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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1883
Page
8
The scene unfolds with tall trees, leafless hedges, and a dim pond as a carriage brushes past. In quiet companionship, two lovers share a ritual drive, hearthlike warmth contrasting with the misty air and the muffled echo of horses.
The item references Cheyenne publications, noting a daily and weekly paper with wide circulation. It mentions independence in sentiment, telegraphic reports, stock and mining news, western miscellany, and the publisher and editor roles.
A Hoboken landmark story traces the life of the Duke of Calabritti, once a great Italian nobleman and gambler. After losses and conspiracies, he moved to America in 1853, settled in Hoboken, and built Duke's Hotel near the ferry. He now runs the restaurant and bar, serving Italian and French dinners with equal skill.
The article describes illicit liquor sales in states banning alcohol where chemists supply spirits for medicinal use. It details coded winks and gestures used by customers to signal desired drinks such as soda and rye and Jamaica rum, banana strap, gin, and ginger brandy. Stillwater, Mian., notes a full signaling codex guiding thirsty patrons.
Chicago Times reports a humorous exchange where Pat avoids truth with evasive replies to a priest asking if anyone called. The tale centers on Pat’s witty dodges during a request about his whereabouts and a caller’s question about a relative.
A Chicago Tribune anecdote about Senator Ji Zeb Vance of North Carolina notes his remark to a second wife that he is stubborn and should be allowed to do as he pleases. An Inter Ocean remark praises California killer appeals to the Supreme Court as a last dodge. It mocks kissing babies and church donations as outdated political tactics.
French press scene described, Paris daily papers range from Le Petit Journal to Le Temps and Figaro with circulations from hundreds of thousands to a few thousand. It notes pay scales for reporters, fragmented reporting standards, and a critique of American style “reporter a l Americaine” as unreliable. The piece includes Whittier’s The Story of Ida from Manhattan.
The New York building trade shows over 44 million dollars in outlays from January 1 to September 1. Flats account for about 10 million, with tenement stores at 3.75 million and first class buildings at 12.67 million. Builders note a continuing rise in height from four stories up to twelve and thirteen story structures.
The Chicago Herald describes the paper used for U S currency made in Dalton Mass. Eightteen to twenty treasury workers count and inspect each sheet, with automatic registers counting sheets at multiple stages. The government protects against counterfeiting by embedding silk threads in the paper during manufacture.
The Bookseller notes a clever stratagem by John Lothrop Motley to obtain Hawthorne's portrait. Hawthorne avoided photos but, while distracted by Motley, the photographer captured the moment, yielding what is described as the best existing likeness.
A Philadelphia idea for cooperative housekeeping envisions a central kitchen serving multiple houses. Food would travel through large pipes to each home and be heated by a kitchen car, with meals ordered via telephone. The plan touts relief for housewives and potential for pipe‑fed fire, ashes, servants, and bells, reducing domestic burdens.
An English tourist observes a funeral scene where a mourner uses a skull to pull a tooth for relief from toothache. A local old man explains the practice by sewing the tooth in fabric to wear and claim continuous relief. The tale notes skepticism and cultural superstition.
Correspondent reports at Halevy’s Juive in Madrid that two market women in calico gowns sat among the audience paying top price to glimpse royalty. The royal box held the king and three ladies, while the peasants’ attire drew comment on democracy and class in the grand theater.
John W. Mackey recalls mining's perilous nature while noting his $4 daily wage in 1860 Ophir mine days. The exchange with a St. Paul reporter reveals poverty amid wealth and the grit of those who vanish in Pauper alley. Lime-Kiln Club reflects on violence, persuasion, and the resilience of the human spirit.
A self styled Capt Edward Stuart Lennlove of Scotland checks into a Louisville hotel posing as Lord Edward Stuart captain of the Sixth Dragoons. He charmed staff and guests, borrowed money for poker, then vanished after a final steady exit.
In a Philadelphia Times Lancaster letter the writer portrays James Buchanan as punctual, orderly, reserved and deeply attached to friends. The Wheatland visit on a calm June day reveals a simple, refined home atmosphere with courteous reception, neat rooms, lavender scented linen, and quiet household elegance, highlighting wealth and republican simplicity.
An old Pike county settler humorously describes Cuby where the climate and crops never stop growing. He jokes that in Cuby January feels warmer than Christmas and that bananas ripen monthly, with people eating or shipping produce to keep up with the abundance.
Uncle Mose questions Gabe Snodgrass about his new porter job in an Austin hardware store. Gabe says he is not keeping up with the pace. The boss warned him this morning and plans to discharge him if no improvement is shown.
A satirical note describes a small man burdened by new clothes as a pushy salesman shouts to the accountant boy’s suit marked as sold. The piece then cites a science claim that the Mississippi river annually carries 819,501,000,000,000 pounds of mud into the Gulf of Mexico.
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