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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1884
Page
10
Unclear OCR fragment hints at sports or event clues
Fragmentary text mentions Liam and a six year old, car, hogs, and a number 5 000. Details are unreadable, making precise event, teams, or locations impossible to determine.
A Walk Through a Mexican Graveyard of Quicklime Rites
The narrator describes a Mexican campo santo where repeated lime processing leaves crumbling bones and shrouds in piles. He notes unceremonious grave eviction, bone heaps, iron and leather remnants, and a rear charnel enclosure with grisly scenes. He recalls encounters with a genial weather prophet who fascinated locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Brightam Ward
Pioneer Press
Campo Santo
God’s Acre
Campo Santos
Gabriel
Golgotha
Mexico
Egotistic "Sweetness and High" in Cambridge
Boston letter recounts Matthew Arnold's egotism after a Cambridge reading. Miss Emerson attended, Col. Higginson proposed a meeting, and Arnold replied with snobbish vanity. The writer mocks his social snobbery, constant questions, and predicts a mixed reception in southern cities where many have not heard of him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Matthew Arnold
Cambridge
Miss Emerson
Mr. Arnold
England
Lord High-and-Mighty
Matt
America
Richmond
Arnold
Banjo debate sparks jokes at Buffalo gathering
A Buffalo Commercial Advertiser piece recalls a humorous scene where musicians and audience exchange quips about music theory. The crowd ribbed a bilingual player and a German speaker as they quarreled over terms like sharp flats and naturals, ending with a joke about a seat buyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Williams
Balfe
William Wallace
Patrick Mozart
Michael Beethoven
Hughey Wagner
Emerald Isle
Prof. Tice the Weather Prophet in Chicago News
The piece describes Prof. Tice as a quaint, curious old man sincere in his forecasts and largely indifferent to praise or blame. It notes his weather prophecies and eccentric reputation within Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Tice
Chicago News
Portable Portugal Through Antiquated Farm Tools and Ways
Cor. San Francisco Chronicle describes Portugal’s 19th century agriculture noting wooden plows without mold boards drawn by bullocks and occasionally people, heavy hand threshing, circular mowing hooks, and simple carts with iron tires. It notes scarce windmills, limited coal, and old Roman mines near Oporto and Coimbra waterlogged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cor
San Francisco Chronicle
Russia
Germany
Don Quixote
Sta’eams
Lisbon
Oporto
Coimbra
A Royal Horsewoman in English Hunting Festivities
Elizabeth Amalia of Austria, empress and queen, famed horsewoman, visits England to hunt and ride with Westmeath hounds in Ireland and Sir Watkin Wynn's pack in England. Since six years ago she first appeared at a Leicester meet, she has shown mastery of seat, hands, and pace, drawing attention and admiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Elizabeth Amalia Eugene
Austria
Europe
Bohemia
Hungary
Leicestershire
England
Ireland
Sir Watkin Wynn
With Fond Anticipations in Fliegende Blatter
A dialogue snippet follows a playful exchange about a bride and her yet unseen husband. Rosa teases regarding appearance and hair color, noting he is bald from study and hopes a restoration will soon reveal dark brown hair. The tone is light and humorous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apollo
Rosa
Growth of Western Cities in Building Value
The Dun reports show Minneapolis and St Paul building activity reaching twelve million dollars in the first nine months of the year. Denver follows with three million, and Kansas City ranks seventh with one million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Dun Commercial Agency
Denver
Kansas City
Denouement Echoes of a Near Kiss in The Continent
The narrator recalls a near kiss as a door creaks, questioning whether an earthquake, volcano, or dynamite interrupted a moment of romance. He muses on whether the incident mattered, noting the woman’s soft eyes and the fragility of sentiment, with the fatal creak marking a turning point in the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Cary
Continent
Alwaye
Jews of New York and the rise of Jewish influence
A San Francisco Chronicle piece extolls New York Jewry as a dominant force in business, theater, finance, and charity. It paints a portrait of Jews shaping Broadway shops Wall Street and society, noting prosperity, integration, and notable families while contrasting prejudice in other cities. It highlights public life, culture, and the allure of Gotham for Jewish immigrants seeking opportunity and acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Ralph
San Francisco
Church Street
Israel
Wall Street
Seligman
Rudolf Aronson
Theodore Moss
Wallack’s
Morris & Hickman
Bowery Museum
United States
Mother Mandelbaum
Lexington Avenue
Mount Sinai
New York
Ghastly Work in Photography
An interview recalls a Chicago photographer who specialized in postmortem portraits. He describes methods to pose dead subjects, fill cheeks with cotton, prop eyes, and even paint features, noting earnings of fifty dollars for his work and five hundred for an artist who enhanced burns for an oil copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Times
Chicago
Tonce
Bridgeport
Can a Snake Reason
A raccoon like tale from Cincinnati Enquirer describes a blacksnake in a zoo cage that swallows a rat toad. The toad blocks the snake’s exit twice, then the reptile disgorges it, learns a trick, and finally extracts the toad by grabbing its leg and backing out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Enquirer
Zoo
Mis Prominence at the Opera Prompts Gen. Sickles Entrance
A New York letter recalls General Sickles arriving at an opera on crutches due to his artificial limb. The scene unfolds as the prima donna nears a flot florid passage, and the crowd notices the distinctive figure maneuvering into his seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gen. Sickles
Opera
Beatrice Refuses Visitor With Royal Guarded Wit
In a humorous exchange, Beatrice informs her mother of a man downstairs seeking an audience. The queen questions the visitor’s identity and attire while Beatrice notes the man carries a manuscript. The scene ends with a witty plan to thwart the visitor by feeding him to the British lion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamma
Beatrice
Hanother John Brown
Victoria Wettin
Halbert
Don’t Go to Italy Says Basso Formes
Karl Formes warns American parents against sending children abroad for musical study. He claims Italy offers the lowest level of musical science and that the great singers are not Italians. Boston Commercial Bulletin notes rising suspicion among readers about Sunday collection practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Karl Formes
Independent Eibbyt Yields to Telegraphic Reporting
Territory stock and mining news and general western updates are summarized under full telegraphic reports. F. E. Bosworth contributes to the roundup of valuable information and headlines.
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Broadway
Murray Hill
Jerusalem
Spain
Washington
Julian Nathan
Pheeton
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Wyoming
Cheyenne
All the Stock and Mining News
F. E. Bosworth
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