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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1878
Page
4
The issue reports on water works favors, silver dollars, the Grand Central hotel rebuild, and a flood of dispatches. It covers Bosnian insurgent defeats, American politics, Turkish reforms, Albanian violence, and international tensions with a brisk, period tone.
Ralph Rigby tells of Swiggins the calm man who kept his nerves as fire alarms erupt. A shouting crowd and frantic neighbors flood Seven teenth Street, while Swiggins remains composed as his dog howls and the house fills with alarm and chaos.
A collage of quoted editorials and jokes from various papers pokes fun at Balkan affairs, civic debt, and human foibles. It includes sarcastic lines about Karageorgevich and Phillipovich, wry quips on newspaper readers, and light anecdotes from city life in Baltimore and Detroit.
In West Hill, Ernest Marchemont uses a fox trap that yields a rabbitlike result. His wife blinds senses with blue clay as he endures a curious, humorous domestic episode sparked by a hunter’s misadventure and a belligerent mood.
J A Fyner of Wilson North Carolina extols London Hair Color Restorer claiming it cured his wife's dry tetter scalp dandruff stopped hair loss and restored grey hair to its natural color He asks for a dozen bottles by express and encloses a post office order for eight dollars Dr Swayne Son Philadelphia sole proprietors with Colburn Birks Co and Singer Wheeler as wholesale agents Also sold in Cheyenne by Adams Glover corner 16th and Eddy streets
A historical advertisement touts Dr Swayne's Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry as a universal cough remedy. It claims effectiveness for coughs hoarseness sore throat bronchitis weak lungs and other conditions with trial bottles at 25 cents and larger sizes at one dollar. It notes Cheyenne distribution through Addams and Glover.
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