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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1883
Page
8
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Russian women, after serfdom, pressed into universities and private courses in St Petersburg Moscow Odessa Kharkoff. They funded a Female Medical College with two hospitals and forced government to assess female education security and independence, inspiring broader reform. The piece also notes Napoleon’s view on women and a fire safety reminder for households.
A fragment lists molasses cookies bar cake corn meat cake and apple lemon pie recipes with ingredients and methods. It also includes a brief excerpt from What Boys Can Do by A A Preston praising independent, capable boys and a long passage from Charlotte Bronte on Woman's Self-Repression urging women to act with feeling without fearing marriage.
A paragraph questions how many husbands remember the needs of their wives and whether men bear the bulk of expenses and duties for children. It argues that mothers do nine tenths of the toil related to a child, noting wives’ daily cares and the toll of feeding and clothing.
A Housekeeper column describes brown linen aprons edged with two inch fringe, overcast hem, feather stitched borders, and ribboned thread blocks for decoration. It also urges travelers to carry a large cotton bag with a strong cord to collect personal effects quickly in hotels or public places to prevent confusion during fires or emergencies.
The passage extols women wearing varied furs and animal costumes during the season, praising bold choices from Bengal tiger to crocodile and serpent motifs. It notes a shift from strict orthodox furs to more artistic, individual styles and claims women now present more artistic appearances.
The piece urges parents to train themselves to train their children. It stresses that children observe parents closely and can sense insincerity. It argues parents should act with genuine motive, asking whether a child would approve of their action if mature and able to judge what is best.
The Chinese minister's wife resists youthful claims and asserts she is twenty five. She is petite, weighs ninety four pounds, and has feet not unduly small. On streets she dresses as American ladies do, recently in wine colored brocade velvet polonaise over plain velvet with a hat and long drooping plumes.
A vogue for very tight sleeves among women is criticized by physicians and fashion artists. They warn the style harms circulation and immobilizes the arm, affecting health and grace.
Susan B. Anthony, aged 62, remains vigorous and ready to work. She will travel to Boston to pursue a 330,000 dollar bequest from a wealthy resident of the Hub, then proceed to Washington for the opening of Congress to advocate women’s rights. Her 2000 page History of Women’s Work is completed.
A San Francisco judge granted a prayer for divorce noting cruelty by the husband who used vile language toward his wife in the presence of their children. The decision highlights persistent abuse as grounds for dissolution.
Prof. Adler argues in a New York Herald piece that a child embodies more than a parent's life. it reflects an older, wider lineage and the outgrowth of both paternal and ancestral connections beyond the immediate family.
The passage argues that a child is not a gift but a son born into a life cycle across eras. It urges acknowledging each child’s own meaning and our duty to help reveal that significance rather than treating offspring as mere possessions.
The article outlines DIY craft projects including a tri angular pasteboard box, hatched cushions, a work pouch, a shopping bag, and a bureau cover. It also discusses bath practices from The Chicago Tribune with emphasis on dry and heated routines and skin care methods. It cites Jersey children knitwear trends and notes evolving fashion toward bare arms in polite society.
Fragmentary note recalls King Priam with 100 children and advises new husbands to recall domestic ups and downs with a colicky infant. It questions who pays the highest price for a home and hints at marriages driven by various motives.
A fragmentary poem by Clarence T Army describes quiet convent life with nuns walking gray paths, green grass, and butterflies. It reflects on inner life outside world noise and the pull of a distant unseen goal beyond the window.
A review in Lippincott's Magazine praises Mendelssohn for vast pursuits beyond music. It highlights his paintings from Swiss, Scotch, and Italian journeys, his extensive correspondence, autograph letters, and published volumes. It notes his rapid composition, orderly method, and practical business habits uncommon among great composers.
The article notes petrified forests in the United States with specimens sent to the Smithsonian from the west. It describes silicified trunks 7 feet wide and 20 to 70 feet tall buried in marl, some turning to jasper or opal, and crystal-lined cores. It cites Little Colorado River Arizona as a famous site and mentions fossil traces in Louisiana and Ohio with layers spanning up to 60,000 years.
The Greek royal palace at Athens, built under King Otto, faced a site dispute with Louis of Bavaria. A test using two pieces of meat showed the site near the temple of Theseus decayed first, while the present palace location remained fresh, guiding the decision. Louis, a hygiene student, supported selecting the healthier site.
The Springfield Republican recalls Dr. Holmes on being Romans of the modern world and compares swords to the American bowie knife. He notes manifest destiny era conquests and reflects on how conquerors turned on themselves as nations expanded and reined in aggression.
A brief note on style and celebrity drawn from Will H Kernan. The piece reflects on how sentiment and public image shape a journalist’s reception and notoriety.
Iti may seem surprising to our readers that 10 per cent of the beer glasses used in Berlin are imported from Wheeling West Virginia. Many glasses are imitation American from Schlesia while the rest come from the Rhein. About one third of the total pass through one Berlin house.
Powers recounts the Lincoln monument plan in Cincinnati with a 1191¢ by 7214 foot ground plan and a 95 foot shaft. The obelisk features a south statue of Lincoln atop a seven foot pedestal and a bronze shield showing the US coat of arms near broken slavery chains. A marble burial chamber holds the casket A Lincoln with surrounding family niches and a floral, sunlit view of grass and hills beyond.
The piece argues humane, steady kindness makes animals safer and more tractable. A gentle horse or cow accepts a friendly approach and continues calm labor, while a harsh owner provokes fear and flight in pigs, calves, sheep, and colts.
Providence Star recounts a Rhode Island revival where young people drift from the fold. Elder Jabez Swan rebukes a lukewarm preacher on the anxious seat, crying out that cold prayer will freeze hell and drive sinners to escape on ice.
A benevolent German society with many northern branches operates trays in cafes for smokers to drop end pieces of cigars. The discarded tobacco is sold and funds clothes for poor children at Christmas. Branches have doubled in three years.
A New Orleans medical man fond of jokes catechized a colored minister about miracles and protection from poisons. The preacher replied he had taken much medicine from the doctor and was still alive, implying resilience despite the doctor’s challenge.
Harper's Bazar notes Mrs Fitz-Nickel boasting over a costly French cook. The cook’s entrance prompts a humorous inquiry about preparing the praties either peeled or with jackets on. The exchange captures fashionably bold social satire.
A father laments how his children ruin their clothes and recalls scarce dress resources in his youth. The eldest boy retorts that life is easier now, highlighting changes in family living.
Germain a Parisian player of note must personify death by apoplexy on stage but cannot study it in hospitals where high livers rarely die there. He rehearses before medical practitioners and arranges private observation of wealthy patients nearing death by apoplexy.
An old tale retold by Dr Halmemann about a man who scratched out his eyes in a bramble bush and, by hopping into another bush, supposedly got them back. The crowd imitates the stunt under a lengthy name, while the origin is credited to Mother Goose.
The San Francisco Bulletin reports a massive Wall Street Mills building facing cracking and near collapse. Dispute centers on architect Post and owner Mills over $150,000 in repairs caused by alleged misjudgment and an architect’s 5 percent fee, with courts and experts backing Post’s hard line.
In a late Professor Palmer Afroat tradition a wager prompts a double fright prank on a hired cab. The professor, wearing borrowed garb, first signals the cab to stop then jumps from one window to the other, tricking the driver who searches the carriage. The driver, alarmed, flees after a second similar stunt.
At the 1820 bi centennial banquet in Plymouth guests were reminded of the forefathers privations. Five kernels of parched corn sat beside each plate, a simple memorial of the Plymouth settlement when in 1624 after planting corn only five kernels remained for each person.
Miss Ramnabel, a 20 year old India native, is claimed to be the most learned woman in the world able to read write and converse in twelve languages and skilled in mathematics astronomy and history. Yet critics say practical arts like sewing and painting are neglected, and a shirt bosom cannot be stroked clean by apology in twelve tongues.
The text recalls how color signals shift in Shakespeare's Othello, from triumphal scarlet and white to jealous green and gold and finally blood red and orange as the Moor's emotions unfold during key scenes.
Every year the Victory, Nelson’s old ship, now a hundred twenty years old, is adorned with laurels and its tattered sails from Trafalgar are displayed. The bruse plate on the deck reads Here Nelson fell and sailors toast the memory of those who fell.
The article notes that by the tenth century in China a Cyelo of Cathay era tools included engraved wooden blocks for books the miriner's compass rockets movable types and the pratayas of the printing presa were all known in that period.
Bank of England has never paid fractions of a penny in national debt dividends. Unpaid fractions have accumulated to over 700000 dollars.
A Troy lawyer questioned a woman on the witness stand about her age, and she answered with a surreal remark about milk for a baby and not receiving pay yet, creating an unusual interlude in the proceedings.
A small Meissonier painting titled Polichinelle, six by four inches, was purchased by Parisian amateur M. Secretan for 8000 dollars. The sale highlights ongoing interest in miniature masterworks among collectors.
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