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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1888
Page
3
A patchwork of OCR text covers diverse topics from science notes on human needs to excerpts of letters and remarks about Lincoln and slavery documents. It includes scattered historical references, museum notes, and social observations with many garbled phrases and embedded quotes.
A San Gabriel area cork oak study notes California trees adapting well, producing cork and acorns age variations, with shipments to Canada and New England. The piece discusses harvesting bark after about ten years, processing steps, and a yearly import of cork woodings from New York totaling around 70,000 bales worth about 1,000,000 dollars. It also covers a New York Evening Sun report on a cigarette factory, tobacco sourcing, and the working conditions of laborers.
A Chicago cockroach killer describes his methods and clients for hotel, restaurant, and store pest control. He explains powder and blowing agents, pricing from $40 to $100, and notes hotels and eateries struggle with bedbugs and roaches. The piece profiles an older German man with a longtime office, discussing methods, safety concerns, and evolving vermin threats.
Fragmentary account describes Lawrence Barrett recounting a Lear tale about Forrest in St Louis. The veteran actor, frail yet defiant, insisted he is a Lear not Hamlet, facing critics and fading vitality as public patience tests his fame.
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