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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1876
Page
13
A highly garbled OCR fragment contains incomplete words and illegible phrases. The readable portions offer no clear event names dates places or sources to anchor a proper news item or summary.
A historical ad touts printing services while a drunken dialogue unfolds in a satirical sketch. The scene features a speaker praising cheap, rapid work and new presses, interrupted by a tavern chorus of patrons debating their votes. The fragment hints at a local temperance context and political contention.
In Cheyenne yesterday the Hon. E. L. Pease visited the capital for a business tour connected to the Sweetwater county courthouse project at Green River. Joslin of Joslin & Park returned from Salt Lake City after being relieved of duties, plans to buy holiday goods and settle back at his Ferguson Street home once abroad. Captain M. J. Fitzgerald of the Ninth Infantry, wounded near Red Cloud, is on three months leave and progressing well after surgical care. Rumor of an interview between Edward S. Stokes and Vanderbilt is denied. Stokes was refused admittance.
The New York Times editorial notes Tilden supporters trumpet his vigor while opponents warned at St Louis that if elected he might not survive a full term. It argues that secession era tactics reemerge, with Southern states resembling fortresses and veterans ready to suppress Republican votes, a Philadelphia Press cited.
In Oil City a youth mistook Tilton for the Democratic nominee and said he could not vote for him. In Titusville a countryman balked at fifty cents admission, claiming he arrived as a Tilden man and had just made a Hayes vote by listening to Tilton.
At Foxburg a muddy laborer wished to shake hands with the next president. He told Governor Tilden he would vote for him, and Tilton, unsure, replied he was not certain of the result. The man left convinced he had met the future president.
An essay explains that weather depends on prevailing air currents and ocean atmospheric cycles. It notes moon influence is unproven, and single station observations fail to reveal secular periodicity. True periodicity requires geographical, long term study across time and space.
A mosaic of short, humorous clippings from Danbury News and Norristown Herald. A boy’s remark on his mother’s old photo, reflections on changing times, a coroner’s verdict sample, Mrs Partington quips, Uncle Joe and Sammy’s Bible tale exchange, funds for a bank cashier’s widow, and a house agent chased by a dog who nicks a coat.
A military officer with Gen. Terry's forces recounts the disarming of Indians at Standing Rock agency yesterday. The scene is described as one of the most exciting witnessed there, amid rumors of Seventh Cavalry support and approaching troops from above and below the river, with both Indians and settlers keenly aware of the movements.
The line formed for dress parade at two thirty, then soldiers readied to hunt Indians as General Carlin and his eight infantry companies advanced to disarm Wolf Necklace’s band. Indians fled, ponies were seized, and a large-scale search across lodges and timber followed under tight security.
The Cheyenne Post Office in Laramie County Wyoming Territory lists remaining letters as of October 1876. Letters marked advertised must be claimed within thirty days or they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. Names include Atkinson, Anderson, Adams, Barnard, Black, Chapman, Clark, Daviss, Fisher, Gardner, Harlan, Inman, Jasper, Mills, Miller, Nelson, Overton, Poper, Rogers, Smith, Thompson, Williams, and many others. Please call out advertised letters and provide the date.
Travel advisory touts the Chicago and North-Western as the oldest shortest Omaha to Chicago line with steel rails. It highlights central Chicago depot, earlier arrivals for Eastern connections, and recommends Marshall Cedar Rapids Clinton routes for Northern Iowa and Fulton for Northern Illinois. The notice promotes Pullman sleepers, new day coaches, smoking and second-class cars. Written by agents Mountain and Stennert in Omaha and Chicago.
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