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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1890
Page
6
In a family reunion tale a veteran recounts a perilous voyage near Madras. Harry Broughton, a young midshipman, helps a crew press through a deadly surf while a shark looms nearby and danger tests their seamanship and courage aboard a British ship.
A shipwreck survivor recalls Struggling in heavy surf as a crew fights to reach safety. Harry, a brave youth, sinks after a shark encircles the breaker's edge while the narrator battles currents. A rope救救 pulls him to a rescue boat, four crewmen perish, and Harry dies ashore near Madras.
A New York doctor states that five sixths of patients seeking treatment for catarrh trace its onset to colds begun in theatres and opera houses. He asserts that the average theatre is not a major source of colds sore throats pneumonia or consumption. Detroit Free Press.
A humorous Epoch item describes a man who, while his wife asks how he spends evenings, devises naan making schemes and jokes about a hat with clockwork. Winding the hat triggers a door, a bowing young man figure appears, sparing the wearer from removing the hat to greet acquaintances.
Cyrus W. Pieldi wore two watches in public display a elaborate timepiece valued at about 00 and a plain gold watch used merely to tell time. The showy piece drew viewer attention while the simpler watch served practical purpose.
A narrative recounts Malay and Dyak island groups near the Malay peninsula and Dorneo, pirates’ rendezvous, a mercantile brig fitted as a man of war, disguise as a tea barge, storm and calm, and a Dyak coastal encounter with five prahus engaging the ship with muskets and kris as the crew returns fire.
A ship reports heavy fighting with pirates offshore after boarding by 143 warriors. The brig fought with pistols and steel, destroyed prahas and sampans, burned villages, and engaged a pirate stronghold near Ara tora bay, ending with a brutal coastal bombardment and destruction of over a hundred insurgents.
Professor Todd discusses the solar eclipse expedition findings that the outer corona shows a periodicity matching the sunspot cycle. The author notes uncertainty about prior beliefs, acknowledging that earlier conclusions may have been incorrect.
Readable fragments describe a distressed speaker addressing Cunno about many diseases and concerns. The text hints at a discussion of illness and health in a casual, garbled dialogue. No clear events, names, dates, or locations are established.
A garbled text fragment references at the zoo and a keeper dialogue about a potential job. Unclear context, with stray phrases including nun and sage and an odd phonetic stream. No verifiable names, dates, or concrete events emerge from the readable bits.
Poem excerpt by Algernon Charles Swinburne from Lady shows dawns dim on soft water and a lover’s praise of love and sea. Rich imagery likens sea and life to a fleeting joy, death and forgiveness, with musical cadence and mythic tone throughout.
A young man named Dicky Hart, sent to India with a good salary, marries secretly to a woman older than him. He faces harsh conditions, small pay, and family pressures as he adjusts to a hard colonial life, sending money home while managing debt and housing in crowded quarters.
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