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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1889
Page
8
The article traces chair origins from primitive log seats to symbolic royal thrones. It cites ancient kings like Solomon and Assyrian imagery to illustrate dignity attached to chairs and notes chairs remained rare in homes, reserved for insignia of office rather than daily use.
The text traces the chair’s rise from a church symbol of bishoply authority to a common home item. It discusses early cathedra use in catacombs, St Peters chair, and sanctuary stools, then explains seating ranks, sanctuary rules, and the gradual shift to pews and domestic chairs. It notes Hexham and Beverly memorials, 17th century reforms, and a vivid Edinburgh scene with Jenny Geddes.
A discussion of historic chairs, notably Westminster Abbeys coronation chair housing Lia Fail, its Celtic origins at Tara and Scone, and a note on the stone’s authenticity. The piece cites Cromwell’s use of the chair and explains the Lia Fail legend with regional traditions from Ireland Scotland and Scotland's Pictish rulers. It ends with a brief item about a little girl with a broken arm and her nurse’s explanation of bone knitting.
A Sun letter debates the meaning of womanly woman through opinions of men on qualities like gentleness empathy and physique. It names Mrs Kendal Georgia Dann van Mary Moore Modjeska Lillian Russell Jane Hadling and Mary Eastlake as examples, while Ellen Terry Ada Rehan and Sarah Bernhardt are viewed as not. The piece concludes the term is a manly understanding and celebrates gentleness as essential.
A diary style note contrasts Ukrainian customs where women court men with the Isthmus of Darien where men and women marry quickly. It mentions a clergyman counting three to make a pair and cites witty lines from Mérsburg and Puck.
A Bret Harte style vignette on a deserted railroad station where a nameless stationmaster recalls a lost train. The narrator and others stand mute in gloom as a distant cry signals a train’s approach and a man is killed that evening.
The piece recounts the 19th century confrontation between James Hamilton of Jackson Mississippi and Roderick Gambrell amid Prohibition era tensions. Hamilton, a five foot six inch Democrat and businessman, faced attacks from Gambrell’s newspaper and Baptist aligned group. After persistent public denigration Hamilton faced a fatal encounter following a southbound Illinois Central train arrival, near a bridge just outside town.
Opie P Read recounts a southern Arkansas belief that animal souls inhabit humans after death. A plantation man recalls living as a panther and narrates a violent encounter when a man killed his family, illustrating a vivid tale of animal souls and intergenerational memory in the Black community.
A shocking midnight confrontation on a bridge erupts into gunfire and a brutal fight. Grambrell and Hamilton are found dead amid bloodied corpses, with a lone survivor left near life and death weeks later, no witnesses to the details of the clash.
An elderly speaker recalls a dreamlike sequence where light fills a room as a song and banjo play. He wakes to see hens at the barn and redbirds nesting while men work and women warn. He reflects on transforming from animal to man and wonders what lies beyond the present identity.
A young man asks for a private audience, claiming a desire to marry the boss’s daughter Molly after four years with the firm. The boss misreads the motive as a salary request, then dismisses it, while a side pitch for a novel nickel in the slot machine scheme is noted by the paper.
The Burlington announces a series of promotions following the resignation of General Superintendent D E Thompson. J R Phelan becomes superintendent between Ravenna and Newcastle, with Hiland moving to his post and E Zook and Parsons altering train master roles. Leadership shifts also place E Bignell and W O English in top posts, while Crosby, Swartz, and Fall fill key freight and executive roles. The Denver Republican notes the merit based promotions.
A Washington dispatch reports Senator Plumb recommended postponing the bill to create two additional land offices in Wyoming and favoring the Sundance land district. Senator Hoar endorsed increasing US district court judges’ salaries to 5000 dollars. A Wyoming Improvement company circular promotes Bessemer as Natrona county seat and future Wyoming capital with a colored map.
Charles W. Rodgers files in the district court of the first judicial district in Laramie County for dissolution of marriage to Addie J. Rodgers a non resident of Wyoming Territory with last known Salt Lake City address. Respondent must answer by March 18 1890 as required by court clerk Carroll and Clerk of District Court H Crane.
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