War outlook and finance debates sweep the era
Europe faces a tense outlook as eastern fronts strain economies while in the United States Congress fights over debt, bankruptcy repeal, and naval, land, and trade measures. Greek, Turkish, and Italian affairs mingle with domestic policy to shape a volatile political scene.
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Robbins
Mississippi
Adrianople
Philoppolis
Constantinople
Erzeroum
McGarraghan
New York
House of Representatives
Southern Mail Contractors
St. Petersburg
Greece
Congress
Great Powers
Washington
State Department
Leonard
Cuba
Baykdere
Sanstefano
Moukhatai
Ali Pasha
John G. Austin
Iloilo Phillipine Islands
Pacific Railway
Evarts
House Judiciary Committee
Knott
House
House Committee On
Davis
California
Wren
Nevada
United States
Porte
Grand Duke
Buykdere
Grant
Naples
Vandalia
Athens
Senate
Servia
Senate Committee On Finance
Sherman
Chicago Market Reports Cattle and Sheep Prices
Receipts last week 13 818 cattle and 3 983 sheep, down from prior totals. Prices ranged from 1 75 to 4 50 for cattle with steady Eastern demand. Sheep mostly steady. few extra lots sold 5 25 to 5 80. Also notes large mining and regional statistics for the Black Hills.
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Navy
Ogden Letter Describes Rain Snow and Mormon Meeting
A reader reports a drizzly cold day in Ogden Utah on March 2 1878 noting muddy streets and white capped mountains. He attends a Mormon service led by Bishop Richards described as ill tempered with many children and infants present while criticizing local female conditions and city life.
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Oagpen
Utah
Leader
Ogden City
Richards
Nauvoo
Insolent Tramp Forces Breakfast Demand at Home
A tramp entered a prominent merchant’s home on Seventeenth Street and ordered the lady to cook breakfast, locking the kitchen door. After dining, he left, while another incident reports two tramps threatening to return unless food was kept on hand.
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Seventeenth Street
Labit
Lord Chesterfield
Lead City Daily Planned by Collins and Stone
Charles Collins and John W. Stone plan launching a daily paper at Lead City within days. McLaughlin & Steele serve as local attorneys in multiple cases as district court sits at Deadwood.
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Charles Collins
John W. Stone
Black Hills
Granite Springs
McDaniel
Deadwood
Bella Union
Billy Nuttall
Rounders
Mac
Notable early 20th century asset troubles and crimes
Bankers Morse and Tremble face assignments and liabilities in Worcester and Mt Gilead while McMullen Co fails in Canada. Halley dies in North America Arthurian command. A Hazelton fire destroys tenements and barns affecting five families. Pledging reforms and pardons surface as Sooy desecration faces leniency. Lachene absconds with creditors and workers unpaid. Detectives trap counterfeiters Lee Hooper Quigg in Chicago with seized coinage and gear.
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McMullen & Co
Montreal
Canada
Wm. O’grady Halley
Her Majesty
North America
Hazelton
Tremble
Mt. Gilead
Senate
Mitchell
Oregon
Scratch No More Itching Piles Skin Ointment Ad
An 19th or early 20th century advertisement promotes Swayne's Ointment to cure itching piles and various skin eruptions. It claims relief from moisture, irritation, and nocturnal itching, with mail order options and pricing. The ad lists Dr. Swayne & Son and local Cheyenne distributor Addams & Glover in Wyoming.
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Swayne
Dr. Swayne & Son
Philadelphia
Addams & Glover
16Th and
Eddy Streets
Cheyenne
Wyo
Masonic Chapter Records Death Of James M. Irwin
At a March 20 convocation of Wyoming Chapter No 1 R A M the preamble and resolutions mourn the death of James M Irwin and extend sympathy to his family. A copy is to be sent to George Washington Chapter 176 Pennsylvania and local papers. Moses A Wakeman reports from Snake River Wyoming praising the area for settlers with game and farming lands.
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Wyoming
Wuerrzas
James M. Irwin
Earth
George Washington
Pennsylvania
Moses A. Wakeman
Snake River
Swayne's Tar and Sarsaparilla Pills Promise Health Cure
Purported remedy Swayne's Tar and Sarsaparilla Pills claim to heal headaches indigestion liver torpor and bowel complaints by stimulating liver action and purging bodily poisons. They boast nonirritating purgative action and warn buyers to obtain genuine Swayne's products from leading druggists, including Addams & Glover in Cheyenne.
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Swayne
Cheyenne
Addams & Glover
Heartburn Relief via Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
The piece explains heartburn as acid fermentation and excess gastric juice. It denounces alkalis for sour stomach and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a superior remedy that strengthens stomach membranes, regulates secretions, and improves digestion, with added liver and bowels benefits.
Wheat prices firm at ninety cents in Boulder market
The Longmont Press notes wheat sold around eighty cents per bushel in Boulder during the week with few Longmont transactions. The price has remained firm at ninety cents.
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Longmont
Boulder
Advertised Letters in Cheyenne Post Office March 1878
List of remaining letters for March 18 1878 in Laramie county Wyoming Territory. Advertised letters to be sent to Dead Letter Office if not collected within thirty days. Gentlemen and Ladies lists include numerous names such as Patrick Byrnes Harry Lewis J M Leonard Harrison Bowen J Mosley R C Benster J G Moorhead and many others.
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Cheyenne
Laramie County
Wyoming Territory
Byrnes
Patrick Lewis
Harry Berry
Leonard Harrison Bowen
Jas Mosley
C Benster
G Moorhead
L Bolton
John Pas
Connally
Castle M
Chambers John Claycomb
Fred Gross
T Cummings
Jo’ Doody
P Dillon
Edward Doole
David A Dyer
Eaton Geo Fillips
Maine Fox
John Frame
John Gilbert
John Gleason
Edwi Hubble
WB Hargrave Robe Hardinger
Jno Hancock
HH Johnson
Peter Johnson
Euge
Kornelius
Oscar
Saylor
Lord
Tuttle
Lorton Robt
Vipond
John
Willsee M Lynch
Ward
Wilson Thomas Wagner
Geo Walker
M Wormell
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Boston
Chicago
Rbouf Pasha
Varna
Turkey
Dominion
Ottawa Senate
Masonic Hall
St. Louis
The
Social Labor Union
James Gordon Bennet
McDonald
David A. Gage
Paddock
Secretary of the Interior
Colorado
Edmunds
Germany
Holland
Osman Pasha
Vranja
Pisat
Vienna
Nicholas
Father de Smet
Homestake
Reno
OGDEN
Black Hills Budget
F. E. Warren
Newport Glide
England
Rev
John P. Newman
Almon & MacIntosh
Internal Revenue
Surrey County
N. C
Senate Finance Committee
Beck and
Matthews
Gilfillan
Austria
Andrasse
Berlin
HosBanrt Pasha
Machnitza
Thessaly
Hobart Pasha
Russia
W. H. Morse
Worcester
Mass
Josephus Sooy
New Jersey
John Phelan Lachene
Tirrell
Edward J. Lee
George Hooper
Geo. Quigg
Northwest
J. M. Irwin
Ailluigl U
Monroe
J McCoy
McKee
Mike McCloy
Richard Nolan
Peter Norton
Harry G
Odell Wellington Otto L
Connor MA
Perry
IL Parrott
Jack Phillips
Elmer Rose
E Rocke
A Rice
Alonzo Snead
Asin
Stanton Sam Stearns
Fred J Simpson
John I Slaughter
Thompson
Allen
Cora
Madison
Leon Baker
Clara Murray
J Blue
Mary J Miller
EC Dames
Jennie Mallen
C Foster
Susie McKay
M Hays
P B
O’connor
Lucy Halpin
O'Neil
Bridget Hearly
N E Pain
Mary Hackett
N 2
Scott
Sarah Holliday
J G van Hoozen
M Jackson
Stella Williams
LA Leggan
Walker
LA Wilson
Jennie
H. Guarcke, P. M
Mweel Uus
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