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Newspaper

Wichita Eagle

Location

Wichita, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1889

Page

2

Buried in a Night of Curious Fatalities and Odd Deaths

The article catalogs a string of bizarre deaths and near-fatal incidents including a man killed by hiccoughing, a wagon shaft penetrating the skull, and strangers succumbing to accidental violence. It recalls cases where quick acts or misfortune led to swift ends, with notes on unusual causes and notable victims.

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Organ grinders flee New York as ordinance curbs street music

Italian organ grinders, crippLes and sightless among them, abandon New York after a city ordinance bans street hand organs. About 50 remain, many ill and stranded. others move to Connecticut, South Carolina, or Ohio. Wages average seven dollars weekly with high costs for gear and lodging, while bugs, monkeys, and crowded tenements complicate life on the road.

Eecal Eyrniy Connecticut Johnny Get Your Gun South Carolin Ohio Crippies Blind New York Hallos Lerouse Hewro Iis Swontrevanniks Raquesta Childred Aileen Starkel Kari Orean Obewrvant Parson Hohn Kent Temement

Sensational Crimes Baffle New York Philadelphia World

A long string of sensational crimes floods the pages with lurid detail. The Pettus Southworth murder in New York involves Major Pettus shot by Hannah Southworth and linked blackmail schemes. A separate case tells of a Brooklyn police officer found dead after a related entanglement. A postal carrier case in New York and a wild tale of a sifter carrier and child abductions in Manhattan heighten the frightful record. The report catalogues crime, murder plots, kidnapping, and embezzlement across cities, with a chorus of suspects and warned lives.

Pettus Southworth New York Maj Stephen Pettus Hannah Southworth Rggrain Stepees Pettus Southworth Julsa Ste Linck Horrands Ancrean Institute Hin Howe Moe Seubworth Tin Ami Brooklyn Aouthworth Isenity Mullis

Life on Neptune and other worlds explored in thought

A speculative essay contemplates life on Neptune and hypothetical planets, discussing planetary conditions, gravity, atmospheres, and possible life forms. It weighs the feasibility of life beyond Earth, referencing astronomical ideas and imagined planetary climates and histories.

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