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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1876
Page
15
A garbled OCR fragment mixes stray words about boots rushin restaurant and wind with unclear names. The readable parts suggest a casual prelude or stray thoughts rather than a clear event or person.
The Daily Leader reports from Cheyenne Wyoming on army supplies at Cheyenne Agency including seal skin caps and gloves for Powder River duty. It covers local election fallouts, a fatal homicide justified by deputy Hosford at Custer City, and jailbreak attempts by Yankton murderers McCall and McCarty.
Day night November 9th jailer J B Robinson was seized and choked by McCarty and McCall who broke free, but United States Marshal Burdick and James Bennett arrived, disarmed the fugitives, and recaptured them. Robinson is seriously hurt but recovering.
Sheriff J OBrien announces extended hours at the County Court House for tax payments starting October 2 1876. Offices open 8 am to 4 pm and 6 pm to 9 pm with enforcement for delinquent taxes. County sheriff and collector of Laramie County W T Oldantf Ghisventiet W T, Oct 1, 1876.
Public health and personal notice appearing in the newspaper asks George P. O'Connell or any associates to write to his brother Edmund O'Connell in care of James O'Keefe in North Platte Nebraska. The ad promotes Glenns Sulphur Soap as a remedy for painful fissures in the palms and claims effective, permanent healing.
An advertised remedy claims to cure nervous weakness and early decay by sending a self addressed envelope to Rev. Joseph It Inman Station D Bible House New York City. The notice invites subscribers to report missed deliveries to the office.
The Chicago and North Western Railway advertises its Omaha to Chicago route as the oldest and several miles shorter than alternatives. It touts recent track upgrades to steel rails, central Chicago depot, and reliable connections for Iowa Illinois Wisconsin destinations. It highlights Pullman sleepers and daily trains with deluxe coaches and smoking cars, offering maps and timetables at west offices or via agents Mountain in Omaha and Stenneman in Chicago.
A limited number of full bound copies of the compiled laws of Wyoming are available at the LuApEn office. Price is 95.00 mailed postpaid for 5.50. Remit by P O money order or registered letter. The volume covers Wyoming Territory laws since organization plus related federal acts and treaties. jy21-d&wtt
An old newspaper ad promotes a copper selling scheme by a firm in St. Louis directed at farmers and neighbors. It promises payments of 5 to 25 per day to energetic young men to distribute an article, with vague terms and names unclear.
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