This just in! Well, "just in" 135 years ago. Chanced across a copy of the Cheyenne, Wyoming newspaper The Cheyenne Daily Sun that was published in May of 1891
The eight page issue seems to have covered the days from Sunday, May 24th until Tuesday, May 26th of 1891 as the date on the front page reads May 24th while the date on the last page reads May 26th.
Incidentally, the Cheyenne Daily Sun was published from 1876 until 1895, at which time it merged with a competitor and became the Cheyenne Daily Sun - Leader.
The Daily Sun was apparently known for advocating civic improvements, as well as very short synopsis of local and national events, and some unusual reprints of stories from other Newspapers printed in such far-flung cities such as Chicago and Philadelphia.
On the front page there are short paragraphs that briefly describe current events from all over the world.
Here are a few, transcribed word-for-word (yeah, the copyrights expired on these gems decades ago).
Yale and Princeton Ball Game
New Haven, May 23. - The Yale-
Princeton championship ball game
here to-day was one of the hardest
fought that the two teams have ever
played. When defeat seemed inevit-
able for Yale, the Princeton men be-
came rattled and as a result the score
at the end stood: Yale 4, Princeton 1.
Sentenced to Death
Nancy, May 23. - Meunier, ex-officer
of customs, arrested May 14 at Lan-
dres charged with a number of crimes.
Was to-day sentenced to death.
Faith Curists Routed
Winchester, Ind., May 23. A band
of faith curists were driven out of Los
Antville to-day. The people of the
place became enraged over the fact
that they allowed a little child to die
of scarlet fever, refusing to get a
physician.
Economy Needed
Rome, May 23. - The pope is taking
steps to secure greater economy of ex-
penditures at the vatican. He has
appointed a commission of cardinals
charged to do their utmost to effect a
reduction in expenses.
Dalton Brothers Captured
Oklahoma City, O.T., May 23. -
The Dalton brothers gang that rob-
bed the Santa Fe passenger train at
Wharton station, were captured last
Friday evening in the Sac and Fox
reservation, after a nineteen hour fight
by United States deputy marshals,
aided by a detachment of Fifth cav-
alry. One of the Daltons was killed
and one soldier wounded.
A Fraud Exposed
Chicago, May 23. - A dispatch from
Des Moines says the Federal grand
jury has returned indictments against
J.J. Kellogg, S.J. Kellogg and E
R. Hodges of Washington, Ia., for
using the mails for fraudulent pur-
poses. For a year or more they have
been advertising all over the country
for bright young men to act as pri-
vate detectives and many gullible
youths have paid $10 for a certificate
of membership of the agency and a
nickel-plated star worth 50 cents.
Corbett Challenged
San Francisco, May 23. - Jim Cor-
bett to-day received a telegram from
the New Orleans Olympic club, offer-
ing a $12,000 purse for a fight between
him and Slavin. Corbett replied that
he would be in New York in two
weeks and would talk fight. He
states that he will probably not en-
gage in another contest for a year,
when he will be larger and stronger.
The Murderers Lynched
Shreveport, La., May 23. - Wm.
and John Anderson, colored, who
held the girl Jane Ware on a railroad
track until the train killed her, were
pursued by a posse of negroes, cap-
tured and hanged.
Shooting Affray
Omaha, May 23. - News comes from
Keya Paha county of a bloody shoot-
ing affray in which Schuyler Dayton
was killed and John Rivers fatally
wounded by George Covill. The
trouble grew out of a quarrel over
some stock and jealousy over alleged
intimacy of Dayton with Rivers' wife.
And finally, this gem:
May Have Been Scared To Death
New York, May 23. - Nicholas
Gaulrapp, a German, 27 years old,
died early this morning in frightful
agony, and Deputy Coroner Jenkins
says his death was caused either
by hydrophobia or pseudo-hydropho-
bia. Gaulrapp went out walking the
evening of April 26 and received a
bite on the thumb from a small dog.
A few days ago he complained of a
headache and faceache. His friends
told him that the ache came from the
dog bite and the young man began to
get nervous. Wednesday morning he
said that he could not take a swallow
of water. The man died in great
agony. Dr. Jenkins, who made an
autopsy to-day, was unable to say
if hydrophobia existed, and is in-
clined to think that the man was
frightened into a fatal imitation of
hydrophobia.
Nothing new under the sun, eh?
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