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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1878
Page
10
A sprawling summary notes insurgent leadership in the Bosnian scene, Dakota separatist ambitions, Wilsonian tech dreams, and political shifts. It reports union captures, greenback rhetoric, Maine and Vermont momentum, and calls for stronger federal protection of the U.S. mails amid desertion by local authorities.
Railway guards fortify passenger trains as an organized band threatens the Union Pacific rail line in the western territory. Detectives report a planned large assault aimed at capturing a train near Elk Mountain or east of Green River, prompting a request for federal military aid from state and railroad leaders.
Gov Hoyt confirms receipt of a War Department reply to his Sept 10 request for military aid to protect U S mails in Wyoming. He asks Gen Sheridan to detail troops to cooperate with local officers against desperado bands on the Union Pacific railroad and Cheyenne & Black Hills Stage route, noting imminent depredations and Wyoming laws insufficient for the task. Governor John W. Hoyt signs the dispatch.
The Leader reports daily circulars from manufacturers offering ads in exchange for cash or merchandise credits. Firms selling pianos organs sewing machines medicines pistols and more propose two column ads or full page buys, with one offering a $600 piano for a two column space and $550 cash. The piece mocks the publishers for bearing this pressure and declares the trade a burden that has turned them into a round shouldered people.
A Wilson resident physician J A Tyner reports his wife suffered years with dry tetter and dandruff causing hair loss and greying. After using London Hair Color Restorer her hair stopped shedding and regrew. He orders twelve bottles by express and mentions price and trade outlets including Philadelphia and Cheyenne distributors.
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