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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1883
Page
20
The fragment notes an American contract record involving Reds with six dark items and references April Luston, a firm designation, and a related daughter company.
A young woman recalls a stormy night when she was left as a baby, discovers her identity after a long separation, and learns from her fiancé Jack that a portrait misjudgment and a studio ruse nearly ended their engagement. Her birthday becomes a turning point as love and newly found parents welcome her into a broader family.
A reporter meets Mrs Ching Ling wife of New York Chinese vice consul and Mrs Ching Chung Chow in a Chinatown salon. The pair charm with elegance and charm blending dignity with childlike simplicity as translators relay their English chatter over tea from long slender cups and amber tea.
Lorin Blodgett spoke at the Social Science association in Philadelphia detailing the city’s industrial class status. He argued wealth accumulation by the rich can rise with improved worker conditions and praised Philadelphia workers owning homes. Payroll data cited show locomotive building at $605 average, silk operatives at $300.
A World column praises Henry Irving with a vivid metaphor of metempsychosis and a single striking image, noting American critics envy an English writer’s influence. The piece mocks local vanity and contrasts U S critics with English commentary on Irving’s performance.
The Memphis Avalanche humorously notes southern editors count two captains seventeen majors seven generals and 1846 colonels in a spoof hierarchy with no privates or officers below captain, while joking about leisure needed to craft the conundrum.
A dramatic vignette from a Chicago Tribune feature weaves romance and tragedy as George W. Simpson dies while lingering at the loftiest point of life’s road. Lurline Neversink’s beauty frames a ruinous moment as he clutches love and fate in a palatial setting. The piece blends fiction with excerpts and notes from other papers.
Mr Jaabouchere criticizes English artisans for not attending church saying they do not understand half the parsons and doubt the other half. He argues educated men favor heresy as it attempts to align religious thought with common sense and experience, while orthodox clergy rely on female influence since women disregard reason.
A quoted remark from The New York Commercial Advertiser jokes that Baltimore lacks great statesmen but excels in large oysters. The piece contrasts national virtues with coastal fare, humorously downplaying political stature in favor of culinary suppers.
A Providence Call notes brides often resist money from husbands at marriage but over time accept it as feelings fade. Marathon Independent reports a seaside resort incident where a man was kicked out and then caught by the undertow.
A long catalog of cattle brands and brand holdings is noted for Wyoming ranges including VY LUKE VOORHEES & CO Cheyenne, CHAMBERLIN DOTY Fort Laramie and Powder River Cattle Co with brands A 90 TH and other marks. The text also shifts to a mysterious romance column about a poor young man and a ride on a streetcar with scattered anecdotes.
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