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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1876
Page
2
Classified and local notices pricing list for the Daily Leader and Weekly Leader editions. Includes per line rates for transient ads across categories with insertion counts and durations. Publication note dates to January 1, 1870 with proprietor H. Glance.
Daniel P. Jones swore that in 1863 Samuel J. Tilden refused aid to soldiers via the U S Christian Commission saying he would rather see them starve than give a cent He did not contribute and the oath was sworn in New York on September 21 1876.
The Greenback party tallies 2500 votes in Indiana as Columbus Ohio Republicans claim a 9000 statewide majority and Democrats concede an eight thousand average ticket win. A Chicago source notes Republican optimism that any Democratic win in Indiana could predict Hayes’s November victory. Republican gains are reported, with expected gains in Congress, shifting the balance toward Republicans and away from ex rebels. The Inter Ocean notes four year Ohio results, offering consolation to Tilden Democrats. Overall, Indiana results brighten prospects for Republican control.
Ingersoll, the famed orator, lambasts democracy in a harsh critique of Samuel J. Tilden. He condemns Tilden as a watering stock attorney and a legal spider who preys on victims through technicalities, portraying him as cunning and heartless.
A harsh portrait of Ile as a corporation wrecker and demurrer influenced by Tammany. The speaker accuses him of fraud, false marriage claims, and politics to explain adopting a child, portraying him as heartless and parasitic in a bankrupt era.
Belmont, a leading New York banker, refuses funds to the Tilden campaign. The leak claims he acts as a Rothschild agent, warned that Democracy equals repudiation, risking American securities. The note urges holders of United States notes or bonds to back the Republican party.
A demonstrative Democrat at the Elmira depot denounces the Republican party and vows to vote Republican in four years to prove sincerity. A listener counters that Hayes will win in November, predicting Democratic vote. The crowd cheers reveal statewide sentiment and suggest Tilden’s dire outlook in New York.
A mixed digest notes Lord Byron on Turks and English affairs. It cites Bank of England profits at about 3.25 million dollars in six months and a 9 percent dividend, with over fifteen million on hand. It mentions Forrest Home for Actors in Philadelphia, Dion Boucicault on American theatre, a Chicago boarding house tale, and a quip about human noses. It closes with Mexican revolution funding, the Thames tunnel plan for 8000 workers, and a note on poisoning remedies with sweet oil.
Fragmented passages describe strange land bets, late night guards with shotguns, a dog chasing a bone, Sunday school struggles in Sicily, rumors about yellow fever and race, and a man finding a $7.50 underwear bill in a mailbox. The tone mirrors miscellaneous local items and oddities from a Norwich Bulletin page.
A Kentucky Democratic editor denounces Col. Ingersoll for ridiculing the Bible and its sacred status to Americans, accusing him of spitting dirt on a cherished instrument linked to Jefferson and national memory.
The Topeka Commonwealth reports a midnight incident where an infant was hung from Democratic campaign poles. The baby was found dangling until morning when Fred Osenburg removed the boat. A half mast American flag was later raised in honor of Thomas L. Davis, while a Tilden and Hendricks streamer twisted around the pole.
A light anonymous humor item collects quaint quips and gags from a bygone era. It includes jokes about a newborn baby and wind, a mule execution, mushroom versus toadstool, and various wordplay about editors, lawyers, and travelers, punctuation and misprints adding to the silliness. The piece ends with a child’s defense in punishment and a mother’s remark.
E. D. Morgan predicts a 50 0 majority for Hayes in New York, praised as usually accurate. The piece notes inducements offered in Chicago last Monday to vote Democratic, including ten dollars, whisky, and board, with an Eastern Democrat contributing $10,000 to the Republican campaign.
The piece notes a Democratic push tied to the Dilden candidacy and Confederate exiles in Europe, while Missouri shows GOP gains as conservative Democrats drift away. Indiana’s Sentinel cites a Colorado result claimed at five hundred, and the Cleveland Herald mocks Democrats for avoiding the issue.
The Luzerne Leader recounts a Pittsburgh railroad bridge disaster that killed Robert Helme. His widow mourned deeply until she dreamt of him kissing her brow and saying they would meet again in the afterlife, after which her troubles eased.
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