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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1882
Page
8
The readable content is garbled with unclear phrases and scattered fragments. No coherent events, names, or locations emerge to form a factual newspaper item.
A caustic sermon analyzes the Old Mother Hubbard tale to critique modern pulpit oratory. It emphasizes persistence, humility, and poverty, noting the cupboard is bare and the dog has none, then urges readers to apply the moral without speculation about the widow’s fate.
A St Louis tailor laments that wardrobe alone does not define style. He argues the line between stylish and foppish lies in the man, not the clothes, noting many men rely on the tailor to shape their image. He claims five of seven men are physically defective.
The Detroit Free Press correspondent outlines Cheyenne like customs where young braves and girls observe strict courting rules. A bride-to-be endures a month alone with fasting and wood gathering, then a simple marriage ceremony followed by living apart until the first child is born, after which she and the husband work for others for a month.
Ex Senator Simon Cameron comments on internal party discord after a Tuesday election loss. He says a faction seeking personal advancement harmed the party and that unity is needed, though he declines to forecast 1884 outcomes or discuss current politics.
Potter Palmer sails to Europe for a rest and will return in spring. His new Chicago residence on Lake Shore Drive and Banks Street features Connecticut brown stone and Cleveland sandstone, three stories plus towers, a grand square tower with a spiral staircase, and a mammoth south conservatory. The design includes an elevator, a guest stair, and iron and masonry arch roof, with completion next year.
The London Electrician reports that advances in electric energy storage and electro motors allow tricycles to be both illuminated and propelled by electricity. A tricycle ridden by Prof Ayrton in London used Faure accumulators on the footboard and a Pross Ayrton and Perry motor under the rider’s seat.
A quirky collection notes minute marvels from tiny navies to a pinhead Bible verse. It cites the smallest pigmy hogs in London zoos, micro watches, a needle’s point under magnification, and a Lord's prayer in a glass microcosm.
A Colombian trader Porter and companions, settling by the Putu mayo river, were visited by Geveritos Indians who feigned trade then killed and cooked them. Reports suggest waves of tribes moving from the forest core, possibly driven by slavers, with fears of further violence and imperial interest.
Brave Bear a Sioux Indian was hanged at Yankton to execute the 1879 murder of Joseph Johnson near Fort Sully. The private sentence took place at 12:30 with death within fifteen minutes. He asked relatives to refrain from vengeance and mourning.
Kansas City reports three killed and eight wounded in Grain Valley Alton line crash. Wrecking train arrives with bodies and injured. identified dead include Barney Corcoran and Henry Case ae Hamilton. Wounded named Phillip Leon Fred Graham James Ingalls Jacob Ludwig John Dillon Joel Hamilton Edwin Morris J M Montgomery. Four others slightly hurt. Rail service resumed after track clearance.
In Hinckley Illinois last night masked men entered Merrill and Wagners store and post office. They bound the clerk and blew open a safe taking money stamps and jewelry. The bandits then stole a horse and buggy and escaped.
Constantinople reports the arrival of Sheikh Obeidullah at Moszsel arousing Ottoman Kurdish unrest. A Turkish force has been dispatched to restore order and security in the area.
In Washington police court Shaw pleaded to waive examination and was held in 2500 bail for grand jury action. Foot declined to waive and will answer tomorrow. Dickson foreman faces charges. lawyers plan to fight the waiver in court with a sensational claim. Wells, representing the government, seeks an early trial date after consulting a western lawyer.
A well to do farmer named Jasper Spaulding from three miles outside Raub Indiana killed his wife and son with a whip tree then cut their throats with a razor and wounded himself in a suicide attempt claiming financial trouble.
The first severe snowstorm of the season reaches across England with a heavy coast gale. A brig is missing with all hands off Stewes. a small vessel ashore in Stewes bay. another ship wrecked at Hoyle.
Paris reports Clemencian urged in the chamber to delay interpellation and now works to spread royalist doctrine and win converts, signaling continued party advocacy and agitation in French affairs.
Paris reports indicate President Grevy remains in critical condition with political circles weighing successor options. Gambetta General Chaney and Bresson are named in connection with the possible transition, with Bresson favored by moderates.
Northbrook presided at a meeting of liberal leaders in London to form a central political club. Members from all liberal factions attended including the Earl of Derby. Speakers ranged from moderate liberals to whigs and radicals.
In St. Petersburg on November 16 newspapers are forbidden to mention military rail construction or troop movements near the Russo Turkish frontier. The directive suppresses commentary on strategic mobilizations and railway plans amid the conflict.
St. Petersburg Nov. 16 Byron Giers Russian minister of foreign affairs began a tour to inspect and meet foreign courts across Europe. The journey aims to strengthen diplomatic ties and assess international positions during his travels.
The Albanian league has petitioned the government asking for Austrian forces to occupy Albania to prevent immediate danger to peace from the rising malcontents. The appeal signals external intervention amid regional instability.
In Chicago the United States circuit court judge Drum mond issues a final foreclosure decree for the Cleveland, Columbus & Indiana Central railway, with over 14 million dollars owed. The road must be sold as a whole for at least 13.5 million. New York reports Hannibal & St. Joe directors discuss a Gould system amalgamation with Missouri Pacific. Union Pacific President Dillon denies knowledge of rate cutting by pool lines amid pool tensions.
General Grant writes a magazine piece titled An Undeserved Stigma reviewing Gen Fitz John Porter. He moves from accusing Porter of guilt to asserting Porter’s complete innocence and urges the government and the nation to act quickly on Porter's behalf.
In Dublin on November 17 Patrick Casey was found guilty of murdering the Joyce family and sentenced to hang on December 17.
In Windom Minnesota two children aged 11 and 14 sons of Rev Gleason a local Methodist minister perished after breaking through Des Moines river ice while skating yesterday on November 16 in St Paul reporting city.
About one hundred men and women who have converted to Mormonism departed from Chattanooga for a new colony in Colorado. They come from across the southern states as the church reports seventy missionaries in the region and rapid growth in converts.
Vienna on November 16 reports the printers strike continuing with eighteen leading firms closing their establishments. Compositors demand a thirty percent wage increase.
A boiler in the steam ginning mill of N. G. McGehees twelve miles from Montgomery exploded yesterday. Three Black workers were instantly killed in the accident.
Cleveland dispatch reports operators and local mine leaders in Massillon Akron and Mahoning refuse to concede to miners demands for higher wages. They cite ample coal and a surplus of unemployed miners roaming the streets.
A man named Aslag living five miles from the village was found frozen to death two miles west of town this morning near Wylcott Dakota on November 16.
Keokuk Iowa reports the upper Mississippi navigation nearly shut down with reduced river traffic. Through the Keokuk draw in 1885 there have been 1 917 boats 901 barges and 440 rafts passing upriver or downriver signaling a decline from 1881 figures and crops affecting transport.
Albany Nov 16 application filed to the attorney general for a commencement action by the people of New York to vacate the Mutual Union Telegraph charter and dissolve the corporation. The suit cites a $10,000,000 capital stock far beyond the $1,200,000 legal limit and fraudulent issuance. Wells Fargo? No. (Note: The source mentions William Hendry Cameron and Jay Gould as relator participants.)
A freight train at the entrance to the Canada Southern yard in St Thomas Ontario was struck by an incoming freight. An engine and twelve cars were wrecked. Fireman Oaks and foreman Slogget were badly hurt.
Northbound freight on the St. Louis & Iron Mountain railroad fractured while climbing Hogan's mountain. The rear portion plunged down the slope at about sixty miles per hour. An assisting engine derailed en route back and was wrecked. Engineer, fireman, and a brakeman were injured.
The Edmunds commission in Salt Lake City names a mixed Canvassing Board and declares Caine with 23 039 votes, Van Zile 4 784, 12 scattering, from seven of 196 unheard precincts. Van Zile protests over ballot size and alleged polygamy. protests over certificate issuance are overruled. Commission sends full report to Secretary Teller.
During a morning test of a fire department water tower in New York an unknown man was killed when the tower overturned. George Sayre of Philadelphia was fatally injured and a bystander boy suffered a broken shoulder.
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