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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1883
Page
8
The readable text references prayers and blessings amid scattered phrases about faith and peace. Mentions John xiv and Matthew xiii with unclear surrounding context. Notes spiritual exhortations and mentions of labor, vine, and a Titus Hoyt figure in a fragmented historical page snippet.
Mark Bushman travels into Hoosier country to collect material for a romance. He befriends Evangeline Bodson and Penrose the schoolmaster, sparks a staged romance, and intervenes as events unfold, culminating in Evangeline’s secret marriage to Walter Wrayburn and Bushman’s unsettled, self aware exit.
The article details sorghum sugar production with copper heating to 175 degrees F and lime addition until litmus turns purple, defecation, evaporation, and crystallization. It notes careful lime amounting and acid defecation steps, followed by Amber cane experiments. Professor Henry of Wisconsin University offers rules on cane handling and timely defecation.
Harper's Weekly notes the Prince of Wales joking about a servant being grazed by a shot during a hunting outing with the Duc d Armale. He offered a remedy, gave a drink from his flask, and slipped a hundred francs to the wounded man.
The New York Sun frets that Yale and other colleges fail to teach proper English writing. It claims colleges miss the craft of good prose, suggesting instruction lags behind practical needs and that experience shapes correct usage more than formal study.
Horace Greeley praised Weed as a highly contentious and pungent writer of editorial paragraphs for twenty years in American press history.
Edmund A Struthers describes a night camp on Lake Winnipeg proceeding from a jog by Indian runners to a sled trek. The party halts on a drift, builds a fire, feeds on whitefish and bannock, and hears the Indians recount journeys while twelve dogs rest on the ice as the moon rises and wolves howl.
Josh Billings humorously debates the role of grandfathers in households. He mocks the promiscuous temperament and long memory of grandpas, claims they are handy but stubborn, and jokes about churning butter while women boil soap. He defends his own stance as a grandpa.
George F. Williams recalls Lincoln Seward and Stanton in a vivid scene from The Bullet and Shell. Williams notes Lincolns expressive reaction to battle description while Seward studies diagrams and Stanton questions with calm, attentive presence.
The Laramie Boomerang corrects public misperceptions about Brigham Young’s tomb. It mocks sensational talk of the grave’s desolation and notes the widow’s tearful grieving has subsided, comparing the tomb to a deserted scene while calling out unwarranted reflections on his life and Utah affairs.
A humorous scene describes a coon and a hunter in a forest. The coon, considering the hunter approaching, wavers between speaking out and remaining still. He ultimately stays hidden in a fork of the area and watches the hunter move away, avoiding action.
The Washington monument now stands with 168 courses of stone and reaches 886 feet 574 inches high. It is 24 inches taller than the top of the figure on the cap itol building.
More than 6.24 million dollars worth of ostrich feathers are exported from South Africa. The feather supply is highly dependent on the availability of food for the birds.
General Tom Thumb is described as the smallest knight, wearing a Haight TS RaE and a garment that costs more than the Prince’s.
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