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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1884
Page
4
A dialogue contrasts Christmas sentiment with real life, arguing that goodwill should be shared continually rather than celebrated in a single day. The speakers praise Santa Claus as a catalyst for generosity, acknowledge ongoing world hardships, and note the value of small kindnesses for children and society.
A vivid scene shows Martin Luther at the family table on Christmas Eve with Catharine Bora and their children, the mother by the stove, friends nearby, a lit tree and gifts. Luther holds a lute as he contemplates peace and domestic joy, while his bold resolve shines through the scene.
An old proverb linking a mild Christmas to higher mortality is debunked by statistics. The piece argues that such beliefs stem from folklore, not data, and that milder holidays reduce fear rather than elevating death risk. It notes that physicians often advise milder climates for healthier people, not to justify alarm about winter.
The author notes Christmas moves many to charity as a divine contagion that rushes through the Christian world for a brief week. If kindness were sustained beyond December and bills were paid in January, the spirit could last all year. He questions the seasonal charity and the fate of turkeys and geese, urging steady goodwill rather than a holiday fashion.
A Chicago Herald note recalls a Christmas Eisteddfod in Chickering hall New York where a reader presented Englynion and Awdl and a crowd sang Hen wiad fy nhadhau before the hall roof collapsed. A Louis belle boasts of a fine horse while her lover plans a Christmas bale in her stocking.
A Chicago Tribune piece warns hunters in the Calumet and Kankakee marshes of drowning, gun accidents, and getting lost. It details risks from fragile boats, deep mud, treacherous marsh grass, and careless firearms, with vivid incidents and cautions from experienced locals.
Frank Cooper of Tehama harnesses two large Sacramento River sturgeons as water horses. A rope ties to each fish and the bow of an eighteen foot boat. He guides the improvised team along the river with reins on the fish heads. The pair bucked on first use but are now trained. They retreat to a wooden cage when idle. Coopers plan further trips toward Chico and Sacramento.
Moses Waterman in charge of labor and supplies for the Panama canal says the project will be finished in 1859. Current workers number 8,000 with plans to add 6,000 Japanese laborers.
A fragmentary lyric voice pleads for relief from suffering and passage to Zion. The speaker invokes Bruders Pete Sister Kate and Brother to reach the promised land, noting the late hour and near death as the journey continues toward the crown.
A Detroit Free Press humor piece recalls a Staten Island trip where the party endures biting cold on deck and in transit. Passengers joke about wearing a stove or bear skin to stay warm and end with a chattering couple seeking ice cream to thaw.
A 60-year-old blind man visited a Griswold Street lawyer to draft a will. He boasts he owns a dog a cook a stove a wheelbarrow and two flatirons from his first wife and plans to leave them to his daughter Nancy while his current wife cannot gain them. He questions if administering on his own estate would work and jokes about framing a warrant for assault and battery against the wife. He leaves to pursue proper channels, joking a preemptive arrest might be better.
The article details a German dish built from sauerkraut and sausages arranged around a mold of smoked meats. It includes seven special sausages from a Heidelberg cookbook, a pease pudding base, potato dumplings, piecrust, and a final jelly glaze. The dish is lit on the table before serving.
A commercial traveler arriving by train tours a western village by bus. He asks the hotel runner if the town is incorporated and is told no. He urges incorporation, joking that it could grow bigger than New York.
Inter Ocean reports Gov. Ireland of Texas calls on citizens to shoot train wreckers on sight with a standing $500 reward for each capture. He opposes attracting the James boys to his ranch and defends his stance.
In a Chicago lakeside tale from Murat Halstead’s His Bony Bride, George W. Simpson confesses deep love to Minerva Stiggins, urging elopement to the West amid wistful memories of childhood and a tense, fragile future. The couple later reunites after a year of marriage, their dialogue framed by jealousy and longing.
Paris letter recounts how Charles Gounod sold his opera Faust for 1500 francs after being advised by Berlioz. Choudens, soon to wed into a music engraving family, founded a music house and earned over 200000 dollars from the work.
A correspondent notes a method used in China where a basin of water is used to compare blood from the supposed father and child by dipping their cut fingers. The account warns that magistrates may be bribed and water tampered with. The text also mentions an upcoming New York millionaire houses book.
The poem laments aging and fading love as seasons repeat with darker days. The speaker laments diminishing joy, enduring memories, and the sorrow of lost and recollected affection while looking toward an uncertain future.
The article traces Christmas origins from obscurity to customary observance on December 25, noting Epiphany links and the fourth century standard. It connects gift giving to Saturnalia, mistletoe to Druids and Teutons, holly to Norse rites, and the Yule log to Teutonic sun turning. Some cite a non European origin for the Christmas tree with Egypt’s evergreen symbolism.
In a warm scene a brother and sister lounge by the fire as Christmas stories come to life in the flames. Becket and Bunn imagine Santa and gifts while their mother and father return from shopping, preparing to frame the glowing memories.
In Norway many provinces observe a Christmas day custom of feeding wild birds. Families double their dinner, peasants fasten oat straw to houses, towns bring unthreshed oats to markets, and even the poor save a coin to buy grain for birds. Birds roam streets and perches, welcomed by all and unscared.
The New York Sun notes mistletoe's bad condition and hidden dangers, citing a Punch caricature of an officer and a bemused lady. It adds that about $300000 is spent yearly on Christmas cards in the United States.
An advertisement by Dr Henry Wagner at 343 Surimer Street Denver promises cures for seminal weakness and other sexual disorders with a money back guarantee. It touts free consultation, offers a medical pamphlet The Young Man's Pocket Companion, and lists 843 Larimer Street as the office address and Dr Spinney & Co former name.
Fragmented text notes a nighttime scene with fog and strangers outside. Mentions a fire and a possible assault, with shattered phrases about New York, Rock Creek, and a nerve-wracking urban setting. Details are incomplete and unclear.
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