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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1883
Page
3
Poem fragment reflects a wanderer spared by none yet haunted by deeds. The speaker warns that those who wrong the light will meet a fatal reckoning, as night’s daughters loom and justice pursues the murderer.
Directors of the Wyoming Library and Literary Association arrange to buy about fifty volumes from publishers. They have funds around 150 dollars for the purchase, but since their term ends October 1, they will spend only part and pass the rest to successors, Boomerang.
Report discusses a clash between live cattle shippers and dressed beef interests in Chicago. Two Philadelphia women reportedly swallowed tag hooks used to attach beef direction tags, prompting speculation about the danger of dressed beef and prompting local physicians to weigh the issue.
The undersigned will be at Abney's stables Cheyenne on the 25th of September with twelve yearling Norman stallion colts weighing 900 to 1000 pounds each, equal to any raised anywhere and first class. Also ten very fine geldings and a saddle horse stallion among them. Mevproum and SCRIBNER.
County Treasurer Isaac Bergman notifies taxpayers that the 1883 tax roll is in hand for collection in Cheyenne. Taxes are due by November 3, 1883, or incur 10 percent penalty and collection costs.
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to buy Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething children. It claims quick relief from crying and restless nights, plus cures for dysentery and diarrhea, with stomach regulation, wind colic relief, gum softening, and overall vitality. Sold by druggists worldwide at 25 cents per bottle.
Land Office at Cheyenne Wyoming announces Albert Smith has filed for final proof for preemption No. 1003 on lands in township 34 north range 61 west and related quarters. Proof will be made September 29, 1883 before the Cheyenne register and receiver. Witnesses: John L. Nelan Albert Searles William F. Simmons Frank L. St. John Rawhide Butte Wyoming.
Historian reports H Moore killed two companions James Knight and John Weasel during a robbery attempt near Fort Russell three miles from Cheyenne. Weasel died of chest and head wounds after Moore shot him and fled. Knight survived initial injuries but later deteriorated, while Moore fled into the hills pursued by sheriffs and soldiers.
An 19th century advertisement by Dr Henry Wagner at 848 Larimer Street Denver Colorado promises cures for seminal weakness urinary troubles and other genito urinary diseases. It guarantees a five hundred dollar forfeit if a cure fails and offers free consultation with a 95.00 examination fee. The notice promotes The Young Man's Pocket Companion by Dr H Wagner and lists contact details and a mailbox address.
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