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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1889
Page
8
The readable text hints at a valued collection of items including vases and chamber set pieces. Limited legible names and prices appear, but the fragmentary OCR collapses coherent details and full context.
A fragment from a Boston Globe item explains a physics toy where a line of balls transmits momentum to opposite ends, producing predictable pockets. It also mentions a tiny doll hammock craft, a fair scene with large families, and brief notes on conper work, a shipping issue, and a humorous misprint in Harper’s Weekly.
The Fort Scott Wichita and Western Missouri Pacific Route offers solid through trains from Wichita to Kansas City and St Louis with Pullman palace sleepers. Departs Wichita 9 15 p m, arrives Kansas City 7 00 a m. Includes ticket offices and agents named, and notes the route is shortest to St Louis by 48 miles. Also promotes California fruits and bookstore growth.
Fragmentary OCR reads J W Cowen as Quest operator and notes camera Rogers tar printer error dated 19 with unclear context. The readable bits imply a local notice about an operator or equipment issue in print job handling.
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