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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1883
Page
5
Advertising rates listed by length and duration. Columns show weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly prices for display ads, local notices, and official ads. Publisher contact J. B. Morrow of Cheyenne Wyoming is noted.
A scattered mix of items recounts a train off the eastern cattle path near Sidney, a block sale at $2,600, legal trial delays, weather and irrigation talk, church address by Chaplain Merrill, and light-hearted notices about hats, dust, and rapid improvements. It also lists ads for Brown's iron bitters, a Cheyenne hair store, Skandia Wagon makers, and a Chicago barber.
Editorial correspondent tours Hunton’s ranch and Fort Laramie then visits Fairbank Millersburg Sunrise and surrounding mines in the Wyoming copper region. He notes Fort Laramie’s unappealing appearance and praises the landscape, rivers, and the Sunrise mine with its tunnels and ore work. Damages from a recent flood are reported including losses to Bartletts.
E N S Morgan acting governor accepts the resignation of J C Richardson as official stenographer of Wyoming Territory dated May 28 1883. The secretary notes nearly three years of service with an enviable reputation and wishes success in the legal career.
Frank H. Newton, a mail agent from this city to Ogden, resigned effective May 1 after sending his notice in April. He bought a watch on installments from A Adamsky, paid five dollars, then disappeared. Adamsky reports Newton drew wages, left for Seward Nebraska seeking a postmaster job, and Adamsky suspects false pretenses in the purchase.
An advertisement extols Sozodont for cleaning in between teeth and preventing decay. It urges all parents to provide Sozodont to protect their children's dental health.
Memorial Day preparations include a citywide program with a 2 pm procession starting on Seventeenth Street. The lineup features Chief Marshal J W Fisher, Fort Russell band, officials, Knights, fire department, and G A R. The route visits Catholic and city cemeteries for floral tributes and a firing salute.
Military orders extend seven day leave for First Lieutenant T H Capron of the 9th Infantry by orders from Fort Bridger May 18 1883. The quartermaster will ship private Marion Wallace from Fort Omaha to Fort D A Russell, and arrange charge of the cost to his unit. Frank Woodry is reassigned to company F 9th Infantry and Frank Balthasar to the 4th Infantry. Woodry to be sent to his company station at first favorable opportunity.
George F. Morgan of Boulter and Morgan ships 181 Hereford cattle from England to stockyards near Cheyenne to establish a breeding ranch. Rudolph the celebrated bull, cost 3500 dollars, was left at Morgan’s Illinois farm for rent. J A Page returns from Utah with 5500 head for the Medicine Bow range. Society belles praise Floreston Cologne for its delicate lasting fragrance.
An Advocate ad urges renewal of lease on health by Parker's Ginger Tonic to restore stomach liver and kidney function, purify blood, and revive comfort. It also touts Parker's Hair Balsam to stop premature gray hairs by restoring youthful color.
Advertisements and notices blend legal land claims with medical ads. Thomas Chenevert files to prove up his claim in Cheyenne Wyoming, supported by witnesses from Little Horse Creek. John B Frayer, John A. Kessler, John B. Latsch, and Thomas M. Herrick named as witnesses. Separate notices reference Caswell Hazard & Co. liver oil products and health tonics, urging readers toward imperial cures and patent remedies.
Advertisement notes a supposed product called the greatest medical wonder of the world that speeds healing for burns bruises cuts ulcers salt rheum sores cancers piles tetter and skin eruptions. It guarantees cure or money refunded with 25 cents per box and lists Dare & Collins as sellers.
Living witnesses describe hundreds of men women and children rescued from pain and sickness by Parker's Ginger Tonic. They claim the tonic’s merit is proven in nearly every community.
The article notes the popular performer Scanlan drew a lively crowd for a Saturday night show at the opera house, delivering a well received performance and standing ovations.
Physicians cite Dr King s new discovery for consumption and throat and lung diseases as daily curing patients thought beyond help. Hundreds of doctors using it in practice. Trial bottles free at Deere Collins drug store regular size one dollar.
A jagged OCR fragment mentions 1883, Wyoming, and a name possibly John M, with unclear context about time, payment, or entitlements. It references a chase or pursuit and a large portion of text missing, yielding minimal coherent facts.
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