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August 22, 1882
The Cheyenne Daily Leader
Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming
What is this article about?
Newspaper column on Will L. Visscher's 'Confessions of a Bohemian' featuring Cheyenne experiences in Pomeroy's Great West, a critique of inconsistent local yarn-writing, and Cheyenne councilman Timothy O'Brien's New York visit inspiring talks on public improvements.
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Pomeroy's Great West is running Will L. Visscher's "Confessions of a Bohemian," and the last chapter is devoted to a pleasant relation of pleasant Cheyenne experiences. There are other indications of Visscher's versatile pen in the columns of the Great West.
Here is something, but if the writer had any kindly feelings for the Magic City or an idea of consistency, why didn't he fill in "Laramie City" or "Fort Collins" after he had manufactured his yarn?
CHEYENNE BRILLIANTS.
Our sister city of Cheyenne, a little more than 100 miles north of Denver, has in its common council two sagacious Irishmen who are really public spirited men. Some time since, Timothy O'Brien, one of them, went to New York, and while there as a member of the Cheyenne Board of Alderman, visited as much of New York as he could see, and was a portion of the time ciceroned by a member of the New York Common Council. On his return to Cheyenne, at a meeting of the Council, Mr. O'Brien talked on public improvements. During his talk he said:
"I was in New York and I saw enough to convince me that New York is ahead"
Here is something, but if the writer had any kindly feelings for the Magic City or an idea of consistency, why didn't he fill in "Laramie City" or "Fort Collins" after he had manufactured his yarn?
CHEYENNE BRILLIANTS.
Our sister city of Cheyenne, a little more than 100 miles north of Denver, has in its common council two sagacious Irishmen who are really public spirited men. Some time since, Timothy O'Brien, one of them, went to New York, and while there as a member of the Cheyenne Board of Alderman, visited as much of New York as he could see, and was a portion of the time ciceroned by a member of the New York Common Council. On his return to Cheyenne, at a meeting of the Council, Mr. O'Brien talked on public improvements. During his talk he said:
"I was in New York and I saw enough to convince me that New York is ahead"
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Historical Event
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Will L Visscher
Confessions Of A Bohemian
Cheyenne
Timothy O Brien
New York
Public Improvements
Common Council
What entities or persons were involved?
Will L. Visscher
Timothy O'brien
Where did it happen?
Cheyenne, New York
Story Details
Key Persons
Will L. Visscher
Timothy O'brien
Location
Cheyenne, New York
Story Details
Pomeroy's Great West runs Visscher's 'Confessions of a Bohemian' with a chapter on Cheyenne experiences and other works; critique of a writer's inconsistent location use in a yarn; Cheyenne councilman O'Brien visits New York, guided partly by a council member, returns to discuss public improvements, noting New York's advancement.