Sayings and Doings From a May 10 1883 Weekly Leaker
A reflective essay contrasts talking and doing in pursuit of success. It cites Prof. Mathews and others, notes the limits of talkers and theorists, and honors steady habit, patient effort, and practical work over grand promises. It recalls Demosthenes, Goldsmith, Sheridan, and Edison as contrasts to mere talk.
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Mathews
Chicago
J. G. Holland
Scribner’s Monthly
Josh Billings
Mark Twain
Grant
Dubuque
Iowa
Demosthenes
Philip
Goldsmith
Sheridan
England
Pope
Livestock finance and cattle routes spark Southwestern debate
English and Scotch capitalists claim $30 million invested in Wyoming and Texas livestock last year. Low freight rates from Red Fork to St Louis spur cattle shipments, challenging Texas routes. Articles note sheep profitability declines with age, urging sale by six years. New incorporations include Union Mercantile Co and Copper City Townsite Co in Cheyenne with specified capital and trustees.
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Wyoming
Texas
Red Fork
Indian Territory
St. Louis
San Francisco
Hunnewell
Caldwell
Kansas
Southwestern Association
Union Mercantile Company
Territorial
Cheyenne
Erasmous Nagle
Ithamar O. Whipple
Wm. A. Robins
C. F. Miller
A. H. Swan
Copper City
Laramie County
Wyo
North Platte River
Army writers dispatch at Fort Laramie and Fort Russell
Assistant Surgeon John J. Marston will report to the commanding officer at Fort D A Russell after relief at Fort Laramie Wyoming to await orders. Lt Levi F Burnett joins the court martial at Fort Fred Steele replacing Lt Alfred B Johnson. General John Gibbon leaves Fort Laramie for an extended leave. family may accompany him. Two cavalry companies from Fort Russell head to Fort McKinney and may delay relief infantry for six weeks to two months. The best cure for diseases of the nerves brain and muscles is Brown's Iron Bitters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Marston
Fort Laramie
Wyo
Fort D. A. Russell
Levi F. Burnett
Fort Fred Steele
Alfred B. Johnson
John Gibbon
Sth Cavary
Fort Russell
Fort. McKinney
9Th Infantry
Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer Miracle Cure
An advertisement touts Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer as a cure for nerve diseases and epilepsy claiming all fits stop free. The pitch directs readers to send for treatment at 931 Arch Street in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
Deathless Song by Carlotta Perry
A poetic meditation on singing as part of a universal over-soul. The speaker explains that the songs spoken aloud are not truly theirs but parts of a grand, eternal melody received in moments of grace. The verses praise music as a conduit to the perfect eternal song that fills time and space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlotta Perry
Alfalfa Experiments Across Wyoming Stock Ranches
Professor Gilbert E Bailey met A C Beckwith in Evanston and learned of experiments growing alfalfa at Sucker Springs 49 miles north at 6820 feet. Cattle fed on alfalfa gained 121 pounds in 128 days, with beef sold for 5.70 per hundred, close to corn fed Illinois cattle. Beckwith also fed hogs on alfalfa and raised large rutabagas and vegetables. other ranchers reported high yields and frost protection by irrigation. Community notes include a Green River ball in May snow and a cave discovery near Sweetwater Gazette editor Deacon Richard Smith reporting calcite crystals. Ex Governor Pitkin toured Lewiston mining camp and favorable district impressions. Bailey praises western Wyoming hospitality and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert E. Bailey
Territorial
A. C. Beckwith
Evanston
Mr. Beckwith
Sucker Springs
Chicago
Genesee, Dr
Wyoming
Illinois
Beckwith
Goodman
Bear River
Uinta ‘County
Green River
Richard Smith
The
Sweetwater Gazette
Pitkin
Colorado
Lewiston
Bailey
Free Cure Recipe From Missionary in South America
An old card offers a free remedy for youth errors nervous weakness and early decay. It claims the grey remedy cures and asks readers to send a self addressed envelope to Rev. Josmer InMAN Station D New York City for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Josmer Inman
New York City
Woolen mill to be built at Greeley Colorado
Colorado notes describe a woolen mill planned for Greeley to go up this summer. An Ohio miner was wounded in the knee by a revolver discharged from his bunk. Trinidad schemes to build a narrow gauge road to Hi Moro. A 1200 strong colony from Kansas and Iowa selects 650000 acres southwest of Delta with an eight by five foot ditch, water already running in five miles.
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Ohio City
Trinidad
Hi Moro
Gunnison
Nebraska Notes News Briefs Highlight Local Events
Grand Island to gain an opera house second only to two in the state. Lincoln Masonic temple cornerstone laid with ceremonies. Immigration appears strong as prairie schooners move across Nebraska. Butler county two horse thieves escape jail by sawing, recaptured nearby. Will T. Rickley of Columbus injured when kicked by a horse. severe facial injuries and multiple teeth damaged.
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Grand Island
Lincoln
Nebraska
Butler County
Will.t. Rickley
Columbus
Fort Collins Notes Reserve Resignations and Reforms
Rev Canon Haynes resigns from the Fort Collins Episcopal church with June effect. At the State Agricultural board a veterinary chair is created and a suitable appointee is sought. Standard Milling and Elevating company reorganizes with new capital and staff, adopting 65 hp steam power and boosting capacity by 50. City housing ordinance tightens controls on prostitution with strict penalties.
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Canon Haynes
Episcopal Church
State Agricultural Board
Ingersoll
Standard Milling and Elevating Company
Fort Collins
Western Excursionists on a May Day Train Trip
A group of travelers in colorfully decorated excursion cars from Sacramento Oakland and San Francisco arrived in the westbound train. Rev H H Rice Sacramento Presbyterian pastor managed the trip and led a lively party of ladies and gentlemen visiting Salt Lake Rawlins and planning to go as far as Boston while holding a church collection at Rawlins. The scheme proved novel and successful with passengers preparing their own provisions and enjoying a long scenic ride.
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Sacramento
Oakland
San Francisco
H. H. Rice
Salt Lake
Rawlins
Presbyterian Church
Boston
Saddle horses for sale in Weld County Colorado
Texas saddle horses and young brood mares available. Description and prices from The New England Live Stock company in Greeley Colorado or inquire at the ranch near the forks of Crow Creek Weld County.
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Texas
New England Live Stock Company
Greeley, Col
Crow Creek
Weld County
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Edison
Bennett
Morse
Franklin
Greeley
Nebraska Notes
Fort Collins Notes
English Medical Institute
Eeetor
Olive Street
P. O
COX & Mussetter
Drugeiets
Nakorae
Denver
COLOR
Mintih's Kidney Remedy
DR. Mintie
Pompin Creek
Botut
ARP
Western Hotel
Rockford, Til
D. F. Whipple
Teller City
J. J. Moors
Teller City Co
DR. Fishblatt
Qmaha
ROCEA
R. Fishblatt
Syrens
Ulysses
United States
Omaha National Bank
Omaha
Neb
THURS
Jenkins
Tt Court
Helen Jenformation
Helen
A. H. Swa
M. C. Bray United
Brown
Spok
Rso
Corlett
Cory
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