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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1888
Page
10
A condensed recounting of a Confederate prisoner’s daring midnight escape from Andersonville and a subsequent long trek to freedom. He describes disguise, hunger, pursuit by Union and Confederate forces, and aid from Black and White locals before reaching safety near Columbus and ultimately Tuskegee.
Mattie and Dolly, two sisters, toil in shabby clothes while dreaming of a luckier life. Mattie pursues a plan to hire out as a housekeeper to a writer seeking domestic help, hoping to find work and relief for their struggling family.
A garbled account describes a black policeman and a white woman in a tense incident. The narrative shifts to a disturbing scene about a beheaded mannequin and a guillotine. It references a doctor, a severed head, and alleged movements of a crowd as a journalist quotes a provocative claim.
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