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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1888
Page
6
Traders watched late session activity push futures higher then erode, with bullish sentiment on some crops while overall declines persisted. Reports described mixed demand, with Liverpool Wheat futures helped by northwestern crop woes and scattered selling by smaller holders before the close.
Fragmented rail timetable and related notices referencing Midland Railway entries, passenger fare notes, and several unrelated proper names. Includes scattered mentions of addresses, firms, and individuals with no cohesive event beyond a timetable listing.
A humorous sketch notes a gentleman’s store bill misread as ten carloads of potatoes, sparking town chatter. The column slips into miscellany about starch, a note on a trial cure via diet, and a brief jab at medical fads, ending with a Philadelphia Lodger fragment.
Fragmented OCR notes compare European railway mileage by country, stating Germany leads Europe in rail tiles and Britain and Ireland second, with France trailing. It claims England has more milwar tiles per area, and US figures mention twenty five miles per 10,000 inhabitants with Poland and Germany noted, from a New York Commercial Advertiser clipping.
A fragment from a New Orleans Picayune item quotes a crown prince describing a scene with a weeping reformer and contrasts women and men. The exact context and names are unclear in the readable text.
C. J. Jones known as Buffalo Jones led a seven man party from Ganien City to corral the final herd of Texas buffalo near Garden City. The wild group of about two dozen plus calves were integrated with fifty two domesticated buffaloes on Jones's 1500 acre Kansas ranch. Crossbred stock with buffalo traits offers hardy meat and skins worth $50 per hide, while expansion into breeding aims to revolutionize range cattle. A Winnipeg area rival, S. L. Bedson, polishes similar crossbreeding in Manitoba with modest early market returns. Jones plans to grow one hundred head of Galloway cows to pair with buffalo stock on the Garden City ranch.
Fragment from a Grees Peper reports on a synthetic stone dubbed Artifcial STE. Arillensik, claiming its properties may mimic silk and jewelry. It references manufacturing steps, chemical additives, and overall novelty while noting public skepticism and mixed sources.
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