A Weekly Meader H. Glafors Baitor in Cheyenne Wyoming
A wide assemblage of news items from various places notes E J Davenport's widow offering his wardrobe to needy professionals, flags at half mast in Paris, political visits to Louisville, a Cleopatra's Needle ship update, rifle scores at Creedmoor, silver arrivals in London, Indian frontier escapes, California pioneers banquet at Long Branch, and sensational rumors about Amy Fawcett in New York.
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E. JL. Davenport
Washington
Thiers
France
Hayyes
Louisville
Alexandria
Egypt
London
Creedmoor
New Orleans
Germany
Gen. Howard
California
Ocean Hotel
Long Branch
Amy Fawcett
New York
Billy
The Last Song of Hiawatha Reimagined as Political Parable
A distorted political ode retells a nation’s crisis where a democratic party deserts its army amid famine and disorder. Soldiers march, defend cities, and return to a promise of payment in October as tribal herons lament the upheaval.
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Therm
Justice Bradley and the Electoral Commission Facts
The record notes Judge Bradley’s Florida and Louisiana decisions, choosing the most authentic returns. Senator Edmunds guessed the ruling, advised a written opinion, Bradley produced it within an hour during debate, and Field confirms Bradley never read an earlier opinion to him.
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Justice Bradley
Electoral Commission
Senator Edmunds
Judge Bradley
Bradley
Judge Field
An Interesting Cheyenne Letter From New Stockmen
A letter reprinted from the Chicago Journal discusses recent Cheyenne observations by a correspondent who spent several days in Laramie County. It highlights new stockmen in the area and notes regional developments affecting Cheyenne and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie County
The
Chicago Journal
Cheyenne
Cheyenne Frontier Town and Black Hills Rush 1877
Cheyenne Wyoming notes its rough history and vigilance, then records current prosperity linked to the Black Hills gold rush. It mentions a four to five thousand population, frontier crime fears, and travelers arming before heading to Deadwood via a UP rail line segment.
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Cheyenne
Black Hills
Laramie
Sidney
Columbus
Kearney
Union Pacific
Deadwood
Custer City
Arrival of Union Pacific trains sparks frontier scene
The day centers on eastern and western UP trains arriving near noon stirring bustle on the platform as locals and travelers mingle. The writer notes former Wall Street figures turned ranchers, including Clarence King and Galusha Grow Jr., and extols the lure of ranch life across the Laramie Plains while detailing railroad intrigue involving Jay Gould and the Denver and Pacific line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern and Western
Union Pacific Railroad
New York
Chicago
Wall Street
Boston
Philadelphia
East
Clarence King
Charles Motley
L. C. Briggs
Richard Briggs
Wilbur Raymond
Wesleyan University
Galusha A. Grow, Jr
Sydney Dillon
Laramie Plains
London
Paris
Tam
Pennsylvania
Grow
Medicine Bow
Laramie
Tay Gould
Denver and Pacific Railroad
Denver
Cal
Kansas and Pacific Road
Union Pacific
Jay Gould
Longmont
Georgetown
Colorado Mountains
Napanoch
A Scotch Courtship Ends In A Bold Advance
A shy Scot named Jamie wooed Jennie for fourteen years. He visited regularly, talked of life, and finally proposed in a graveyard scene. Jennie, unshaken, asks if they should lay their bones together while alive, prompting a hopeful twist.
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Scotland
Jamie
Jennie
eyr_e-s
dJamie
Prehistoric People Link Colorado Ruins to Nevada Find
The Sutro Independent notes discoveries in the Animas valley of southwestern Colorado showing an ancient city with a cultivated, enlightened people. Traces of them are said to appear in western Nevada near Sutro and Willard Gates ranch in Churchill County, with pottery matching the Colorado finds and rock engravings including a nude man holding a shrub.
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Sutro
Nevada
Animas
Colorado
Willard Gates’ Rancho
Churchill County
Beatings of Many a Storm Indicate Persisting People
Fragmentary OCR mentions Churchill county and a long history of a people now largely gone or obscured. The text hints at centuries of existence and recurring storms shaping their presence, suggesting a historical or ethnographic note on survival amid harsh conditions.
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Churchill County
The Man Without Ears Crazy Horse Death Details
A lengthy report describes Crazy Horse’s death and funeral preparations. It notes mourning and burial at Spotted Tail Agency, disputes about Red Cloud Agency, and mixed Indian opinion toward whites. Sheridan calls Crazy Horse a dangerous agitator, rival to Red Cloud, whose leadership spurred hostilities. The piece details his death’s impact on bands, his English ability, and the extended, ceremonial burial rites including offerings and mythic travels to the hunting grounds.
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Crazy Horse
Spotted Tail Agency
Red Cloud Agency
Brule
Sunnidan
Gen
Sheridan
Sitting Bull
Crazyorse
Little Horn
Red Cloud
A Terrible Weapon and India Rail Expansion
A Welsh engineer unveils a cannonsword weapon capable of sweeping an enemy line with a crosswise blade. In 1876 India's railway network grew by 479 miles to 6937 total, employing 101,254 natives, 3,082 Europeans, and 9,750 East Indians, with reduced freight and passenger charges on many new lines aimed at wheat trade.
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Indian Railway Companies
India
A Constellation About to Dissolve Part nership
Professor Richard A Proctor predicts a breakup of the Dipper constellation with logical regions supporting his view. He includes diagrams showing the star group 100,000 years ago and 100,000 years in the future. Five of the seven stars form one family traveling together while two drift apart.
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Richard A. Proctor
Jerusalem as Papacy Seat and Palestine Settlement Plan
The Rev Dr DeHaas the United States Consul at Jerusalem says Catholics aim to make Jerusalem the seat of the Papacy and to base Palestine settlement there. Commissioners are appointed to negotiate territory, surveys map a Jerusalem to Jaffa rail line, funds are raised for a grand palace on Mount Zion for the Holy See, with Vatican wealth to be moved there. The successor to Pius IX is to be installed, and the City of the Great King is to lead the Pontifical realm.
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DeHaas
United States
Jerusalem
Palestine
Jaffa
Mount Zion
Vatican
Pius IX
Pontifical Ee
Osman Pasha Rumor Denied by Major Papers
Washington Star rejects the claim that Osman Pasha is Marshal Bazaine and asserts the marshal lives retired in Spain. A Louisville Courier Journal correspondent adds a note to the debate.
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Osman Pasha
Washington Star
Osman
Marshal Bazaine
Spain
Louisville Courier- Journal
Crawford Mortally Wounded in Cuban Battle
The report notes R. Clay Crawford died on the field while leading a Cuban attack against Spanish forces in Cuba. It argues Crawford cannot be Osman Pasha and challenges the notion he belonged to the class of great soldiers.
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R. Clay Crawford
Osman Pasha
Crawford
Cuba
Brigham Young Funeral Etiquette Critique Sparks Satire
A satirical blend notes Brigham Young’s late life vow to set a moral example by forbidding mourning purchases at his funeral. It mocks mourners who lavish flowers and ornate displays, including widows and orphans, and lampoons heavy posthumous display by those with empty aims and grandiose showmanship.
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Brigham Young
Right Hon George Macdonald Dives Into a Lottery
The Right Hon George Macdonald M P of Canada was approached at the St Nicholas Hotel in New York by a well dressed young man claiming kin and inviting him to join a lottery drawing. After a brief exchange the man offered to walk with him to the gambling den at 616. Sir George left $100 behind and returned to his hotel convinced republican institutions were tottering and imperial government best suited this fast young country.
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George Macdonald
M. P
Canada
George
St. Nicholas Hotel
New York
Sir George Macdonald
Jange
Shaw
New York Money and Stock Market Summary
New York money and stock report for September 11 shows gold at 103 percent, silver bars at 1224, with 118 for gold. Government securities weaken while silver coin discounts. Listed stocks include Western Union 81, Pacific 24, Wells Fargo 88, Erie 114, Union Pacific 604, U P Bonds 1043, Central Pacific bonds 106.4.
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New York
Western Union
Quicksilver
Pacific
Mariposa
Wells-Fargo
N. Y. Central
Erie
Panama
Union Pacific
U. P
Central Pacific
Wool market gains show firmer tone in Philadelphia
Philadelphia September 11 wool market supplies a firmer tone with modest activity. Colorado fine and medium quoted at 28 27c, coarse for carpets 17 19c, extra and merino pulled 38 38c, No 1 and super pulled 38 36c.
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Philadelphia
Colorado
Fragments of 19th Century Politics and Indian Wars Echo
A scattered collection notes Washington political rumors about McCormick, Schurz, and an Interior post. Brandywine anniversary at Chadds Ford. bishop Rappe funeral in St. Albans. German tailors vow to push German fashions. Buffeted by Congress and Tweed era politics. Louisiana rice crop growth. Morton and Senatorial health anxieties. Brigham Young longevity remark. union and mining news from Wilkes-Barre. Lake Erie anniversary. Sherman and Nez Perces campaigns. humorous depictions of cavalry legends and native chiefs. embassy to Sitting Bull urged. Crazy Horse hospitality noted. multiple political, military, and social snippets.
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Washington
McCormick
Schurz
Berlin
Battle of the Brandywine
Chadd’s Ford
Bayard
Rappe
St. Albans
Montreal
Cleveland
Fenstter
Ohio
Southern Pacific Railroad
House of Representatives
Randall
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H. Glafors
Iowa
Joan Taylor
Twelve Apostles
Mormon Church
Taylor
Nauvoo
Joseph Smith
London Times
Russia
John P. Irish
Des Moines Register
Lincoln
Henry Clay Dean
Aziz Pasha
Basgrad
Gottingen University
Geneva
Atlanta
McPherson
Ruger
McKeeve
Bell
Chandler
Rochester
Vedder
McGinnis
Philip Kearney
Devil
Williamsburg
Rebs
Chevalier Bayard
Army of the Potomac
New Jersey
Capitol
State House
Trenton
Hiawatha
Wyoming
Omaha
Lynch
the Man Without Ears
Louisiana
Richmond
Indiana
Morton
President Slayes
Thompson
Orton
Europe
Grn
Gary
Gov
Chamberlain
Edgefield
Albany
Battle of
Lakerie
Wilkesbarre
New York Tribune
Tweed
Fox
Bix
John Morrisey
Assemblyman Hayes
Austria
Wade
Brooklyn
Prince
St. Louis
Crazy House
Joseph
Mr. Cornell
Sherman
Nez Perces
Fort Lapwai
Ewina
Stanley Matthews
Buckeyes
Hobart Pasha
Sevastopol
Army
Chitcago
Nez-Perces
Howard
Louisville Courier-Journal
Forrest
Fitz Lee
Wade Hampton
Kilpatrick
C.J
Srennator Boorh
Sargent
Page
Bull
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