Rates of Advertising in the Daily Leader Notice
The notice lists advertisement rates for the Daily Leader and other papers, including per line charges for transient ads and local notices. It notes varying rates by insertion count and time, with Cheyenne January 1 1876 as the posting date and claims higher circulation than any Wyoming paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Leader
Bourgeois
Poverkly Leader
Cheyenne
Giaroxe
Tom Leader
Wyoming
Send the Weekly LEADER to friends in the states
Advertising offer for the Weekly LEADER subscription directed at readers in the United States. Rates listed include 2.50 per year 1.50 for six months and 1 for three months. The notice emphasizes affordability and quick sign-up for ongoing delivery.
Paragraphers End Rest With Blue Glass Advertising
A lament notes that writers nationwide pause blue glass campaigns as their jokes and taunts have drawn attention to Pleasanton more than any other agency could.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Glass
Pleasanton
Red Cloud Agency telegraph line advances rapidly
Work on the Red Cloud Agency branch of the C. and B. H. telegraph line progresses swiftly and will soon allow direct communication with friends there. The Kincardine Ontario Bruce Review cites clippings from The Ledger including Black Hills mining notes and route details.
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Red Cloud
Kincardine
Bruce Review
Lraper
Black Hills Mining News
Policy of peace and submission urged in Sioux affairs
In reply to questions by Bishop Hare of Nebraska and William Welch of Philadelphia the President and Secretary Schurz said the policy of peace and civilization would be pursued but the hostile Sioux would be forced into submission. Welch declined to return to the Peace Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Hare
Nebraska
William Welch
Philadelphia
Schurz
Welch
Peace Commission
Black Hills Debacle Sparks Media Feud Over Gold Fraud Claims
Hartford Courant attacks the Hills as a fraud while praising frontier press for honesty amid vast gold dust shipments and mass prospecting. Times editor replies with sharp rebuke, accusing ignorance and bribery by tradesmen.
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Black Hills
Hartford
Conn
Courant
Frontier
Times
Judge Rules Connors Bank Robber Fled Massachusetts
Judge Brady of the New York Supreme Court rules that a crime committed in Massachusetts by Connors constitutes fleeing from Massachusetts justice, even if the burglar’s body never left Manhattan. The decision faces appeal toward the U S Supreme Court.
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Brady
New York Supreme Court
Connors
Northampton
Mass
Massachusetts
United States
New York
Manhattan Island
Supreme Court of the United States
Oakey Hall A Turbulent Path From Reporter To Mayor
Oakey Hall born 1828 rose through Harvard Law and New Orleans reporting to join Brown Hall and Vanderpool. He became Assistant District Attorney District Attorney then Mayor of New York in 1868 serving two terms as Chief Magistrate. He was part of Tammany’s noted quartet with Sweeney Tweed and Connolly, performing mainly ornamental duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakey Hall
New York
Ife
Harvard Law School
New Orleans
John Slidell
Brown, Hall &Vanderpool
Tammany Quartette
Sweeney
Tweed
Connolly
Uncertain Fate of Prominent NY Figure Amid Disappearance
The article outlines a prominent New York figure once allied with a notable group, indicted but acquitted after a speedy trial. A restless showman turned playwright led to a failed stage venture before returning to law. Known for sociability, he once appeared in a bright green suit during an Irish procession as mayor, then vanished mysteriously.
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Hall
New York
The Threatened Railroad War Over Black Hills Route
Denver Times notes the need for a railroad into the Black Hills amid rapid regional growth and emigration. It discusses routes from Cheyenne and Sidney, potential Union Pacific control, tariff shifts, and a broader contest for Deadwood traffic. Denver is urged to prepare for impending railway conflict.
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Black Hills
Denver Times
Pennsylvania
Cheyenne
Sidney
Union Pacific
Deadwood
U. P
Omaha
K.P
Denver
Kansas Pacific Company
Notable East Arrivals Covering Hills and Senators
C F Underhill of the New York Times arrived from the east on Sunday and will report on the Black Hills from Deadwood this week. Senator Henry M Teller of Colorado arrived from Washington and is praised for his constant votes and steadfast work for his constituents.
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F. Underhill
New York Times
Deadwood
Underhill
Times
Henry M. Teller
U. S
Colorado
Washington
How a Rush for Diamonds Began in South Africa
A traveler in South Africa bought a pebble from Boor children that looked like a diamond. He sold it for 3000 dollars at the Cape and later sold another stone for 53000 dollars. Word spread, natives hunted stones, whites pursued profits, and a string of diamond mines arose, centered in Kimberley with a population of 10,000 and notable urban amenities.
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South Africa
Boor
Ife
Cape
Kimberley
Flogging the Rod as Moral Discipline in Past Wars
A Louisville Courier-Journal piece argues that corporal punishment shaped leaders from independence to Civil War era. It contrasts harsh training with modern sentimentalism, praising stern school discipline and parental authority as essential to manliness and social order.
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Mexico
Cromwell
Nelson
Wellington
Macduff
Solomon
Tlalf
Louisville Courier-Journal
Anecdote of Fred Douglass and London meeting
A Cincinnati Commercial item recalls 1848 London Covent Garden address by Frederick Douglass. He faced patronizing handshakes from nobles and a Brooklyn divine, replying with dignity to one attempted handclasp, an incident said to hasten his return to America.
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Fred Douglass
United States
District of Columbia
London
Covent Garden
Earl of Shaftesbury
England
Douglass
Brooklyn
America
Cincinnati
The Chinese Conundrum at Chico Massacre
The San Francisco Chronicle quotes a controversial editorial predicting racial retaliation by Chinese and blacks and a white response of extermination. The piece frames violence as a grim cycle and cites threats against Chinese activists if they resist oppression.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Chico
Military Orders Relieve Leeper to Fort Sill and Platte Duty
Second Lieutenant Matthew Leeper Jr of the Fourth Cavalry is relieved from duty at Fort Sill and ordered to join his company in the Department of the Platte. Civil agents at Sioux agencies except Spotted Tail and Red Cloud are to control distribution of goods to Indians at those agencies. No supplies to hostile Indians until arrested and dismounted. Civil agents to aid military in pursuit and dismounting returning hostiles. Regulation to take effect at Spotted Tail and Red Cloud Agencies once agents are appointed.
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Matthew Leeper, Jr
Fourth Cavalry
Fort Sill, I. T
Department of the Platte
Spotted Tail
Red Cloud
How to Catch Beavers Described in Colonial Tactics
The St John Telegraph describes beaver behavior and a trapping method used near Nackawick. It notes beavers build submerged houses with two compartments and a tunnel entry, then suggests staking the pond bottom to expose the dammed animals, reporting a successful capture of four beavers recently.
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Nackawick
St. John
N. B
Amusing Baptism Sermon Mixup In Connecticut Church
A Connecticut church noted the pastor planned a baptism for children on the last Sunday. During the service a deaf elder misheard the announcement and offered to supply any childless attendees with Sunday school books for twenty five cents, creating a humorous mixup.
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Connecticut
Monkey at Arsenal Blows Itself Up in Curious Mishap
A Summerville Arsenal pet monkey named Jocko died after tugging a gun lanyard to watch a salute piece fire. The cannon failed to fire at first, then discharged, blowing off Jocko and scattering remains across the area. Augusta Chronicle reports this fatal curiosity incident.
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United States Arsenal
Summerville
Jocko
Augusta
Miscellany of quips and tall tales from old papers
A collage of humorous clippings and anecdotes spanning multiple U.S. papers. Jests about poultry, divorces, coughing judges, effigies of punishment, bald children, war-time satire, and a prank sign on Spring Grove avenue plus a New Haven skeptic lecture and Harvard jibe. Names and places include Detroit Milwaukee Boston New Haven Harrison and Ohio governors.
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Tom Young
Child stolen amid Indian government search for parents
The London World reports a white child found by Highty-ninth soldiers near Bangalore on Valentine’s Day 1874. Hindoo guardians claimed him as theirs, but camp surgeons declared him albino. Parents vanished, government grants twelve rupees monthly. The Bangalore Examiner notes the child’s silent speech and “villainous” look as concerns.
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London
Japhet
Highty-ninth Regiment
Bangalore
Vellore
Big Horn prospectors push toward remote mountains
Town reports on a wandering group of about fifty hunters and miners from Montana gathered around Cantonment Reno awaiting spring to push into the Big Horn region. Maj. Randall rescued six men after a deadly Panther mountains trek. five have since scattered, the sixth plans a spring push into the range with prospectors.
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Big Horn
Cantonment
Reno
Big Horn Range
Montana
Maj
Randall
Deadwood
Black Hills
Rosebud
Panther Mountains
Tongue River
Big Horn Mountain
Maj. Randall
LeCompte
Big Horn Mountains
The Pawnee Scouts and Their Work at Sidney Barracks
A correspondent from the Omaha Republican describes Major Frank North and his 98 Pawnee scouts at Sidney Barracks. The unit, organized in 1876, joined Crook on the Powder River expedition and Mackenzie’s raid, capturing 178 lodges and 600 horses from the Dull Knife band before marching 1,200 miles in three months. Major North is famed as a western scout and the Pawnee men closely follow him.
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Omiaha Republican
Sidney Barracks
Frank North
Lodge Pole Creek
North
United States Army
Indian Territory
Red Cloud
Fort Laramie
Fort Fetterman
Crook
Powder River
Mackenzie
Big Horn
Belle Fourche
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Denver News
Golden Transcript
Denver Daily Democrat
Captain Smith
Gordon
New Jersey
Danbury News
Chicago
Rochester Democrat
Detroit Free Press
Boston Transcript
Ellis
Boston
Tawthorne
Staninhoff
Harrison
Wisconsin
Milwaukee Sentinel
Joseph Cook
New Haven
Harvard College
Yale
Harvard
Dwight
Dwitch
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