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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1883
Page
4
A Philadelphia Times report details a new oil well in Forest county owned by Anchor Oil company. The site becomes a guarded “mystery” as scouts hide walls and guards protect the operation while witnesses measure tank output and assess daily production amid market jitters.
Madison Square Professor Company official Mr Frank Farrell advocates shifting from billboards to newspaper ads to reach a broader audience. He argues newspapers deliver advertising into parlors and many homes more effectively, with lithographs and tickets costing less than billboard campaigns. He cites Beech or Bidwell systems and asserts the season proves the newspaper approach successful.
The Braganza, owned by the king of Portugal, is described as the longest diamond and weighs nearly a pound. If cut, it would surpass the Great Mogul in size, a claim noted in the Louisville Courier-Journal excerpt.
The waterlogged hulks drift as dangerous obstacles, sinking ships and wrecking cargo. Sailors abandon vessels, risking further collisions, while insurers track the famous Louisa Birdsall’s long voyage and eventual sinking off Bermuda.
Six years after a clerk miscalculated a Central Pacific railway claim, the government corrected a three-cent underpayment via three one-cent warrants. The process cost over $1,000 and entails multiple approvals before the company can confirm receipt with affidavits.
The Anti Nihilist Association of Russia plans to extend its reach to major European cities. A Russian student in Vienna betrayed the group by leaking its statutes. The body purportedly hides member identities and uses ordinary associates for limited roles while preserving secrecy.
Western poets lead a Wisconsin contingent including Carlotta Percy and Mies Fanny Driscoll. Driscoll, now Mrs Henry Kyck White, left Milwaukee for journalism after years of verse and Chicago Tribune appearances. White, famed for humorous dime-novel style sketches, merges with Driscoll in a notable literary marriage.
Eli Perking and Jules Verne Gutdane are cited in Covington Commonwealth. The report recalls a veteran who served on a small light gunboat with a large heavy deck mortar. He recounts the first firing of a fifteen inch shell that stuck, causing extreme recoil and launching the craft miles up the stream before it landed four ce.
A Siberian fossil giant, a woolly elephant, was discovered in ice along the Lena river. Hunters saw a massive tusk and blue ice body protruding from a frozen mass. After years of retrieval, part was sold in Jakutsk and the rest mounted in St. Petersburg.
The piece discusses Richardson in Chicago and the brevity of campaigns. It notes Sir Garrett’s quick buy of opposition funds and the heavy costs for British war correspondents: secretaries, horses, servants, and rich outfits. It claims about 25 000 dollars to fully equip a field correspondent, with high salaries and ongoing upkeep.
An elderly trio debates the word vice versa in a humorous exchange. Sam defines tether from which, others offer playful misreadings, while a third man claims Latin roots and a scholar’s confusion. The scene ends with two men admiring the old man’s imagined knowledge as he walks away.
An Indianapolis Review piece praises Thurlow Weed for half a century of lucid direct editorial style. It lauds his ability to identify vital points without entanglements and compares his reach to Prevost Parade while noting his prophecy and moral clarity.
A Berlin Medical Journal note by Dr Helferich describes grafting a dog muscle into a woman after removing a large fibrosarcoma from her biceps. The transplanted muscle showed normal function after antiseptic care and electrical testing by Ziemssen, with the arm able to flex and extend.
The article warns that three-fourths of the nation’s black walnut is gone in ten years. It notes lumbermen report rapid depletion and high prices for lumber. It calls forestry a popular science to capture public attention and secure future supply.
A nationwide petition titled Cheaper Books Jor Continent A seeks signatures from colleges and universities to end import duties on foreign books. The initiative targets reducing costs for readers and expanding access to literature across the nation.
A New York Hour report mocks Baltimore meetings proposing an Aryan order of Americans with four ranks from dukes to barons. Generals, signers of independence, and European nobles are pictured as bumbling pretenders while critics warn the plan may be more satire than statute and predict a bloated, mixed future for an American aristocracy.
A historic note links great storms to the deaths of heroes in Europe. Remarks recall Cromwell and Wellington deaths as rain lingers until burial. In France, Chanzy and Gambetta deaths during storms reinforce superstition about weather and hero fate.
A discussion on Dickens as a reporter and the press, recounting George Bennett’s remark that Dickens was merely a reporter and the broader idea that newspaper publishing demands cool, hard sense. The piece also notes democracy in the newspaper business, the risks of editor and publisher arrogance, and the public as the ultimate judge.
The article discusses gas and electric use in homes, predicting a shift to petroleum based heating gas that would heat rooms and cook food at one third the coal cost. It notes patent activity and potential for abundant demand if petroleum can be used as a heat and cooking gas, enhancing comfort and reducing reliance on coal.
Ralph Corbit a 12 year old of Honeybrook Chester county Pa builds a battery of Leyden jars on an iron plate to electrocute rats. He powers the device from an self made electric machine and wires the cellar allowing rapid, deadly kills. He reportedly destroyed twenty five rats in three hours clearing the area of pests.
The piece mocks English newspapers for exaggerated phrases like the "paroxysm of delight" over Princess activities, noting how a baby princess reacts to her father and the quick turn of events from war to homecomings.
Students at Harvard printed a circular from a Society for the Reform of the Social Habits of Foreigners. It targeted the consumption of hamburger cheese and sauerkraut. European journalists found the circular severely grave in tone and commentary.
Chief Justice Briarwood of Pennsylvania, honored at a Philadelphia retirement banquet, questioned whether true learning is a desirable judge's quality. He warned that learned judges may produce long tedious opinions and charges unintelligible to juries.
The excerpt recounts a voyage headed north across a vast ice field. The doctor notes coordinates while the captain confirms the distance to be crossed. Provisions are counted including roasted turkey beans and applejack as the party prepares to push on toward the ship, braving extreme cold and Arctic ice.
The captain declares hope remains as the crew endures seven weeks without food and scarce whiskey. The doctor requests two weeks to devise a plan while bears loom behind them and Jersey City supplies could arrive to save them.
In a three year stay at Benopedan io berg the doctor notes monotony while the American seeks excitement. A captain teases him over games as they ration breath for a final push at 3000 miles from the pole, preparing blubber oil for a waiting crowd.
The captain fears doom as the boat spins at 2000 revolutions per minute and races toward a polar landmark. The doctor notes a four month gap since a man overboard and the crew misreads a striped object as a landmark. The American reveals himself from a barber shop at the base, triggering British outrage.
The article notes capsicum or liquid cayenne as a deterrent for drunken sprees and sea sickness, and as a treatment for malignant searlation. It warns that capricine’s odor triggers coughing, and mentions pranks by urchins burning pepper to disrupt gatherings.
The article lists a grand protective outfit for the First National bank including a steel lined vaults and safes, burglar proofs, heavy doors, folding doors with steel vestibules, and many fire proof doors. Also includes odd anecdotes about a husband, a philosopher and a boy and a bee.
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