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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1887
Page
2
A long column mixes notes on unclaimed Hartford bank deposits, William Davis of St. Louis, presidential letters, heat waves, Wichita growth, Kansas City politics, and a broad survey of political and social topics. It includes Texas Democrats shifting on prohibition, a booming Southern cotton forecast, Kansas City real estate chatter, and stateside climate commentary from the era.
The New York Trips report the death of William Reynnlds oldest veteran, who would have turned 100 on December 21. Born in Monroe, New York, his father served in the Revolutionary War and was a farmer. The other veteran mentioned was severely wounded at Fort Montgor, left for dead, but recovered. Reynnlds spent his final years involved in a trucking business after leaving farming, reflecting on frontier life and wartime service.
Fragmentary OCR text references incompetence in justice and a rally. No clear names, dates, places, or events are readable. The readable bits imply a claim of fault in the justice system and a related gathering, but specifics are unavailable.
The article condemns two year penitentiary terms as too lenient for county boodlers and merchants who paid bribes. It portrays jurors trading verdicts to spare some officials, while others escape with nominal punishments. It calls public opinion the final judge on justice.
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