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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1883
Page
5
A Sunday leisure essay extols acts of kindness amid social bustle. It traces a Cheyenne helper funding a shelter for a betrayed, homeless girl and praises a Pennsylvania burgess for a lenient fine over disorderly conduct. The piece also riffs on grammar quirks and human foibles, urging self reflection and honest confession.
Editorial correspondence detailing a trek north from Chugwater to Goodwin and Kelly’s ranches. Dense rain, mud, and swollen creeks slow the stage ride as travelers observe topography like rolling hills and lakes. Bridges strain as floods worsen, with Goodwin and Schwartze clashing over repairs and reports of lost wagons and drowned horses.
Rates are listed for Daily Leader advertising and subscriptions in Cheyenne Wyoming. Details include daily rates, advance payments, line pricing, and official notices, with rates per line and per word, plus durations from first insertion to yearly contracts. J B Morrow is named as publisher and proprietor.
Excerpted aphorisms from a sermon praising inner happiness and personal responsibility. The preacher mocks stinginess and urges the audience to find joy in the present day, noting daily clouds and sun and the value of living in the moment.
Advertised remedy claims to banish ill health and nervousness by using Brown's Tron Bitters. The copy emphasizes relief from vexation fretfulness and associated ailments, urging readers to purchase for improved well being.
The New York Evening Telegram reports Tony Pastor was cured of rheumatic pains by St Jacobs Oil. He praises its efficacy and endorses the remedy.
Ad touts Bucklen’s Arnica Snive as the greatest medical wonder, promising cures for burns, wounds, rheum, fever sores, ulcers, pimples, and skin ailments. It guarantees results or money back, with a price of two cents per box advertised and available at a local store.
Mesars Dare and Uoling advertise a remedy for consumption and throat afflictions. They claim a sole cure for quips tion jewel obls foarseurs asthma hay fever and related throat issues with a positive guarantee. Free sample bottles and regular size priced at 1.60.
A large cave near Raven Run in Shenandoah Pennsylvania collapsed on May 19, covering nearly two acres. The incident disrupted Lehigh Valley Railroad traffic requiring passenger transfers to other trains as crews assessed the damage.
In Denver this morning the jury found Wm. H. Bush not guilty of embezzling $2,000, charged by ex-Senator Tabor. The jury deliberated five minutes and Bush's lawyers reportedly delivered a sharp defense.
In Chicago May 20 Anthony Connolly a saloon keeper and Robert Bruce alias Harry Curtis met at Fanner's saloon. Curtis shot Connolly through the body then Connolly shot Curtis through both thighs. Both men are mortally wounded and may die.
In Cleveland on May 21 Julia Re nachere wed C W Seymour on her dying bed. She died Friday and was buried Sunday. The body was exhumed by order of the coroner and an autopsy found abortion evidence. Seymour and midwife Sylvia L Webster are under arrest for complicity in the death.
In Chippewa Falls a Western company engine was driven across a grade by Omaha railway men to impede a train. The engine struck the workers who refused to move under orders from Omaha officials. Both laborers died at the scene and no arrests have been made.
A box with fuse, four bottles of colored liquids, wires and springs was found on the Peterborough cathedral steps. The lid bore skull and bones and the warning Beware of the Invincible Army. It carried depot address in New York and a conscience quote. The incident, deemed a hoax, unsettled worshippers.
Denver reports a passenger train collided with a wild engine near Sglida on the Denver & Rio Grande railway. Fireman Johnny Howard was killed, engineer Miles badly hurt. Both engines and cars wrecked, but no passengers were injured.
Reports from Yankton say seven Brule agency Indians allegedly raped a 15 year old white girl last week. Deputy marshal departs tonight to arrest suspects and bring them to Yankton for trial. Death is the federal penalty if convicted.
Chas Strickland of this city contends rheumatism relief came from St Jacobs Oil, a claim highlighted in a brief Boston Globe item. The note names Strickland and the product but provides no further corroboration or details.
Manufactured to order at Rockford the Skandia Wagon is for sale by D and Whipple in Cheyenne with emphasis on not missing the display and purchase opportunity for this wagon model.
Sealed proposals in triplicate for fresh beef and choice cuts for Fort Thornburgh Utah post subsistence, due May 30 1883. Bidders must submit contracts with proposals. bids opened in presence of bidders. Address to Thomas Wilson Post Commissary or Post Office.
Chicago reports say Jere Dunn was acquitted amid strong praise from some sports figures and sharp condemnation from others. A rowdy reception followed at The Drum resort with Champagne. Stock Yards Johnnie allegedly clashed with Dunn, fueling a lively scene as the crowd celebrated.
May 21 Chicago reports sixty Indians from the United States near Carman passed Maynes pass killing and beheading one man and carrying the head miles away Then they killed a Mexican at San Lorenzo one at Buenaventura and two at San Rinso Captain Jones led a force toward the band commanded by Chief Chata Another detachment was sent from Casa Grande The Indians move rapidly toward the Sierra Madre.
At the annual meeting in On Their Ear Saratoga Rev. Dr. Howard of Rochester Theological Seminary declares that after the treatment from the American Bible Society no self respecting Baptist can sustain relations with it.
The Western Catholic of Chicago Illinois extols vast merit in St Jacobs Qil and recommends it to readers in a strong endorsement.
An 19th-century ad for DR. WAGNER & CO at 348 Mariner Street claims chronic diseases of men and women and surgical cures, advertising guaranteed cures for seminal weakness and private ailments. It promotes free consultation, a $5 exam, and a mail order pocket companion priced at 1 dollar 26 cents, under Dr Henry Wagner in Denver Colorado.
In Danvers Mr Geo H Day reports cure from rheumatism using St Jacobs Oil. Society Belles praise Floreston Cologne for its delicate lasting fragrance. An advertiser promotes Renew Your Lease claiming energy dips signal disease from tired organs and tainted blood, with Parker's Ginger Tonic promised to restore stomach liver kidneys and blood health.
A brief note advertises Parker's Hair Balsam as a remedy for premature gray hairs, claiming it promptly restores youthful color and prevents the annoyance of gray in appearance. The copy emphasizes ease and quick results for visibly graying hair.
Hundreds of hearty men women and children rescued from pain sickness and death by Parker's Ginger Tonic stand as evidence of its value. The ads claim it is widely used and trusted in many communities.
Writings indicate desertion and non support related actions with stamp applications. Advices reference residential attorney and address 230 Broadway New York. No publicity noted on file.
Public notice from the Cheyenne Land Office dated May 14 1983 lists settlers Thomas Chenevert and John Frayer filing for Anal proof to support their land claims in Townships 18 and 21 North Range 62 and 3 West. Witnesses include John B Frayer John A Kessler John B Latsch and Thomas M Herrick of Little Horse Creek Wyoming. Registration by Johlon B Frayer and Reed R Mann.
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