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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1889
Page
10
A satirical weekly note highlights the dangers of judging in California and umpiring in baseball. It mentions King Kalakaua considering abdication, Boulanger’s chance, Russia expanding ironclads and torpedo fleets, Europe’s fragile peace, and an American rail syndicate buying Berlin rails for Chile projects amid Depew’s rumored political move away from railroads.
Thomas A. Evisoux, now in Paris, weighs a long eastern voyage in September or October. He has labored long and hard and desires vacation. Business ties may hinder departure, but he hopes to travel if possible and return refreshed for further laboratory work.
A citizen quarrel arises over a rival paper's reports about the Averill lynching and a supposed clash among the soldiers of the Seventeenth Infantry. The author accuses the other paper of sensationalism and Mormon commerce schemes while criticizing its leadership and influence.
The public awaits Justice Field's ruling on the killing by Deputy Marshal Nagle. The piece argues the act was justifiable and laments violence as a substitute for lawful process, warning that armed judges undermine government authority and the rule of law.
Editorial correspondent recounts an Ogden mayoral delegation traveling toward Yellowstone with Governor Warren and other dignitaries. The piece notes Bear River project plans, asphalt sidewalk contracts, and urban growth as Ogden expands while expressing views on local governance and police regulation. The Beaver Canon trip ends with plans to explore Snake River scenery and park highlights.
The Sun lauds the Leader for condemning last council tax on provisions and calls Cheyenne an expensive city hindering immigration. It cites rising living costs, freight rates, wages, and reliance on imports, urging industrial growth and lower costs for workers and producers. It notes Montana politics and steamship racing debates alongside tensions with Mormons and Indians.
The sentence for Mrs. Maybrick has been commuted from hanging to life imprisonment. The change reduces the punishment but keeps a severe outcome.
Joan L. Sullivan regards his experience in a Mississippi court as the finest advertisement he has ever received.
The article satirizes the German lieutenant as highly vain and fastidious. It details his ornate mustache routine, daily hair care, and perfumed appearance, then follows him from cafe to Unter den Linden, where civilians bow in deference and he flirts with women, dominating social scenes and provoking scandal.
If you cannot travel this summer, bring rest into your home. Close blinds during heat and use airy curtains. A refined lady saved money over three weeks to buy six yards of fabric at six cents per yard, then improvised with an old broom handle as a curtain rod.
Instructional passages advise improving cooling through ventilation alcohol stoves awnings piazza chairs and vines. Suggestions include arranging family plans to enhance comfort serving cool dishes flowers on the table and inviting tidiness to create inviting spaces amid heat. A separate account describes a dramatic desert sandstorm or gobaha, detailing towering sand columns and the devastating effect on surroundings and travelers.
The passage argues that fear of death is a superstition and that heroic humanity rejects terror. It recalls Philip in a vast 125000-strong host and urges facing dawn with courage, asserting mortality is a trivial accident of existence and that reason yields to deeper consciousness.
A Century ad quotes Ballamy on air of DaLtIGHerds and the breath of Philip as a remedy for fear and cowardice, arguing such elixirs cannot be gathered or preserved to reinvigorate men in times of war.
A survey of marriage customs from ancient times to early modern periods. It notes ceremonies in Rome and Judea, ring symbolism, veil use, betrothal practices, and notable anecdotes about spouses choosing for wealth, silk, or social aims.
A youth demonstrated a penny based trick to defeat a weighing machine in Detroit. The device printed exact weights from a nickel or a button test, revealing the folly of tampering with a costly machine and leaving the inventor with losses.
A Pittsburgh physician tells a Dispatch writer that long daily climbs in hill districts of Pittsburgh and Allegheny cause bow legs. He explains descent shifts body weight onto the knees and ankles, relaxing joints and producing crooked limbs, with no simple cure except leaving hills.
A 16 year old Newark New Jersey boy named David Pickering is described as likely to injure himself by diving over a stick, with the feat claimed to clear five feet six inches head first, landing on his hands and then his back without a mattress to cushion the impact.
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