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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1877
Page
10
A compilation notes Admiralty orders for torpedo boats, California constitutional framing, and shifts in U S politics. It covers Cuba's war costs, timber theft probes, New Jersey and Newell political race, labor strife at Pennsylvanian railways, and temperance narratives tied to Murphy the revivalist.
A Chicago Times fragment laments Poor Crazy Horse fashioned to kill, praising his youth yet condemning his reckless behavior. It critiques whiskey and gin influence and pleads for pardon and compassion rather than scorn.
Dr W Tanner reports coca as a bashfulness cure for shy individuals, making them appear confident before strangers. The drug’s energizing effects ease low spirits and may be boosted by combining it with an alkali to dissolve active principles. Boston Journal of Chemistry.
Crazy Horse was one of the era’s most noted Indian chiefs, about thirty years old, who eschewed reservations and fought as a marauder. He led skirmishes against soldiers and civilians, was agile, wary, and valued for his savage resolve. He surrendered after Spotted Tail urged it, and his death marked his nephew’s claimed relation.
The passage celebrates the arrival of cooler air as a sign of renewed life and vigor, noting how autumn stirs action and health while foreseeing winter’s chill. It extols the pleasant, crisp days and the anticipation of warm clothing, leaves, and fruit, stressing that every season has its merit and rewards.
American marksmen jump in testing at Creedmoor with General Dakin scoring 215 of 225 the best Creedmoor mark. Col Dudley Selph of New Orleans achieves a perfect 15 bullseyes at 800 yards and total 210 at 800 900 and 1000 yards. Eight of ten Americans exceed 200. British struggle with heat and range as Selph’s 219 point record stirs selection debate.
James Ives, a bank bookkeeper from Ogdensburg New York, shoots 216 at 24 July and tallies 508 of 625 across 24 July to 16 August including 75 at 800 and 900 yards and 1,000 yard trials, rivaling top American team figures and matching Colonel Selph.
A Philadelphia Press note explains that sleeping cars are unappealing to women Nell Snead would avoid unfastening buckles and exposing makeup and garments. Mirrors in berths amplify self-consciousness, making morning visibility a social obstacle.
Capt. Walker known as the man with the branded hand and praised by Whittier lives in a shanty on Black Lake in Muskegon County Michigan. What remains of him is mortal and suffers for life's necessities.
An informer tells Richelieu of free expressions about him. The Cardinal questions the affair and orders his page to eject the man, ringing his bell to signal the punishment.
A sober Rock Island resident strapped a yoke to his neck with a bull on the other end to prove usefulness. The bull dragged him toward a crowd by the Illinois street country store as the man jumped sixteen feet and urged the crowd to beware. He shouted encouragement and then demanded the yoke be removed, insisting he would stand unyoked.
The writer argues that anti Christian reformers, by demolishing old creeds and teaching moral discipline, clear a path to a purer Christianity. Swedenborg is cited as a century old founder of a New Jerusalem destined to be inhabited by righteousness.
The late Mr Davenport preferred Othello for audience sympathy and enjoyed Brutus in Julius Caesar, having played it 222 times with Mr Barrett as Cassius. He recalled leaving his dressing-room door open to hear the play and credited his success to hard, grinding work.
A Danbury News item notes a wife’s distress over wearing a brown hat with striped silk, captioning it as evidence that women possess finer feelings and are more easily upset. a husband’s shock at the fashion mishap highlights social pressures on women.
The Cheyenne Weekly Leapon outlines a club offer detailing membership benefits, pricing, and sign up steps. The notice emphasizes exclusive access, early event invites, and member networking opportunities for potential applicants.
A collage of miscellaneous items reports on a six George Washingtons in Pennsylvania prisons, shipboard attire for ocean travel, new stationery envelopes, Japanese silk fans, a New York church vendor, and other curious bits. It also covers Paris tramways and hospitals, sea bathing critiques, satire about a Crawford and Osman, cattle-killing in Kansas City, and political chatter on speakers led by Randall, suffrage in Colorado, and a reshuffling of the Indian Commissioner post.
A vivid anecdote recalls Changarnier calmly mounted in a hail of bullets during a narrow ravine attack. He jokes about moving his coat collar to shield himself as officers warn him to take precautions.
An advertisement extols MinxtcAn Mus Tang Liniment as the universal remedy for pain and injury. It claims effectiveness on human sores and animal injuries alike, promising rapid relief from burns, sprains, cuts, and other harms, asserting it saves lives and restores livestock profitability.
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