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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1889
Page
5
A fragmented 1873 document notes authority to sell lands ceded by the Cherokee Nation, with references to swift executive power and act approvals. Includes weather bulletin snippets from Kansas and Washington areas, detailing high and low temperatures and wind directions.
A report from Cherokee commission member Au dade Wilson details a controversial effort to obtain Cherokee lands near the Arkansas river. He said a token sale valued at 1598 spurred by leaders could trigger a statewide vote or public decision. Local chiefs may resist, while Chickasyn interests watch closely.
Weather and crop report for the work ending Saturday August 2 160 issued by the signal office Washington City notes cool temperatures from the lake region to the gulf with above average dryness in parts and mixed precipitation trends. Harvest prospects improve across Minnesota Wisconsin and surrounding areas while central Tennessee and Missouri report variable moisture. The bulletin highlights favorable conditions for cotton and corn with regional variations and mentions a looming asylum scandal and political intrigue in this periodical.
Reports from Susvox describe London dock workers joined by other trades with Pickford & Co carmen and rat-way carmen abstaining from work. The Shropshire biscuit plant and several lines face stoppages, raising fears of broader disruption as mounted police prepare for escalating tensions.
Baseball results list multiple games with teams such as Cleveland, Kansas City, Cincinnati, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, and St Louis. Pitchers named Swartzel Seward Petrie Hughes Clarkson Kilroy and others are noted along with scores and venues in mid nineteenth to early twentieth century style reporting. Includes political notices and local affairs like Field release demand and pension board and a crime confession story from Mexico, Missouri.
A garbled Kansas News snapshot notes proposals for a sanitary crematory in Topeka and a $6,000,000 figure for yearly needs, plus scattered local mentions of Eureka ads, tomahawk curiosities, travel divides, road gaps in six counties, and Atchison depot openings planned for October. The piece preserves quirky regional chatter and assorted place names with little coherent narrative.
A crowded town tale unfolds as a drover and two men recruit a farmer’s boy to hoist a hog for bets. Bets soar, a church deacon exposes the scam, and chaos erupts with vandalism and a ruined vinegar factory as the trio escapes with winnings and the crowd pursues payback.
In Chicago on August A the attorney for O Sullivan warned of a separate trial to avoid prejudice if Cronin case proceeds with Woodrate. Proceedings note anticipated strategy and discuss admissibility of prior acts while Burke and Comlylin facing related charges. Deaths from jealousy reported in Missouri where Alma Hoffman killed after quarrel then alleged to have cut his wife.
Readable fragments describe a chaotic scene with a ticket seller confrontation and a railway context. The narrative mashes names, places, and quotes, hinting at a theft claim, travel mishap, and scattered references to trains, tickets, and a trial or investigation.
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