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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1882
Page
2
A humorous verse recounts a bachelor’s wedding with no laughter or joy. Friends fear the groom’s fright as the ceremony ends and he is escorted home in shock. The poem notes the groom’s shaking knees and the group’s solemn departure, leaving him alone in his new “glory.”
A column argues imagination and mood affect health, recounting cases of imagined hydrophobia and the influence of mental state on symptoms. It advises calm, purposeful living, habit formation, and steady effort to counteract nervous overreaction, citing Dr. Brown Sequard and everyday anecdotes.
A discussion favors separate refined church music with soloists and a single congregational chorus. It argues congregational singing can deter worldly appeal, urging a first class quartet guiding public worship. In Coulterville California miners unearthed a sixty foot underground tunnel tool stash. White oak maul and wedges, preserved, reveal sharp tool marks and surface trees five feet in diameter.
A London paper recalls a young suburb belle famed for her skating who fell on the ice at speed. Gallants rushed to help but she rose and skated on, ripping stockings with her skate. A sawdust trail marked her route as onlookers laughed at the mishap and the shapely limb lost its symmetry.
Descriptions of Nineveh Babylon Ephesus pyramids The Labyrinth Thebes and The Temple of Delphos with figures on walls gates length height population and treasure The text enumerates sizes and riches including Rome walls and Nero statues.
The Denver Republican contrasts past blessings with present happiness and recalls Salmon P. Chase and Ohio life in 1825. It notes wheat at 25 cents a bushel and corn at 15, postage 25 cents for 160 miles, bishop salaries, and questions who would wish to return to those times. It then provides home remedies for neuralgia and rheumatism using lobelia, salt, and soda washes with instructions.
A Florida correspondent details sponge gathering on the coast. Spongers use dingys and water glasses to locate sponges, work weekly from Monday to Friday, and dry and bleach the harvest on shore. About 125 vessels from Key West and 40 to 50 from Cedar Keys and Ogallala Keys contribute to an annual value near one million dollars.
Dr Guillasse of the French army reports coffee rapidly relieves typhoid fever symptoms. He notes that two to three tablespoons every two hours, alternating with wine, calms cerebral fever and dispels somnolence. He treats with lemonade or citrate, then quinine as convalescence begins.
The guide explains freshness tests for eggs. A good egg sinks, fresh eggs have limey shells, boiled eggs dry on the shell, and shells may peel after longer storage. Clear golden contents indicate good eggs while dark or spotted contents signify spoilage. Bad eggs may rattle or sound odd when shaken.
The document provides heights in feet for renowned structures including Bunker Hill Monument 221, Leaning Tower of Pisa 260, Milan Cathedral 260, Mosque of St Sophia 290, Porcelain Tower of Nankin 5 22, pyramids of Egypt the highest, Salisbury Cathedral 270, Solomon's Temple 210, St. Paul's London 97, Mt Peter's Rome 618, Strasbourg Cathedral ATA, Tower of Belus Babylon 686, Tower of Babel 680, Trinity Church New York 283, Walls of Babylon. A note reads Walls of Babylon 10.
Catalog of cattle and horse brands with owners and ranges across Powder River, Hat Creek, Horse Creek, and surrounding Wyoming locales. Includes left side crop or over slope marks, ear notches, and bridle bit brands. Names include H A Blate, Chandler, Sturgis Lane, Yerby and Son, Fremwen, Fred Home, and others with P O addresses and range notes.
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