Cox vows NY speakership fight serves state interests
Mr. Cox says the battle for the speakership is not his fight but New York's and that New York can endure defeat. An advertising firm earned four million dollars for J. C. Ayer, with his wife inheriting the sum, illustrating how wives can urge large advertising. Omarches Dickens notes his family did not authorize the publication of their father's letters here and will oppose their circulation in England.
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Omarches Dickens
England
Prize Essay on Honesty Among School Submissions
A Journal once offered a school prize for the best essay on honesty. Of twenty three responses many were stolen and one whole poem was copied in the entries, suggesting widespread misconduct or confusion in the competition.
Charleston Editor Knighted for Dueling Stand
W Dawson editor of the Charleston News and Courier is named a knight of the order of St George by Pope Leo XII for his stance against dueling. The honor reflects the editor's stand and papal recognition.
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W. Dawson
Charleston
Ss. C
News and Courier
Order of
George
Leo XLII
BewATOK ANTHONY Seeks Doctors For Each Disease He Faces
A quirky report notes BewATOK ANTHONY suing multiple doctors to treat alleged illnesses including heart disease and Bright's disease. If he survives he may defy medical professionals. The scene includes Mr Axwourd amid a Hartford lecture, wearing an eye glass, seated between two men with glasses and one without.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bewatok Anthony
Bright
Walter Phelps Seen as Ideal Yet Controversial Figure
The text notes Walter Phelps wrote to Mr Keifer asking him not to run for speaker and is described as an ideal yet controversial figure with an eye-glass and bangs. It comments that the Republican party is a fearfully and wonderfully made up entity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wittran
Walter Phelps
Keifer
Republican Party
New Discovery Promises Relief for Coughs and Lungs
Daily joy for homes as Dr King’s New Discovery claims to save many from early graves. It treats consumption coughs colds hay fever bronchitis and throat and lung diseases. Free trial bottles at Pearse’s drug store large size available.
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Dr. King
Pearse
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Advertisement Claim
A vintage ad touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a universal cure for burns bruises sores ulcers cancer and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. Sold by Gray & Pearse at 25 cents per box.
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Gray & Pearse
Clocks On Sale At Zehner Jackson and Buechner
A catalog note highlights a large assortment of clocks available at Zehner, Jackson and Buechner. The ad emphasizes variety and suggests visiting the shop for selections and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zehner, Jackson & Buechner’s
Rain Signs From the Woodlands Forewarn Storms
The verse notes various omens of rain from woodlands and animals. A dog sleeps through soot and night groans, owls hover, gnats bite, a black cat cleans, and a peacock signals the coming rain. The piece, attributed to SIGNAL SERVICE Notes, blends superstition with weather lore.
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Gorrow
Balloa
The Rusty Pipe Monologue and Town Notes
A long personal lament over a pipe as a lifelong companion detailing poverty and ostracism. The speaker vows to be loyal to the pipe at death and reflects on wealth, politics, and social judgment amid riverbank and street scenes. Also reports skating on ice, a staged Thanksgiving rally, a failed robbery, insult toward a woman, street policing concerns, and Ouray County population and output growth.
Desert Land Entries and Rocky Mountain Circuit Plans
A land contest in which desert land entries were tested ends with a recommendation for cancellation. The decision likely to be appealed, with Washington to settle the department's questions. Separately, a Rocky Mountain circuit is being organized with $100,000 capital, including Butte, Helena, Denver, Pueblo, Omaha, and San Francisco, enabling spring eastward and fall returns for Pacific horses.
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General Land Office
Stanton
Rosendale
Washington
Butte
Helena
Montana
Denver
Pueblo
Colorado
Omaha
Nebraska
San Francisco
Pacific
New York Sportsman
Judge Bergman Buys City Tract At $2.50 Per Acre
Judge Bergman appeared before the register and receiver to cash entry on a city tract north of the city, paying the minimum price of $2.50 per acre within the railroad twenty mile limit. The council will likely receive the receipt for the amount, as progress in 19th century improvements continues with fence wire used as telephonic conductors and new connections from Cheyenne to Chugwater via Hinsdale ranch.
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Congress
Bergman
Magic City
Cheyenne
North
Chaffee
Hinsdale
The Adams Copper King Ore Character Debate
An editorial argues for a definite determination of the Adams Copper King ore type. One expert swears it is native copper milable like Calumet and Hecla, while another contends it is red oxide requiring smelting. The piece urges clarity to avoid mining and reduction failures.
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Adams
Calumet
Hecla
Lake Superior
Colorado
Fort Russell Socials And Hunting Party Tales
The Pleasure club hosts a Friday night hop while officers host an event Thursday night. A hunting party from company F of the 9th infantry returned Sunday with fresh meat. The post’s champion hunter credits a whistle for success as jackrabbits halt at the sound. His Ohio dog aided in squirrel hunts by driving and coaxing game to favorable tree sides for shooting.
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Company F
9Th Infantry
Ohio
Terra Firma
Small Dealers' Association Formed in Wyoming Territory
At a Fort Fetterman Wyoming meeting in late November 1883 the Small Dealers' Association adopted a preamble and resolutions. W. P. Hall was elected president and Frank Gore secretary. They denounce Wyoming Stockgrowers' dominance, call for legal protections for small dealers, and schedule a December 1 meeting to plan roundups and business. Members and ranchers are invited to attend and a copy of resolutions will be published in Cheyenne Leader Cheyenne Sun Laramie Boomerang and Buffalo Echo.
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Fort
Fetterman
Wyo
Small Dealers’ Association
W. P. Hall
Frank Gore
Wyoming Territory
Wyoming Stockgrowers’ Association
Wyoming
Cheyenne Leader
Cheyenne Sunn
Laramie Boomerang
Buffalo Echo
W. Y L. Huut
Wyoming Zephyr to Debut in Laramie as New Journal
Two residents Messia C A McMaster and Ed Walsh purchase press and begin work on The Wyoming Zephyr a three column folio. McMaster formerly sport editor at Queen Bee Denver Walsh a New York Tribune proof reader now in the west. Boomerang note at end promotion for Glenn’s Sulphur Soap Hill’s dyes included.
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Laramie
Wyoming Zephyr
Messia
C. A. McMaster
Ed. Walsh
Queen Bee
Denver
Col
Walsh
New York Tribune
A Sensible Lady Sees Cure With Hale’s Honey of Horehound
A patient with a severe cold settled on the lungs improved after using Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar. After one bottle she felt better. three bottles cured her at 50 cents per bottle with dollar size best for general use. Pike's Toothache Drops cure in one minute.
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Michael Lyons
Sixteenth Street
John Eames
Lyon
Hill and Eddy Streets
Ony
Hale
Shurley & Co. Promotes Watches and Jewelry Deals
None But First-Class Goods in watches jewelry and silverware claims best or none. Shurley & Co. Chicago marks fine goods and offers single article at the dozen price with approval and home examination. Endorsed by Express Co. and officials, 77 State Street Chicago Ill. Send for illustrated catalogue.
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Messia
Shurley & Co
Chicago
United States Express Co
American Express Co
Southern Express Co
F. W. Palmer
L A
Curtis Dedication Address at Washington Statue Unveiling
The speech by George William Curtis at the New York unveiling framed the revolutionary century as a shift from colonial to national America. He praised Washington and the lasting memory of liberty while noting England’s decline and the birth of a united republic under constitutional liberty.
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Curtis
George
William Curstis
Washington
New York
Great Britain
Concord
Saratoga
Yorktown
America
Pitt
England
Bunker Hill
Newburgh
Cromwells
Tronsides
Worcester
Dunbar
Atill
Sons of Liberty
Moses
Red Sea
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Bucklen
Man
Benays
Sergeant McGovern
W. P. Carroll
Iife
Jake Minnehaha
Ouray County
Fort Russell
Glenn
Hill
Pike
Hales Honey
Horehoundetar
Horewound
Gilead
Crittenton
N.Y
Oseitimse
J. We Bruuer & Johnson
Brat
Sargent
Ina Surfice
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Mutual
Hartford
J. W. Bruner & Johnson
Carey Brock
Cheyenne, Wye
Craig, Davis & Co
Tnie
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
Chicago- ML
Aix Montt
Rocky Mountaino
Aime
Mino
Cheyenn
Morsterday
Laramie J
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