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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1889
Page
4
OCR text shows a jumble of political commentary and notices about pensions, European peace, and a stray ship tragedy. It references John Tyler, Topeka journals, and various figures and events, but readable facts are minimal. The piece feels like a mixed-page snapshot with scattered names, dates, and political discourse.
The Kansas City Times urges using the Missouri river steam line to relieve transportation woes, calling for merchant co operation to bind shippers to river freight. Railroads resist water routes, but a cooperative effort could cut annual shipping costs and spur heavy freight competition.
August disbursements reveal interest on bonds of major corporations totaling 2,717,508 with an increase from last year. Dividends payable reach 7,993,263 on 155,675,072 par value, plus stock increases of 81,255. Disbursements for interest and dividends by corporations estimate 15,230,711, plus municipal disbursements, to approach a monthly total near 3 million.
The Rev Father J XN Strassumier is famed for a projected major study of cuneiform paleography. He has nearly completed a work on Babylonian and Chaldean inscribed tablets detailing commerce, slave sales, marriages, dowries, temple accounts, and royal changes from Nebuchadnezzar to Cyrus. The document, dated in Nabonidus era, covers trade disruptions at Babylon and notes Cyrus’s ascent welcomed by priests, with dates tied to Hecatean calendars.
A mosaic of kansas life from Emporia to Topeka includes talk of school spending near 300000 annually, river and threshing notes, sleuthing thieves near depots, a Cheyenne Indian press visit, and quirky county reports. Mentions of fairs, circuses, civic projects, and crop figures show a lively if scattered panorama of late 19th century Kansas.
An archaic tale narrates how the Dutch king wooed and wed Princess Emma Adelaide of Holland. The king conducted negotiations personally, courting the young woman amid royal scrutiny and dynastic expectations, resulting in a union that pleased the empire and united two noble houses.
An old newspaper ad touts bargains at a White House of Innes and Ross shop offering gauze vests, ribbed underwear, and hosiery. It proclaims exclusive agents for Onyze Stainless Hosiery, Fauntleroy Kid gloves, and other items while urging customers to visit for wide selections and cheap prices.
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