenne area tidbits reports buffalo nearing Hat Creek, cold waves, heat, a vigilance committee in Spearfish, and local curiosities. It notes ex Postmaster Cree's trial adjournment, Beecher and Ingersoll talk, antelope seen east of Cheyenne, and medical quackery claims amid frontier life.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming Supreme Court
London
Rawlins
Spearfish
Black Hills
Sentinel
Seventeenth Street
St. Louis
Beecher
Bob Ingersoll
Union Pacific
Chicago
Cree
Georgetown
Colorado
United States
Bishop Whittle
Virginia
Wyoming
Mr. Beecher
Fremont Herald
Laramie Sentinel
Early Life
Leader
J. T. Clark
Alerts
Gilliss
Pioneer Hooks
Chéyenne
Frigate Asylum
Minn
Ka Boughton
Buffalo hunt marks first in years near Hat Creek
Hat Creek July 20 reports D. Boone May messenger for Cheyenne and Biaryk Hills Stage Company killed two buffalo within three miles of Hat Creek station. It is the first buffalo kill in this section in many years.
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Hat Creek
D. Boone
Cheyenne & Biaryk Hills Stage Company
Hat Creek Station
Sheridan arrives at Crook City on way to Black Hills post
Gen. P. H. Sheridan reached Crook City today and will move toward Gen. Bradley's Little Missouri headquarters sixty five miles away, escorted by Capt. Guy V. Henry's Third Cavalry. He may pick a site for a permanent post in the Black Hills before returning. The Bear Paw gold rush draws many seekers from Deadwood. Twenty men departed yesterday for the new El Dorado.
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Prof
Hess
Iowa
Rawlins
United States Naval Observatory
Washington
Deadwood
Bradley
Jcommand
Third Cavalry
Slim Butte
Gen. Bradley
P. H. Sheridan
Crook City
Little Missouri River
Wood Brothers plan Omaha branch in cattle trade
The Wood Brothers, Chicago’s large cattle commission house with annual business of $17,000,000, plan to open a branch in Omaha to work for stock yards interests. They will buy cattle there, saving shippers time and losses between Omaha and Chicago, boosting Omaha business and aiding Union Pacific shippers.
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Omaha Bee
Wood Brothers
Chicago
Omaha
Union Pacific
R. Ainslee takes division charge on Kansas Pacific
Reports indicate R Ainslee now oversees a division of the Kansas Pacific. South Park track layers shift toward Bailey's as rumors spread of another Pacific rail line via the Russell and Arkansas Valley. A waterspout near Golden washed away part of a bridge on Ralston Creek seven miles above Golden. Legal action begins in Denver between Denver and Rio Grande and Atchison Topeka Santa Fe. AT S F contracts for grading Leadville branch, fifty seven miles west of Carson City. On August 16 contracts will be let for southern branch, one hundred thirteen miles from Willow Branch with trains hoped by early next April to reach Las Vegas.
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R. Ainslee
Kansas Pacific
South Park
Bailey’s
Boston
Russle
Arkansas Valley
Golden
Ralston Creek
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Denver
Hallett
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company
Leadville
Carson City
Southern
Willow Branch
Las Vegas
Webster
Yen
Bob
Jim
Peccavi
de Musset
Pittsburg
Cheyenne
Black Hills
Pulman
U. P
Plains
The Gossip as a Moral Test in a Modern City
A reflective piece traces gossip from its roots as a sacred trust to a contemporary menace. It contrasts historic vows to guide children with the current wandering, rumor spreaders. The essay classifies gossip into harmless, thoughtless, and malicious, urging readers to reject malicious talk and guard neighbors' reputations.
Smith Bernheim wed in Fort Collins ceremony
Miss Hattie A. Smith and Mr. William Bernheim both of Fort Collins Colorado were married July 22 at the Presbyterian Parsonage in a ceremony conducted by Rev. J Y Cowhick.
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Smith
Bernhem
Presbyterian Parsonage
J. Y. Cowhick
Hattie A. Smith
William §. Bernheim
Fort Collins
Colorado
Surest Tranquilizer of the Nerves in State of Tonic Claim
The text promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as an ionic remedy that strengthens nerves and endows vigor to withstand mental impressions. It asserts the tonic restores calm without overtaxing nerves and cites endorsements from business and professional men, litterateurs, and clergy.
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Hostetter
Umatilla Indians Face Pressure Over Reservation Lands
The Indian Office summarizes reports on the Umatilla tribe noting kinship with the Nez Perces and a strong bond with Joseph. It cites 849 members with 17 000 horses 5 000 cattle and many sheep, valuable Oregon lands facing encroachment and a Mitchel bill for removal to the Gakaman reservation.
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Umatilla
Indian Office
Joseph
Oregon
Mitchel
Gakaman
Deserets Triumph Over Reds in Wind Spoiled Ball Game
Special telegram reports Sacr LALE Crry July 22 that the Deserets won 15 to 7 over the Reds. Cheyenne club suffered four sick members, foiling offense. Wind rose after 2:30 p m, game ended 6:15 p m. Four more games slated Wednesday through Saturday and an Lake excursion planned tomorrow.
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Sacr Lale Crry
Leader
Deserets
Reds
Jones
Gannett
Murray
Jake
Finn denial of injury treatment at Fort Laramie
Daniel Finn explains in a signed statement to The Leader that a prior published remark about his treatment after a July 1 shooting near Whoop-Up is true. He details delays at Fort Laramie, his patient care by a Cheyenne physician on July 5, and clarifies the clothing issue, expressing gratitude to the stage company staff for their efforts.
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Finn
Fort Laramie
Cheyenne
The
Leader
Cheyenne & Black Hills
Laramie
Laramie City
Cheyénne
Daniel Finn
Cheyenne Reimagined as a City of the Plains
A narrator recalls Cheyenne Wyoming from the 1860s as a rough frontier town, then describes arriving by the Union Pacific and seeing a thriving city with brick buildings and busy streets. He plans to invest and urge friends to visit, while noting editor disputes and local political quarrels.
Beef cattle shipped from La Bonte reach city pastured buyers
Over one thousand fine American beef cattle arrived yesterday from the La Bonte belonging to Swan Brothers. They will be shipped in a day or two to Chicago consigned to Brown Adams and Eldridge, noted livestock merchants. The herd, driven 140 miles in ten days, looked excelled by no western beef-steers.
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Swan Brothers
Chicago
Messrs. Brown, Adams & Eldridge
Livestock Commission
Celebrated Western Remedy Advertising Claim
A long promotional text endorses Brown's Extract and other products for diarrhea dysentery and cholera, urging readers to ask their druggists about merits. It touts painless cures, inexpensive prices, and promises like scalp clarity and hair dye, urging purchase across Cheyenne.
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Hurekaco
Cheyenne
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Weekly Leader
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Barbers
John H. Bowman
Buffalo
Gene Sheridan
Bear Paw
Umatillas
Dan Finn
Jordan
Changa
Ifds
Ana
Sun
Skeeping
Hayford
SPE
Rothing
Cheyér
Swayng
Shel
Poriaasht Addams & Glover
W. B. Drake
Beduc
Sozoddtt
Union Telegraph Company
San Francisco
Gheyetine
Hurman
Glenn’ Sphursoap
Raul
Hill
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