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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1876
Page
1
Fragmented OCR text from 1876 mentions a Custer related item and a doorway canopy with a distant road note. The legible fragments hint at a travel or weather context but lack coherent facts. No clear event, date, or named entities beyond vague references.
The readable fragments reference indeterminate events with mentions of mining approval and field work. It notes individuals moving, how the situation evolved, and a potential relocation or presence in an Indian country area. The mixed wording suggests an archival clipping with missing context and names.
Washington reports Dorsheimer, Tilden's adjutant, must address a Treasury auditor's finding that as district attorney he billed 10 cent miles for deputy travel from Buffalo to Albany and Troy, charging Buffalo to each visited town regardless of actual distance, with many examples in his handwriting.
A large blaze in Prescott Wisconsin caused eight figure damage with emergency crews on scene Wednesday. In other notes the Centennial crowds reached about one hundred thousand for Wednesday and ninety three thousand for Tuesday. Yellow fever mortality is rising in Savannah. A steamboat boiler exploded at Pomeroy Ohio injuring none reported. Rear Admiral A M Pennock died at Portsmouth New Hampshire at age sixty two.
A notice offering the compiled laws of Wyoming bound copies for five dollars plus five fifty by mail. Payment via P O money order or registered letter. The volume covers laws enacted by Wyoming Territory and related acts including treaties and land laws. jy21-d&wtt
List of letters remaining in the Cheyenne Post Office Laramie County Wyoming Territory dated September 18 1876. Recipients must call within thirty days and reference advertised. Names include Adams Lytle Balcombe Lacey Mitchell Blue Brigham etc. Letters not claimed will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.
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