Weekly Weather and Stock News From Cheyenne to Omaha
Readable items cover livestock sales in 1883 with Kent & Arnold offering 250 high grade heifers, Swanherds sale by Cheyenne papers, and railway stock car innovations by Baltimore and Ohio. Also noted are court rulings in Colorado and Pennsylvania on slander by wives, local road commissioner actions, and a deadly morphine incident in Denver.
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Sergeant McGovern
Kent &Arnold
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Wyman
Sloan’s Lake
Ruby
Nebraska
Converse Cattle Company
Sioux City & Pacific Road
Kansas City
Swanherds
Scotch Syndicate
America
Leaper
Colfax County
New Mexico
Stockman
Kansas City Stock Record
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Omaha Bee
Logan Not Struck By Zuni Boundary Order Claim
Secretary Teller says the presidential order extending Zuni boundaries in New Mexico contains no basis for Logan opponents to claim it targets him. The contention arose from connections to his son in law Paymaster Tucker and was discussed by Logan’s supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Teller
New Mexico
Logan
Tucker
Thirteenth Annual Labor Reform League Convention Opened
In New York on May 7 a roughly one hundred strong gathering of men and women convened for the thirteenth annual meeting of the American Labor Reform League. R. W. Hume presided and E. H. Haywood presented resolutions denouncing rent, private interest, and monopolies. The group warned that czars and bankers collaborate with robber barons and may face “retributive justice” by any means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Labor Reform League
R. W. Hume
E. H. Haywood
Ireland
Queens
Philadelphia Convention Denounced as Fruitless Action
The report condemns the Philadelphia convention as fruitless with critics attacking its outcomes and urging further efforts. The piece notes public disappointment and questions the effectiveness of the gathering.
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Philadelphia
Chicago council grants poles for telegraph lines in city
In Chicago on May 8 the city council, after midnight and amid sharp debate, approved an ordinance allowing the district telegraph company to erect poles for telegraph wires. The prior law requiring underground wiring by all telegraph firms was delayed by injunctions and ongoing litigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
District Telegraph Company
Restrictions on American Cattle Trade Debated in London
Lord Carlingford, lord president of agriculture, refused to seek a new act banning cattle imports from infected countries. He pledged strong use of existing powers to stop entry of infected animals. The central chamber of agriculture pressed for tighter limits on the American cattle trade at Queenstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Carlingford
Three Moritz Daughters Struck by Lightning in Winona
In Winona Minnesota on May 7 a light thunder shower struck three daughters of Jacob Moritz playing near an umbrella store. The two older girls aged 9 and 11 were killed instantly while the youngest, 6, was left paralyzed on the right side but expected to recover. Their clothing caught fire before relatives reached them.
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Winona
Minn
Jacob Moritz
Major Blakney Seeks New Coast Lifesaving Stations
Major Blakney, superintendent of the life saving service on the Pacific coast, plans to recommend to General Superintendent Kimball the establishment of a station at Pigeon Point, San Mateo county, and at Gray's Harbor, Washington territory. He notes discharges at Cape Disappointment reduce crews to two stations, Golden Gate and Humboldt, and suggests a small steamer be attached for inspection and supply.
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Blakney
Life Saving Service
Pacific Coast
Kimball
Pigeon Point
San Mateo County
Golden Gate
Gray’s Harbor
Washington Territory
Puget’s Sound
Cape Disappointment
Humboldt
State Board of Silk Culture
Concord
N. H
Liebig Invigorator Promises Cure for Chronic Ailments
Cor Geary and Mason, San Francisco, advertises Liebig’s German Invigorator No. 1 and No. 2 as cures for nervous weakness, loss of manhood, dizziness, melancholy, and prostatorehea. Offers free consultation, home treatment, and a guaranteed $1000 if not cured, with prices $2 per bottle and six for $10. Private dispensary at 400 Geary Street and 405 Mason Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanfrancisco
Cal
College Institute
Liebig
O. D
Liebig’s Dispensary
Cheyenne Amateur Athletic Club Forms Among Local Gentlmen
A meeting at Post's bank building organized the Cheyenne Amateur Athletic club with members Collins Morgan Baird Jackson Whitmore Pierce Jenkins Keefe Hurd Beck Sullivan and others. Committees were created for hall apparatus membership and by laws. A follow up session is set for Friday at 7 in the Stockgrowers bank directors room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Post's Bank
Collins
Morgan
Baird
Jackson
Whitmore
Pierce
Jenkins
Keefe
Hurd
Beck
Sullivan
Cheyenne Amateur Athletic Club
Stockgrowers’ Bank
The Young Man’s Pocket Companion a Denver Medical Ad
An advertisement for Dr Henry Wagner offering medical and surgical services. It promotes treatment of chronic diseases for men and women, and guarantees cure for seminal weakness with a $500 forfeiture clause. Details include urinary symptoms, eye and ear specialties, and references to a Denver address and rebranding from Dr Spinney & Co to Dr Wagner & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uammer Street
Beaver
Wagner
Henry Wagner
Denver
Colorado
H. Wagner
J. Wagner
Medical and Surgical
Dr. Spinney & Co
Larimer Street
DR. Wagner & CO
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Blanche de White
Lillie Thorpe
Frank Huffschmidt
Fifteenth Street
Metropolitan Hotel
J. T. Allan
Union Pacific
Elm Creek
Burnham
Allan
Wide Awake Editors
the Times
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
St. Louis
San Francisco
Atlantic and Pacific
Colorado River
Southern Pacific
Mohave
Los Angeles
Cowhick & Whitcomb
the Board of County Commissioners
Cheyenne, Laramie Co
Wyc
Thos, Swan
T. Dyer
George W.hoyt
F. W. Schwartze
Lake
Montana
Sun Dance Mountain
Smith Folsom
Gus.w. Woods
E. C. Wakeman
H E. C. Wakeman
Wm. W. Jeffrey
Andrew Gilchrist
D. M. Wilcox
Mortimer
A. Polack
John Healey
Board of County Commissioners
Joan K. Jeffrey
Hawks
J. W. Bruner
Paul Vandervoort
Grand Army of the Republic
Gould
Missouri Pacific
Texas
Sedalia
Omaha
California
Pike
Glenn
Hill
Colden
Hale
J. M. Edwards
Riverhead, L. L
Palace
Geary
Mason
Liebeg & Co
Gear
Mason Street
DR. Wagner
Notion Department
Boot & Shoe
Clotein
Edwin C. Burt
Burt Mears
Butterick
J. M
A.H
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