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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1888
Page
4
A mosaic of quotations and excerpts covers crime contagion theory, editorials, and scattered curiosities. Reports include M Aubry’s Contagiousness of Crime critique, weathered notices, social vignettes, and late 19th century cultural snippets from New York World and Harper's.
A fragmented series of notes describes Czar Alexander as intensely convinced, solitary yet engaging on topics of science and politics. He appears guarded by security, rarely reads newspapers, and relies on a European secretary to gather current events. The portrait emphasizes his strength, restraint, religiosity, and a tendency to view crime as a disease while showing leniency in some cases.
A long New York Sun piece surveys barber shop wisdom about shaving men by beard type age and skin. It notes baby faced youths have tender skin while fat men yield easier shaving and red beards with thin skin pose more trouble. It also covers professional image trends among pastors doctors brokers and actors and suggests barbers should tailor cuts to individual features and encourage client input.
A Boston Transcript observer recalls Captain G. Fe W of the Thirtieth Massachusetts losing his life at Cedar Creek while firing an antique revolver. The relics were later transferred home as three caps and bullets were carefully removed. Frederick Schwatka notes Greenland snow depths differ by region, while a Kansas City Journal reminiscence describes the muddy Main Street and the infamous booted sidewalk rider who splashes bystanders.
A fragmented report discusses a two dollar tax on each child born in Sruern Mexico and then pivots to a complex discussion of a local disease malaria like illness. It explores atmospheric moisture soil conditions and plant decay as factors and cites Carlyle and an English paper on a sad separation.
A sprawling, urgent prose piece paints New York gutters and tenements as brutal, crowded spaces where families live in squalor. It contrasts city cleanup efforts with stark scenes of sleeping on the streets, children’s hunger, and fragile shelter amid winter and summer heat.
FOR SALE Improved and Unimproved City Property on the best im streets in the city. Lots on the inside on street car lines and in outside additions. Suburban lots on the east side in Maple Grove addition. Business lots and business blocks for sale at special ins. Several fine tracts near the city for sub-dividing and plating. Improved farms and grass lands in all parts of the county, also ranches in this and adjoining counties. All parties wishing to buy would do well to call and examine my list before buying elsewhere.
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