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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1889
Page
2
AText fragment reports a mile time near a former best, noting a three-quarters second gain and an owner offering 100000 dollars. Mentions Richie Wilkes, Monis Park races, and other sporting items, plus a weather bulletin with temperatures and winds.
Mounts Pann New York August 11 reports a cloudy sky at Morris Park where the gaited show featured the renowned stallion Axtell. The horse broke 2:0–mile pace records, beating prior marks and set as the standout event of the day with spectators noting the fast time and strong performances by other entries.
Talny the count George Durning details a Chicago affair tied to a fortune. A young man blackmailed, jailed for burglary, and a financier's daughter sparked visits to a mansion until arrests, trials, and shifting sentences exposed a complex romance and motives behind the crime.
A dispatch from Colville Washington reports Special Agent Welton's reply to an inquiry about arresting murderers on the Colville reservation. District Attorney Jones refused to prosecute, citing lack of grand jury action and public expense. Indian affairs may pursue enforcement measures as needed. The piece then promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a preventive tonic against digestive and fever-related ailments.
The unreadable text mixes a violent incident description with a court examination note and an application denial by a railroad commerce committee. References include a fight scene ending with Devine being knocked out, a future examination date, and an Interstate Commerce Commission discussion on commodity rates and transit competition.
A brawny veteran asks for his name in Indianapolis as President Harrison leaves the New Denison hotel in a 3:45 carriage procession. The party includes Attorney General Miller and others, with crowds cheering along the depot route. The train then travels toward Cincinnati, passing sites tied to Harrison’s past before reaching Cincinnati at 6:02, then continuing to Baltimore and beyond.
English officials signal willingness to negotiate with the United States to settle the Behring Sea dispute after Alaska Commercial Company's contract ends. A Canadian vessel seizure issue and a potential information commission were noted by a fisheries official. Meanwhile telegrams from Ottawa and Victoria influenced government contacts as pressure mounts for a timely resolution.
A historical survey traces famed diminutive figures from Geoffrey Hudson to Tom Thumb. It covers duels of horseback, royal favor, and daring escapades, with notes on Warren Bump and the Matron in Miniature. The piece blends legends with biographical snippets of 18th and 19th century dwarfs and their public entertainments.
A compact guide on crafting fiction outlines key steps for aspiring writers. It discusses character focus and plot shaping, urging discipline and practice to improve craft.
A hazy satirical scene features a rich American spending 100,000 on a painting scorned by French buyers, with colorful mottoes and backstage chatter. A montage follows of conversations about encounters at a marble cutter convention, blending wit, mischief, and social satire with names and venues hinted in the overheard exchanges.
Fragment from a biography traces Col. Jack Hays birth near Hermitage Hickory Teas and early life in Texas. It covers his family, schooling, youthful courtship trials, migration west, and public attention as a famed Texas ranger amid Civil War era memory.
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