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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1877
Page
5
The readable fragments describe a fatal incident involving a car exiting a door or gate and a person appearing to jump or fall. Details are unclear, but the sketch points to a deadly event with a vehicle and sudden, possible suicide or accident context.
A Chicago Journal correspondent recounts M F Leech of Ogalalla Nebraska pursuing the Union Pacific train robbers Collins and Berry. Leech tracks the gang across the plains, locates $60,000 in gold, and narrowly misses taking the loot before the band disperses. He plans to bag another robber while sharing frontier travel notes.
The note touts low fare along the line with Pullman Palace Cars on through trips between major Western and Eastern cities. It lists ticket offices and names E HR Dorsey L M Cole assistant general market agent general ticket agent Thomas Barry Thomas R Sharp Western passenger agent master of transportation dated Feb l weekly.
Starting December 1 mails from the east to the Colorado Central line will depart Cheyenne daily. Mails will be distributed on through trains and no long overnights will occur in Colorado towns. The time gain ranges from eighteen to thirty six hours, shortening the route to Denver and other points.
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