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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1889
Page
4
Kansas era editorials discuss Perkins potential chair of Indian affairs and trust legislation. president backs federal action against conspiracies and trusts while weighing silver question. Mentions Kean City confusion, Dur foreign relations, Antwerp verdicts, pensions for Indians, and farmers’ resumption stance. Describes rail time reform debates and a Sedgwick County corn-for-subscriptions drive with local agents and receipts.
The Eagle and Republican and other Wichita papers clash over prohibition and a constitutional convention. They recount Republican aims for resubmission and a new constitution while noting editorials urging readers to back or oppose the plan.
A dispatch from Washington reports H Blodgett of Rockford Illinois as advocate for comprehensive education data collection by the Census Bureau. It covers private and parochial schools, teacher and pupil counts, and methods beyond public funding records. The piece also notes the Dostor Congregational club's stance on creed adherence and contrasts Anglican and Portuguese colonial affairs with shifting British policy.
A mosaic of items includes remarks on Tom Reed and Gongresenan Morrill, a solar stove by Prof Morse, Salt Lake Gentile churches and New West schools, Civil War era loyalties, wedding and social notes, editorials on charity and public life, and scattered local anecdotes from Kansas and nearby regions reflecting political, religious, and social currents of the period.
Postmaster General Wanamaker warns the government is not ready for a one cent postage rate. He argues such a cut would create a large deficit even with projected letter growth, and urges reforms to achieve a self sustaining postal system while avoiding penny postage. The report cites a deficit of nearly 97 million in the prior year and predicts continuing losses unless improvements proceed.
Fragmentary OCR text recounts disrupted names and events in a period tone, mentioning people and places in a garbled form. The readable portions reference a misused dig action and a Berain style scene, with possible military or political context and references to a Presi eden and Brameide regirts.
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