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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1883
Page
4
A Georgia battlefield revisit by General Longstreet and companions revisits Chickamauga memory at Granville, with remarks on the past and future history by Burr and Cheatham. Also features the Strongest Man in the World, Stern Carpenter, and earlier home made telephone and balloon news items.
A reflective piece on life satisfaction among whites and Black laborers, contrasting despair with the “animal like philosophy” of not overthinking the past or future. The narrator and office boy Elick discuss happiness, education, and the urge to help others as a remedy for melancholy, noting educated men often feel least content.
A Idaho-born young woman long famed on Wood River traveled south and faced rail travel for the first time. Her escort report says she grew uneasy at the lightning express and loud whistle, tried to bolt, and was restrained with a blindfold to keep her aboard.
The Burlington Hawkeye condemns the railroad station loafer as a nuisance who blocks doors, taunts passengers, and spits near belongings. It advocates harsh penalties for youths, proposing flogging before fourteen, reform school between fourteen and twenty one, and hanging after twenty one.
A four year old girl finishing her prayer pauses after I should die before I wake and adds What a rumpna thera would be in this houve The aunt hears the child repeat the line and then giggles at the mispronounced ending noting the innocent mix up in the bedtime moment
A St Louis Globe Democrat note summarizes global fiscal health noting only four nations cover costs: England with a small surplus to cut debt, the United States running large deficits despite excess spending, and Holland and Belgium breaking even. It contrasts deficits across civilized nations.
The table lists farm counts for the United States with figures for 1870 and 1880. Products include under 100 acres and ranges up to about fourteen thousand. The text appears corrupted with misread words and stray numbers throughout.
The San Francisco Bulletin argues rail links from El Paso through Chihuahua Durango Zacatecas Hidalgo Querétaro Guanajuato and Jalisco will unlock vast mining districts in Mexico. It praises liberal Mexican mining laws low barriers for foreigners and the potential for American mining machinery to boost a new era of investment and trade between the two nations.
A historical critique contrasts Washington era public decorum and court news with later casual White House access. It recounts Gouverneur Morris’s failed handshake and notes modern shifts from rigid formality to informal politeness. The piece then cites rural aristocracy enforcing strict dress rules, describing a village school incident and ongoing local tyranny.
The article notes Longfellow's quiet daily routine translating Dante for Youth's Companion. He worked at a standing desk while the coffee kettle boiled, setting aside the manuscript when it hissed and resuming next morning. Ten minutes daily built the great translation to completion.
A German immigrant who recently left the old country says his sons’ names begin with the letter 8 and mocks their English, while another man replies his boys’ names start with an 8 including Shon Shim Shake and Sherry, illustrating language and identity mix.
An army officer laughed at a timid woman distressed by a cannon salute. He later married her and six months later reportedly took her to the boot hall when he returned late at night.
A letter describes St. Augustine residences of Aspineyalls Lor illards and Dr. Anderson of New York. Mrs Ball in elegant retirement amid acres, orange and lemon trees, and ornate interiors. Judge Swan calls it paradise for loafers with lively social streets and piers for promenading and sailing.
The piece recalls Dean Swift’s mockery of Partridge the almanac maker. Partridge’s prophecies inspired confidence until a hoax pamphlet predicted his death on March 3, causing public belief to collapse and his business to fail. The column compares Partridge to modern weather prophets Vennor and Wiggins.
In a satirical remark a Detroit Free Press piece reports a father joking about paying his daughter Mary’s dowry of 10 000 dollars via weekly installments. He quips adopting an installment plan would prevent speculation and ease the burden over sixty four years.
An old farmer at the state capitol declines a suffrage petition saying he is against it. He quips that a moving woman causes trouble and jokes about keeping her settled. The piece also notes Berlin travelers avoiding Moscow and diplomat risk amid etiquette. A commentator warns to stand left of a woman who throws a bottle.
An outrageous Detroit Free Prose fragment recounts Mr Little's misadventures at home as his wife in a tempest of quarrels, taunts, and threats. He recalls lost money, holes in the tin roof, shaving debates, insults to friends, and a showdown with a poker as their row escalates.
Basil Duke and Morgan era cavalry are noted figures in Washington. A Confederate detachment moves through northern Kentucky and is aided by sympathetic seminary girls who sing O you darling confederates as federal pursuers close in and capture all but one rider who escapes on the weakest horse.
In Cincinnati a sensational excerpt shows Charley Osborne, a well known Wall Street broker, dining at Delmonico’s in a deliberate pace. He jokes about a record lunch while his doctor orders more time to chew for health. The tale contrasts time and eternity as he debates pace and digestion.
Mrs. McCabb, an Austin lady, rebuked her colored cook Matilda Snowball over a man in the kitchen. She asked who the man was and was told he is only her husband, remarking on the claim of having no male friends.
A philosophical musing notes that fools who know themselves are less dangerous than fools who do not. It argues most human troubles stem from unaware fools and contrasts harmlessness with the chaos caused by ignorance.
A prose fragment describes a mother guiding her child after play, leaving toys behind as adults replace what comforts him. The scene contemplates nature taking away playthings and guiding us toward rest beyond comprehension, with a blurred sense of sleep and the unknown.
A discussion on refined manners, vocal control, and expressive movement. Training at dramatic colleges and the French standard are cited as paths to elegance, with emphasis on the voice, eyes, lips, and hands shaping graceful social presence.
A reflection on Oliver Wendell Holmes about pity from a kind hearted girl for a lonely young man and a tale of a country visit where a girl refuses milk after claiming she saw a farmer squeeze it from a cow. The piece contrasts tender emotion with naive disbelief and moral lessons.
A New York Sun piece recalls a Park Row city hall politician with glare and gold chain dining when a waiter and a quick-witted rival topple a hat into his soup, splashing him in a humorous public scene. The anecdote contrasts public life with humble labor in the piece Our Home.
A Chicago Tribune item notes a dress costing about $1,000 for Mrs. Wm H Vanderbilt’s grand fancy dress ball. It reports a prior estimate of $300 an hour for tailoring as excessive for a suit of clothes.
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