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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1883
Page
17
A letter argues society shames women who sell sex but excuses male indiscretion and urges empathy for reforming women. It challenges the notion that money buys social standing and contrasts attitudes toward women with broader frontier social norms.
A reader protests a column by Aleph Beth titled Another View, arguing against cynical gender double standards. The letter questions society’s judgment, the head of society, and calls out hypocrisy toward women who fall or reform and the men who judge them.
Frank A. Jones of this city was shot in the back by Henry Mosher while walking toward the Belle Fourche valley. Mosher, described as insane, fled but left Jones alive. Authorities expect to arrest Mosher on his arrival back from Fort McKinney.
From the Register, James Bennett alias Slim Jim was found dead this week in a cabin up in the Hill reportedly from excess liquor. Captain P B Sibley reports Redwater ranch losses with more than four thousand dollars due to flood damage and his garden and cereal crop nearly ready for market. Uncle Jim Rogers has become a noted physician after a comic failed attempt to induce a patient to swallow a bucket tied to a string. the doctor still billed for the prescription.
The Denver Times reports Mr. W. G. Fisher’s return home after a fall from a moving train. Coroner McHatton stopped to check a passing wagon with a man on a mattress, but Fisher rose and saluted, shouting you haven't got me yet Mac, as the crowd cheered.
A young man tried to evade fare on Dave Graham's Fort Collins to Denver train. He pulled a knife after refusing two dollars and was struck with a pistol by Graham. The attacker yielded, paid the fare, and boarded a front coach to Denver.
Within sixty days W S Wescott reports thirty two cattle killed by poisoning on Leiningers place in Sherman county. Thomas Irwin the Black Sills auditor is reassigned from Omaha to Sidney to handle agency duties. J J Longs team in West Point crushed by cars, one man killed, another dead soon after. A Meatrice backed excursion plan aims to visit eastern states. A 12 year old boy from the Grand Central Hotel fell from a freight train near Kearney, died instantly. Cardinal McCloskey is reportedly dangerously ill.
An 19th century advertisement promises relief for sick teething children. It claims the syrup calms crying, eases dysentery and diarrhea, regulates the stomach and bowels, relieves wind colic, soothes gums, reduces inflammation, and strengthens the system. Sold by druggists worldwide for 25 cents.
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