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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1878
Page
2
The column notes the Cincinnati weekly leader aiming to install the largest organ in America. It also recalls political moves from the Illinois State Central Committee planning a Springfield convention and various domestic and international matters.
The obituary recalls John Morrissey whose death was announced yesterday morning and highlights a career marked by varied achievements and notable events.
A Cheyenne letter to The Leader, dated May 3 1878, from a self confessed loafer who recalls lounging on city corners and confesses fault. He defends youth and compares himself to a companion who rejects manual labor.
The piece portrays Paris as a place where poverty can afford comfort and style. It describes affordable, stylish homes, inexpensive furniture, street fruit, and a society that accepts varied living arrangements from private hotels to modest rooms. Women may dress casually and socialize openly, with no stigma for independence.
A sweeping collage describes Bohemian hospitality in Bohemia and Napoleonic era access to the Tuileries, contrasts class mobility and risk in Paris, and adds miscellany on snuff boxes, Circassians in Bulgaria, an enormous Amazonian anaconda, and a Bulgarian girl coerced tale in Gallipoli.
An advertisement touts the Washington City Route by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as the shortest quickest and direct path to Washington and Baltimore with connections to Richmond Lynchburg Norfolk and the Southeast Philadelphia New York Boston and beyond inviting travelers to choose a speedy pleasant journey.
The article extols a railroad line for its elegant coaches, fine hotels, mountain scenery, and historical points along the route. It promises fares as low as comparable lines and notes through Pullman Palace Cars with through tickets and baggage checks available at major ticket offices nationwide.
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