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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1883
Page
6
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A Boston Globe report describes a long cockfight between Dandy and Jim among Harvard students. Dandy led early betting at roughly five to four, with Ben backing him. After a brutal 36 minute struggle, Jim won when he drove his spur through Dandy, killing the opponent as the crowd cheered the plucky victor despite the bloodshed.
A Detroit Free Press note recounts a butcher who has worked at the block for thirty years. It calculates 110 cuts per carcass and totals inches of bone sawed, aligning to a distance of about seventy eight miles, illustrating a life spent in meat processing.
In October 1863 near Chattanooga soldiers faced an improvised election. Sergeant Flapper guarded a secret ballot box while Captain Crocker chaired a mock polling scene. Old Peter proposed organizing the vote and judges were elected. The tale notes the difficulty of conducting an election in camp.
Seth Green recounts duck hunting on the Seneca river near the Central railroad trestle where a fire broke out. He and his companion saved the train by signaling as passengers gathered, earning him a long-term rail pass and a watchman now stationed at the trestle. He notes the incident was not widely reported by newspapers.
A San Antonio Light excerpt mocks a Texas editor’s circus visit and lists terrifying snakes with vivid, sensational language. It contrasts the frightful menagerie with a Boston observer who dislikes city life and craves more outdoors.
Judge W R Rankin of Columbus, a leading Ohio lawyer, notes four sons Fletch Will Rit and Carl following four careers in law and literature. The piece cites David Swing on society once prayerful yet idle and contrasts toil with liberty and faith.
In a New York Journal vignette a fast moving buyer claims a “cent cigar” reveals a man’s temper and handwriting style. A clerk and Jim demonstrate how cigar handling signals traits from nervous strictness to easygoing jollity. The piece profiles three customers and their inferred personalities.
People in New England eat largely cold foods. cold pie is common and weekly pies are baked for multiple meals. Breakfast favors cold doughnuts and coffee, bread often cold, while dinners center on roast beef, boiled potatoes and squash. Supper includes very little warm food.
The speaker recalls wondering about proposing to a woman named Bell and the reaction to his bold question. He admits intrigue and doubt while describing his courage and eventual answer. The verse voice reflects on romance, confidence, and personal reflection after the moment.
The piece discusses Dr. Robertson of London and Dr. Peters of New York debating spontaneous scarlet fever in horses and the idea of expanding sanitary work to animals. It imagines dispensaries for animals and possible animal vaccination and hospital care for contagious diseases in pets and livestock.
A quirky feature describes ostriches as ill tempered and dangerous, capable of fatal kicks. Dr. Sketchley observes their behavior at corrals, including a Chinaman with a scythe, and notes their drumming and diet of alfalfa and vegetables.
The writer predicts Mormons may gain control of the Sandwich Islands and suggests sending the insane to Hawaii to let Mormons manage themselves. It praises Mormon industry and thrift despite claimed ignorance and bigotry. A Brooklyn policeman was fined two days' pay for an insult to a citizen.
The author and five companions travel from Muswell Hill to Hampton Court in a rainy day excursion with Kentucky friends. They tour the palace, gardens, and the grape vine while reflecting on English royal history from Wolsey to George I and the beauty of the state rooms and portraits.
Nostalgic ad touts Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar as a fast acting lung remedy. Claims soothing honey horehound with Balm of Gilead and five botanics purport to ease irritated air passages with no stomach upset and pleasant taste. Priced 50c and 1 per bottle, sold by all druggists CN Crittenton sole proprietor New York.
During a march with Churchill's army I suffered a severe cold and dangerous cough. A country store remedy, Ayers Cherry Pectoral, cured me rapidly and I have kept it for family use. Thousands attest to its effectiveness for throat and lung diseases and its pleasant taste helps children take it readily.
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