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Newspaper

Wichita Eagle

Location

Wichita, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1887

Page

7

Land Auction Flyer for Ashland Clark County

A vintage sale prospectus lists multiple rural parcels near Ashland in Clark County with prices per acre ranging from modest to premium. It notes soil types, proximity to towns, cultivation values, and potential improvements plus offered credits and references at local banks for buyer information.

Clark County Ashland Cnet Jani Ashiend Ned Wall Chirk County Cory Ant State Bank Winton & Beate Bank Kanes Medicine Lodge Kanan Adden

Mourning customs and funeral pageant details in nineteenth century Britain

A survey of late Victorian funeral practices notes hired mourners in black attire weeping on doorsteps while discussing politics. It describes elaborate funerary flowers from Africa and China made wreaths under glass, open or dark hearse arrangements, and the rise of American style carriages. Also mentions Roman rites, banquets for mourners, and the odd habit of keeping bodies longer than in America.

Great Britain Sierra Lawton America Africa Cape Maine

Mosquito bites and battlefield fires in Civil War scenes

The excerpt discusses variations in reaction to mosquito bites and a theory of their venom, along with a note on their ecological role. It also vividly describes a Civil War battlefield moment at the Wilderness and the Somme like distress, including wounds, grass fires, and a dramatic charge to aid the fallen amid chaotic combat.

Lint Albany England Coleoptera Readman Mme. Culex Boston Herald the Po Confederans Second Corps Carrail Thare H. L. Shober & CO Douglas Ave Shober Arkansas Valley

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