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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1883
Page
8
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a manager, contracts, and a company letter. It references a 30 ton capacity and an inspection or supervision opinion, with scattered names and dates from 1882. The text is unclear but indicates administrative and contractual notes within a business context.
A travelogue contrasts tobacco by culture and region from Havana to Boer and Chinese blends. It notes Indian, Sioux, and red Indian preparations, outlines native mixtures, and compares South African, Chinese, and Seychellois uses with sensory detail and humor.
A Cincinnati Times editorial laments neglect of poor children while praising dogs, arguing the dog star reigns as pugs captivate women and bring comfort. It condemns poverty, hunger, and the “pickups” who profit from dog theft, contrasting faith with affectionate devotion to pets. The piece ends praising the pug as superior to religion.
A column recalls several famous figures including William H. Vanderbilt Robert Bonner Jay Gould and Cyrus Field as victims of carriage accidents. It notes past wrecks near bridges in Cincinnati Albany and New York with references to Ex Postmaster General James and Billy McGlory vowing retaliation for Vanderbilt and Bonne.
A St. Louis source traces Joe Pulitzer from German cavalry service in 1804 to early American labor, journalism, and politics. He learns English, works varied jobs, becomes editor and part owner of the Wrestlische Post, faces disqualification, later founds and revives the Post Dispatch in St. Louis, growing it to 27,000 subscribers and $120,000 annual profit.
A historical verse laments disbelief in the devil and questions who performs the evils of modern life. The speaker asks who wields the hidden force behind frauds and crimes when the devil is supposedly voted out and nowhere to be found.
George W. Clarke portrays New York from a window looking south over roofs. He describes the city as wonderful and electric, with Staten Island barely visible and Brooklyn spires in view. He likens the metropolis to a waterfall of sound and energy and notes the need for brevity in writing.
Bellefonte Watchman recounts Judge Jere Black exposing a man with duplicate receipts for a single bill. The attorney general, clumsy with money, discovers a receipt dated ten days prior and chases the swindler, who overreacts as the judge retrieves three receipts for the same account.
The Notes Correspondent George Alfred Townsend is shown at his New York home dictating a letter to a stenographer. He walks the library, spells difficult words, and crafts vigorous prose about the telegraphers strike, with sympathy for workers and a disciplined, rapid writing pace. He later doubles as two writers at once, dictating two letters on separate subjects within two hours.
Multiple Wyoming ranches and firms list animal brands for cattle and horses. Brands include XY on left shoulder or LAKE VOORHEES & CO. and GV on left hip, plus VL, 919 96 MPL NW VL, and G V on left side. Also notes ranges along Powder River Tongue River Deer Cherry creeks and posting offices in Fort Laramie Cheyenne and Bingham posts.
A dialogue among characters includes a request to pronounce bac ka che in a theatrical scene. Mispronunciation leads to light banter as Miss May and Townsend hint at language gaps. The Pretty Girl and Young Minister discuss the word’s spelling and possible French origin with playful interruptions.
Prof. Jas. T. Bixby argues in Popular Science that natural objects mold latent religious faith. Rivers, skies, and climates influence divine forms, with serpents and geese allegorized to fit local environments and cultural perceptions.
Washington letter portrays Gen Sherman as highly social and fond of theater and female society. He attends breakfasts, lunches, and receptions, courts Mary Anderson and Lotta, and greets John McCullough with staff in tow. No scandal noted, though staff grumbles at theatre duties.
A New York Sun interview with a cheerful steward aboard an ocean liner reveals sea sickness patterns. He notes women endure longer yet manage to maintain appearances, while men collapse quickly and rely on remedies, with dieting and restraint being the only true preventative.
An Arkansas grocer mistook tar for molasses and sold it to an old farmer. After the error, the farmer thanked him but stated all the staff was already used up. The wife deemed it out of fix with the molasses and the farmer joked about prudence as Simon Tappertit mused on the heart’s dangerous strings.
The piece notes Samuel Gray, like many eminent men, owed much to his mother who raised him after leaving her husband. She sent him to Eaton and Cambridge, and he remained devoted to her, dying unmarried to keep his vow. He lies beside her in Stoke-Pogis churchyard, a literary shrine. Frances Hodgson Burnett recalls a baby’s first word agoo and mentions extensive telephone use to reach the Alps.
A Western Union telegraph operator in New York intercepted a long distance telegram destined for Paris. He coaxed a Newfoundland operator Plaisted Cove to wake a sleeping Duxbury, Mass, cable man. The plea traveled via Valencia Ireland London Paris to St Pierre and back in under two minutes, covering about 8000 miles.
Stanley the explorer introduces travelers to natives as his sons for safety. An older explorer with a colored servant asks how two sons of different color came to be. He replies that the darker one is the son of his old wife, not the new one.
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