Cheyenne Hears News Of Rail, Races And River Trade
In the March 1 1883 issue Cheyenne notes a northern railroad start within sixty days and plans for freight and emigrant activity. Local chatter mentions improved town infrastructure, foot race excitement, cattle market hopes, and a betting challenge over a race between U P Charley and Joe Fisher backed by 100 to 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platte
Laramie City
Cheyenne
U. P. Cnakey Trust
Joe Fisher
Rolling Mills
U. P. Charley
Fisher
U.P. Charley
Wyoming Inspector Heads Border Mission to Montana
Arthur Sparhawk, newly named inspector for the Wyoming fish and game society, begins today on horseback toward the Montana line to enforce stricter border game laws. He carries commissions as deputy United States marshal and deputy sheriff of Laramie County.
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Arthur Sparhawk
Wyoming Fish and Game Society
Montana
Wyoming
Mr. Sparhawk
United States
Laramie County
Cattlemen Race to Build Herds After Wyoming Storm
Rumors of new cattle companies form and large buyers move into Texas and Kansas. Men with big herds prepare to expand this summer, with no ruin or dispirited cattlemen. The president has accepted Gorringe's resignation. Brown's Iron Bitters promoted as best medicine to strengthen the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Texas
Kansas
Promising City of Gunnison Sets Stage for Growth
The Review Press argues Gunnison Colorado has a bright future as a railway manufacturing and smelting hub. Located midway between Denver and Salt Lake City it is viewed as the Denver and Rio Grande line’s key half way point with access to mining camps. The town sits in a low valley with minimal snow making it an attractive winter resort and a gravity driven ore and coal hub for surrounding camps and streams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunnison
Colorado
The
Review Press
Denver
Salt Lake
Denver & Rio Grande
Secretary’s reversal on public domain hay cutting ruling
Judge Brown had been ordered to sue parties in this territory for hay cut from the public domain. He argued impracticability and letters from the secretary of the interior and the attorney general countermanded that portion. The department now refuses to raise hay questions but maintains the stance that fencing the public domain will not be allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Attorney General
Teller
Laramie Sentinel
The Fence Argument
The letter, written in Cheyenne on February 23, argues against broad fencing: a capitalist would fence all unoccupied land, replacing many cowpunchers with few handlers, harming the poor. The writer claims proposed land sales or large-tract fencing would hurt the common man and favors opposing such measures.
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F. H.G
Jake
Lost on the Prairie by King and Mason
Wm. King and J. Mason, sheep herders for A. W. Bristol, were lost for three days and nights on the prairie during a snow storm with about 7,000 Bristol sheep. They reached camp near North Bear creek seven miles north of Bard's stage station in a dilapidated state. one man frozen in hands and feet. They endured starvation, killing and eating their horses to survive.
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Wm. King
J. Mason
A. W. Bristol
Bristol
North Bear Creek
Bard’s Stage Station
Atallion Couse
Frank O. Lawin
Fort McKinney
Powder River
Carey Brothers
Goose Creek
Prairie Dog
Tongue River
Laramie
Judge Filley Cured By St Jacobs Oil
Pittsfield Massachusetts judge W P Filley healed of severe rheumatism after using St Jacobs Oil as reported by the Springfield Republican claiming relief through the remedy.
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W. P. Filley
Pittsfield
St. Jacobs Oil
Springfield
Mass
Read on Texas cattle prices and western range conditions
A Kansas City Stock Indicator dispatch from San Antonio reports yearlings at 12 13 and two year olds at 16 16 50, with a smaller drive than last year and most stock destined for northern and western ranches. The North Platte Nebraskian notes cattle gains from thaw, and Denver News reports minimal losses so far this winter. Observers from several states describe stock conditions as improving with better weather, while Utah and Wyoming regions show scarce water and uneven livestock prospects.
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Ethan H. Cowles
Linus C. Baldwin
Pine Bluffs
Kansas City Times
S. W
Florida
Cheyenne
Robin
F. Emmons
New York Beach
Kansas City
San Antonio
Texas
Caldwell
Kan
Indian Territory
Kansas
Emporia
Prairie Cattle Company
Boston
J. F. Studebaker
South Bend
Colorado
Denver
Dillon
North Platte Nebraskian
D. Sheedy
Wyoming
W.C. Irvine
N. R. Davis
Denver News
Utah
Messrs. Meldrum & Scribner
Usurpation of Johnson County Offices Sparks Controversy
Letter from J T Woire condemns the February 1 action by newly elected Johnson County commissioners who installed N G Corwill and Canton M Uanton as clerk and sheriff, displacing Holleman and Jackson. The writer questions legal authority and calls for lawful contest of the election as required by Wyoming territory law.
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Johnson County
Wyo
Holleman
N.L. Andrews
W. E. Jackson
Board of County Commissioners
Holloman
Supreme Tribunal of Justice
Messrs. Corwill
Canton
J.T. Woire
Glenn's Sulphur Soap Featured For Skin Ailments
Time flies and so do diseases of the skin when that incomparable purifier of the cuticle and beautifier of the complexion, Glenn's Sulphur Soap, is used to disperse them. Pimples, blotches, sores and bruises and the like are invariably removed by it.
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Glenn
Copper shipment expected from Wyoming mines and smelter
The Wyoming copper company holds 102000 pounds of copper bullion ready in Cheyenne for shipment. Col. Babbitt plans to depart for Fairbank on Thursday to assess business prospects. A second furnace will start once mining progresses.
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Wyoming Copper Company
Cheyenne
Col. Babbitt
Fairbank
Climate change noted in Western Nebraska promote farming gains
North Platte correspondent reports a shift in Nebraska climate with more rainfall in summers and greater soil absorption due to land settling, tree planting, and longer green crops than native buffalo grass. A Platte River bridge project advances as Wyoming Copper Company and county officials agree to fund construction via warrants and future grading, plus a Laramie River bridge. Brown's Iron Bitters advertised for invalid women and mothers.
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North Platte
Omaha Republican
Signal Service
Platte
Wyoming Copper Company
Copper Company
Laramie
Benson's Capcine Porous Plaster Adverts Home Remedy
Dr E describes a sick man in a New York village and argues for keeping Benson's Capcine Porous Plaster at home to treat colic and other complaints. The ad extols rapid relief, promotes skin absorption, and urges purchases from Seabury & Johnson Pharmaceutical Chemists in New York.
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Dr. E
New York
Benson
Seabury & Johnson Pharmaceutical Chemets
Learned Woman Ramnabal Excites Paris With Multilingual Talent
The young Indian woman Ramnabal, age 20, in Paris, reads and writes twelve languages and excels in mathematics astronomy and history. She studies medicine and plans to return to India to help women who avoid male doctors and die yearly for lack of care.
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Ramnabal
Paris
India
Purify Your Teeth with Sozodont Foe of Foul Breath
An 19th century advertorial touts Sozodont as a remedy to cleanse teeth and banish offensive odors. It cites Cincinnati's Enquirer noting Barnum endorses St Jacobs Oil for pain and claims artists use it, suggesting a broader endorsement of medicinal products.
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The
Enquirer
Cincinnati
P. T. Barnum
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WM Weekly Leader
Hartville
Fort Fetterman
Washington Territory
Northern
Salt Chronicle
North Park
Grand Lake Prospector
Messrs. Armour & Co
Drover’s Journal
Gorringe
Nebraska
Enguish Medical Institute
English Medical Institute
Olive Street
Louis, MO
P. O
Geo. Timerman
Ey Piscase
Mintie's Kidney Remedy
Mintie
Home Comfort
Cian
Louisiana State Lottery
Louisiana State Lottery Company
New Orleans
Dauphin
Seventh St
Washington, D.C
Louisiana State Lottery CO
Frank Moore
la Salle Street
Chicago
Broadway
N. Y
N.B
Choo
Yellow Sea
Haylock & Jenney
Dey Street
Merchantile Review
Havluck & Jenney
America
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