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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1883
Page
8
A garbled page fragment mentions orders by mail, awards, and vigorator terms, plus references to age restoration and a price list. It hints at health cures, clothing, and police street activity, but the text is incomplete with many distorted names and places.
A verse examines a woman described as both radiant and dangerous. The speaker rails against lovers who idealize her, asserting her beauty masks a volatile, unruly nature with intense eyes and lips, and warns that declarations of exclusive affection are lies.
An editorial argues for Spartan training to prepare boys for college life. It condemns hazing and cruel college practices, urges better preparatory schooling in self defense, and warns that without training boys become vicious savages ready to harm others.
Detroit woman Mrs Custer cannot view Mulvaney’s Custer portrait due to a swoon during a Chicago screening. She praises the artist’s life study and insists the work would be commendable despite her inability to judge it, while she rests in Detroit for health reasons and plans to resume her charitable labors in New York.
A Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt explains underwater visibility varies by water and light. It notes 40 to 70 feet typical vision, electric lights extend range, and diver candles era tests in the Mississippi bridge project show pressure effects with candles relighting after being extinguished at depth.
A man on a Second avenue car asked if anyone dropped a fifty cent piece in the straw. Several passengers admitted ownership, then the man urged them to search for it before others find it, before alighting as the crowd hid behind their papers.
The narrator notes a saying about judging by eyes is flawed as a mole lacks an eye. He claims the mole still has more sense than a toad and observes people stare at you for ten minutes without blinking.
The remark states that classical education neglects the powers of some minds and wastes others. It adds a bold assertion that there are 50,000 post offices in the United States.
A letter argues real life resembles fiction more than refined realism. A Genoese lover, a treacherous mistress, and a dramatic pursuit unfold near a Tuscan village. The writer contends love and dramatic fate are as genuine as Trollope or James and denounces the era’s timid “fictitious realism.”
A scene in an Austin photograph studio where an old woman and her unprepossessing daughter Partheny seek a flattering portrait. The mother pressuring the photographer to alter complexion, ears, nose, air, and pose, while discussing cabinet prints and the cost of four dollars a dozen.
The story centers on a New York Times report of President Rutter testing courtesy on a Hudson River train. A brakeman fails to recognize him, giving polite nods when asked questions. Rutter exposes the lapse, warns of dismissal for repeats, and spares the employee only to protect his mother.
John H. Steel born 1800 in Cocke County Tennessee and Job Hampton born 1801 in the same county met in California Missouri at Burkhardt's store after sixty-five years. Steel recalls a severe fight with Andrew Johnson in a Nashville tailor shop over ill fitting clothes and a midnight clash before witnesses.
A woman speaks to a prominent colored gentleman, delivering dire medical news about his son. The doctor has struggled for five weeks before finally giving up, while the heart of the family remains steadfast despite hardship and mockery.
In a plate from an older issue a painter misrepresents the Flying Dutchman as the wrecked crew stares at a spectral ship. A naval officer notes the error that the Dutchman should sail windward, not against it, exposing the painter's unfamiliarity with the legend.
A Russian resident of a Bessarabian province is proclaimed 130 years old and in perfect health. Report notes his hair has turned a greenish color from white.
A squad of revenue officers visits a mountain squatter to buy land details amid distrust of federal rules. The squatter, Bob Blakemore, feigns ignorance and hides with his family as misdirection unfolds, while the officers probe the settlement and depart.
A New York letter notes Vanderbilt's vast estate includes Wagner car stock yielding 80 to 40 percent and possibly $1000 daily. The investment, which grew since partnership with Wagner, is called one of the era’s prettiest. The Nebraska reward of 2000 dollars for finding a paying coal vein is mentioned.
A compact note summarizes stock and mining activity in the western region, highlighting market shifts, commodity prices, and notable company movements. It records price changes, key players, and brief sector signals affecting investors and miners.
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