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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1877
Page
13
The item promotes ISANRC EVERY SONTREDAY rates and calls itself one of the largest papers in the West. It advertises commercial job printing including cards bill heads posters and more, with new type and presses for low prices and rapid execution.
Fourteen new buildings under construction on Lee Street in Golden and fifteen on Central City Main Street include a large hotel and a stamp mill. The Deadwood Creek rise resumes night work after rains, while central and southern hills face alarming forest fires blamed on hunters. Newsroom activity notes a growing region with new post office and telegraph facilities.
Telegraphic orders reached the U S Land Office to open their offices for business. Roadmaster Garret O Neal broke a shoulder blade when struck by a car near Piedmont delaying his return. Local horse thefts increased through the summer with many stolen animals and missing rope and telegraph pole parts.
A varied El Dorado column notes cucumber prices at two dollars a bushel in Deadwood and a new residence in Central City by Capt Tom Murrin of Murrin & Smith. It reports on temperance movements, mining yields, a gold bearing quartz find in Sawpit gulch, and a record Murphy excursion from Denver to Greeley with nineteen hundred blue Ribbon travelers.
An Occasional Correspondent describes a week of turmoil at Spotted Tail Agency after Crazy Horse escaped, was pursued, and killed. Maj. Burke and Lieut. Lee calmed northern Indians with tact, while Touch the Clouds and Spotted Tail chiefs aided. Crazy Horse was buried at the post with restrained ceremony and no general violence ensued.
A correspondent in the Sioux country mocks native beauty standards, describing squaws as unfashionable and heavy with ungraceful dress, then notes a pigeon toed walk and hard labor. The item also includes society notices on marriages and announces Wyoming compiled laws for sale, with contact and pricing details.
A collection of adages promoting temperance prudence and serenity. It urges saving from distress through contentment and carefulness, warns against overindulgence, and emphasizes discretion in hearing and sight. It also counsels steady self-improvement and peaceful demeanor through consistent practice.
A man with weak eyes and green spectacles asks the office to sponsor a monument for Brigham Young. Writers refuse, saying Young's family can fund any monument. He reacts in disbelief, accusing the center of refusing a mere contribution.
A Burlington newspaper column recounts a canvasser who confuses Brigham Young with poet Edwin Young, noting Young never wrote Night Thoughts and that Brigham Young did not read or write, yet married many wives. The piece humorously mocks public memory and library research.
The New York Sun comments on dire social conditions in New York City marriages of convenience, money driven unions, and a decay of traditional virtue. It blames French influences and English fashion for undermining domestic happiness and cites the fast English set led by the Prince of Wales as a corrupting example.
The piece argues some Democrats see President Hayes touring the country as inappropriate and not an electioneering trip. It compares the behavior to France's leader MacMahon, noting Republican demonstrations and opposition to imperialism, while condemning the spectacle.
The cattle disease described as Texas fever has spread across Ohio and Michigan. Texas cattle show two tick varieties, with bites causing blood poisoning. many cattle die daily and some children have been poisoned by infected milk. Beef shows infection but is detectable by experts. a veterinary surgeon reports milk yield loss, bloody urine, and rapid death, recommending an antiseptic wash to kill ticks and counter the poison.
A proposed nationwide reform seeks a single set of marriage and divorce laws across states and territories. Proponents argue current varied statutes create legal inconsistencies, concubinage questions, and undermine the sanctity of marriage. They call for a comprehensive, uniform framework governing the institution.
The fragment references officials and positions, mentioning R Dorsey L M Cox assistant general market agent general ticket agent Thos P Barry Thos KR Share Western Passenger Master of Transportation February.
A short note records a payment of twenty two dollars to SHRM. The entry notes a monetary value and the payer’s intent without further details.
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