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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1887
Page
1
A brief notice states readiness for early fall buyers after a week of reception. It notes inventory and preparations completed last week, with emphasis on urgency for shoppers seeking seasonal items. Specific entities or locations are not provided in the readable text.
Coroner jury verdict at Chatsworth holds section foreman Timothy Coughlin responsible for leaving fires along the track and failing to inspect bridges, while exonerating railroad management for the Niagara Falls excursion wreck that killed Mrs. Duckett and injured others. Additional reports describe a near-sabotage attempt on a Galena division train, a Mexican Central strike disrupting service, and a Cleveland and Pittsburgh line incident where Chicago Express No. 5 jumped the track near Alliance Ohio. one killed, three seriously hurt.
A patchwork of short items reports on Pratt, Syracuse, and New York incidents. An elevator tragedy in New York leaves one dead and three injured while Adeline Handy, a 16 year old, is linked to a sensational Chicago case. Weather notes for Missouri and Kansas accompany local dispatches from Pratt Manhattan Newton and Atchison. Reports mention labor conventions in New York and political tensions, plus coal mining strikes, horse theft arrests, and a missing woman case in Lakeview. Obituaries note Lert Rosenfield’s death and Florist conventions near Syracuse. A renowned phrenologist, Professor Fowler, has died at his home in Sharon, Connecticut.
A special train will depart Wellington and Wichita and connect with the regular train at Halstead, details specify routes and arrival times for transfer, offering passengers an integrated service.
Fireman James W Smith testifying after a Baltimore and Ohio train collision near Queenstown describes brake failure and loss of control. He says air brakes failed, engine attempted to regain momentum, and the train clipped speed before derailment. Coroner Patterson Degen opened an inquest into the death yesterday.
A chaotic August dispatch details a cabinet meeting at the White House with only two secretaries present. It covers frontier cavalry movements, Ute and Sioux tensions, Fort Wayne, and warnings of a decisive Indian conflict, plus a new transport accident in New York and an elevator collapse in a city building.
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