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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1887
Page
2
Samuel Spencer wins election as president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway amid a slate of state news. The report lists committee memberships and notes ongoing legal and regulatory items affecting rail operations and agricultural statistics, with weather updates and a fatal drug clerk shooting nearby.
A would-be assassin Auberten fired three shots at M. Ferry in the chamber of deputies hall. Ferry received a chest wound but is not seriously hurt and proceeded to hospital guarded by friends. Auberten arrested amid crowd attempts at lynching. Nearby notes report on German military bill preamble and foreign news details.
An eccentric broadsheet ad promotes Ego the Furniture Man urging harmony with family and conscience. It touts a broad line of ladies’ rother rom and various furniture, including rocking chairs, with quirky phrases and local mentions. Separate travel notices announce Atchison Topeka Santa Fe excursion tickets to California, Portland, and southern California with stopovers and passenger rules.
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