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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1876
Page
5
A highly damaged OCR fragment presents unclear text with overlapping letters and stray punctuation. The readable bits do not form a coherent event or named entities, making identification of people places or actions impossible.
An old advertisement for printing services promises cheap, neat work with a new type and presses. The text shifts to a drinking man in a rowdy scene discussing voting for a candidate next Tuesday, including pauses and hiccups.
Meeting at the office with Hon. E. L. Pease the popular boss of Uinta county on a capital visit. Pease works on building the Green River Sweetwater county courthouse keeping him out of politics this year. Joslin of Joslin Park jewelry returns from Salt Lake City and heads east to stock holiday goods then resumes life on Ferguson street. Capt. M. J. Fitzgerald of the Ninth Infantry travels east on a three month leave after a leg wound from last summer’s Red Cloud incident. Surgery saved his leg and he is praised for care and urged congratulations. Report of Edward S. Stokes meeting Vanderbilt is false and he was refused admittance.
The Times cites Tilden supporters touting his vigor as a warning to Republicans. It warns of a new danger echoing 1860 61, with former Confederate leaders active in both South and North to suppress Republican votes. It notes South Carolina as a camp and Southern states as fortresses for Confederates.
Theodore Tilton visits oil country on a lecturing tour triggering comic confusion with Democratic candidate names. In Oil City a spectator misreads Tilton as a Beecher trial figure and cannot vote for him. In Titusville a rural voter balks at fifty cent admission, claiming he voted for Hayes after hearing Tilton speak.
At Foxburg a workman dirtied with mud offered to shake hands with the next U S President and predicted Governor Tilden would win. Tilton replied he was not sure of the outcome, while the man left convinced he had shaken hands with the future president.
Observations show weather depends on prevailing air currents and their global periodicity. Moon influence remains unproven due to single-station data. Weather periodicity requires geographical, continuous study across time and space for decisive results.
A collage of quips and anecdotes from a historical paper: a child’s remark on his mother’s old photograph, a weathered proverb about changing times, a coroner’s verdict template, Mrs Partington’s quips on slander, Uncle Levi and Sammy’s Joseph joke, funds raised for a bank cashier’s widow, and a Norristown Herald note about a door-to-door agent torn by a dog.
A military officer with Gen. Terry's forces recounts the disarming of Indians at Standing Rock agency yesterday. The event, described as one of the agency's most exciting days, followed rumors of Seventh Cavalry support approaching from above and below the river. Indians seemed informed of the movement, matching local expectations.
A Civil War era account describes a dress parade by Colonel Poland’s battalion as General Carlin’s garrison begins disarming Wolf Necklace’s band and patrolling camps. Cavalry and infantry pursue Indians, secure ponies, and insist all arms and animals be surrendered, with 500 of 600 ponies already seized and about 100 serviceable firearms found.
List of remaining letters in Laramie county Wyoming Territory dated Oct 80th 1876. Letters unclaimed within thirty days will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. Names include Atkinson, Answorth, Anderson, Arbuckee, Adams, Barnard, Black, Burnham, Chap men, Clark, Connors, Crocheron, Davis, Dickey, Evans, Ford, Fisher, Gorswick, Harlan, Howard, Inman, Jasper, Jones, Larkin, Lightfoot, Moore, Nelson, Overton, Oppenheimer, Rogers, Smith, Williams, Wood, and others. Please call advertised with the date.
Travel guidance promoting the Chicago and North Western Railway as the safest and most direct route between Omaha and Chicago. Highlights include steel rails, central Chicago depot, earlier arrivals for Eastern connections, and recommended via Marshall Cedar Rapids Clinton for Northern Iowa, Fulton for Northern Illinois and Wisconsin. Features Pullman Sleepers day coaches and top-class cars. maps and timetables available from Through Ticket Offices or agents J. H. Mountain and W. Stennert.
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