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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1888
Page
4
The page cites Kansas election tensions with calls over law and order, noting figures in Wichita and Topeka. It mentions Senator Allison, President Cleveland, and the Harpers Weekly discussion, plus rail labor strife, a Gresham reference, and various local officials amid a broad political climate.
Dispatches from Oskaloosa announce a city ticket composed entirely of women. The Capital predicts a splendid record for the new administration while denouncing the move as fanatical and likely to bankrupt the town. The piece mocks the town as dull and dominated by cranks, arguing no capable man would invest there.
Mr G W Dunn Gray county attorney visited the city and shared data on Ingalls Kansas. Ingalls sits on the Santa Fe line near the Eureka canal head, irrigation to Lodce City expected this season. A sugar mill project is under consideration to process sorghum harvested in the county. Gray county gains support from A T Soule of Rochester and others, with robust farming, seedings of corn and oats, and a hopeful economy driven by thrifty citizens and new development in southern Kansas.
United States Consul DuPre at San Salvador reports a vivid, if sprawling, portrait of El Salvador. The narration covers volcanic lakes, craters, an inland railway, dense population, Aztec and Spanish ancestry, farm crops, and a transisthmian route promising cheaper coal shipments and easier continental travel, with implications for U.S. commercial reach.
A historical account discusses grape selection focusing on early ripening and hardiness, praising varieties like Concord and Delaware, with notes on care, market value, and shipping limits. It shifts to pig farming, weighing pigs against fruit production, and advises winter housing and feeding strategies for best profits. It also covers strawberries, berries, and orchard practices, stressing mulching, plant spacing, and soil care.
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