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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1883
Page
10
Fragmentary notice describes a sale event titled Sale Angus Jattle Bale with times 5 6 7 and 8 and mentions owners and managers. Details are unreadable in parts but indicate a contractual or business sale context with several names and references to a committee or company.
A collage of brief items cites Jay Cook’s Chelten Hills house becoming a girls seminary near Philadelphia, Milwaukee planning a large G. A. R reunion in 1885, and We-Myee Sitting Bull, Jr. at a Chicago training school. It includes quips on state mottos, local crime counts, faster travel, tax stamps, and Captain Avis’s account of John Brown’s execution.
H. W. Patten, a Union Pacific engineer, leads a force locating a railroad to the paint mines. The controlling company aims to open the mines at once and exploit capacity. It is unclear how the ore will be used, with possibilities including paint production, Utah smelter shipments, or pig iron.
A 19th century opinion piece argues polygamy is a deep stain on U S civilization. It praises dissenters led by Morris and John Eames who clashed with Brigham Young's hierarchy in 1862 Salt Lake. It highlights anti polygamy sentiment rising in Utah and among orthodox seekers to purify the church. It also lauds a faction renouncing polygamy while urging support for government backed reform.
Ladies favor Florestan cologne as a lasting novelty and an appealing fragrance.
An Associated Press dispatch notes a Wyoming man says Henry Mosier, brother of a confessed kidnapper, was lynched near Cheyenne five weeks earlier. He allegedly admitted holding the ransom victim and claimed the killer of J H Wentzel and assault on Jim Knight. The report questions Mosier’s relation to Mosher and cites cattle shipments and Wyoming’s mining and railroad prospects as context.
The Saturday People records a complimentary notice from Dayton praising Rev E S Chapman former First U B pastor now at Cheyenne City Wyoming. He preached four packed services at three venues with sermons that drew wide acclaim and a public ovation as he departed for a visit to his father in the northern part of the state.
Notice for publication announces John B Stewart has filed for final proof to establish his claim. The proceeding occurs before the Cheyenne Register and Receiver on November 23, 1883. Witnesses W Bristol F L Warner George C Danforth and John Wurl reside in Cheyenne Wyoming.
An advertisement extols Brown's Tron Bitters as a gentle yet powerful tonic that prevents contagious diseases malaria and liver complaints. The claim frames the product as a preventive health aid through a traditional remedy.
An October 24 list from the Cheyenne Wyoming postoffice shows two sections, Gentlemen and Ladies, naming numerous recipients including J F Annett M Bosley C Bennett E H Basset F Brands G Booth J E Bowers RS Breton S Brown. W L Bennett Collins Cady B F Carr JS Craig W Crumb W L Calony B Calvin W Dunnington Droyer J Driscoll S A Davis W Emery J Enright J Fisher G Gurley OL Geter F Hatch B F Hudson B Hubbert H Hearst G M Hilton J Harriss J O Henfren M Johnson C Jess W A King F Kielson J P Kirkpatrick W Larose W Malaby BY Munson SA Peters BC Pearse A L Peach F Price G Parsons J J Rowe J A Smith H T Smith J A Smith P L Saluate R Sullivan W Scanlon W Tatum DM Tuxford H Taylor J W Upson H Vanhorn J EH Winters W Ladies List Clyne E M Cogen E B Davis A Flaumely A Flewelling A George A Gray M Kuhenman M Nichols D Steele K Smith S Vaughn L Wilson L
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