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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1889
Page
2
A grim report chronicles a deadly influenza outbreak in Paris with pneumonic complications, widespread deaths, and overworked undertakers. It notes three quarters of Denver residents affected and outbreaks reaching Omaha, plus a severe household tragedy. A weather bulletin from Stoway Office records temperatures and wind conditions with forecasts.
News in brief reports a Wabash Manufacturing debt near 20 000 with assets slightly less. Nye University at Oderaa resumes after students spread propaganda. Salvation Army meetings in Switzerland face bans yet continue in Lenora with new crowd control. General Boulanger denies US lecture tour. Al DeWitt NY area men die from coal gas exposure. homes engulfed in tragedy. Belgium coal miners strike grows to 1400. Races in New Orleans list winners Duhmi RuMian Secret Pell Mell. Earthquake rocks Acireale Sicily. several houses collapse burying residents. A Whitmore named general freight agent for Santa Fe, stationed in St. Louis.
The outbreak in Paris grows grave with pneumonia cases and hospitals strained. Undertakers are overworked as funerals rise. authorities cut church processions to ease expenses and crowds.
A violent windstorm lashed several states with gusts up to sixty five miles per hour. Reports describe a cyclone at Avractse and heavy damage in Rochester, including collapsed walls and damaged buildings. In Prestive and nearby areas injuries and property damage were noted, with crews assessing the aftermath and continued rain and thunder.
Weather and equipment failures disrupted tellegen lines north and south, with strong winds causing widespread outages. The event left communication services severely crippled across affected areas, delaying messages and hindering coordination. Authorities assess damage and plan restoration efforts.
Dana Neb Dec 31 three children of Mrs Lena Schipp aged 7 4 and 6 months perished in a cottage fire on Pierce street shortly after breakfast. Husband deserted eight months ago leaving her to care for them. A large crowd witnessed the tragedy with little to no means to aid.
Brazilians in the United States monitor unrest back home as Don Jose Mariano refuses Pernambuco governorship, signaling possible provincial disobedience and regional unity against the Da Fonseca government amid fears of broader disorder. Meanwhile, violent crime in Illinois claims and domestic turmoil unfold through fatal shootings and a murder-suicide tied to a divorce case.
Local report from Nashville dated December 35 describes trouble in Clarksville between officers and a colored mob. Two shot. one fatally, the other seriously wounded. Police opened fire as rioters drew revolvers. Widespread fear of a riot grips the area as investigators seek causes and arrests. Separately a Native Indian teacher was found murdered in his home, a separate case under inquiry.
The Pan American Congress inspires bold steps for a vast railway and steamship enterprise. The new Columbia Railway and Navigation Company, based in Richmond, Va, aims to build lines across the United States linking major routes. Its capital is set at 10 million dollars, with Captain H. C. Parsons of Wisconsin heading the project as plans proceed for required legal steps and funding.
A reporter witnesses the Crow agency grass dance described as vivid and picturesque with painted bodies and elaborate skin decoration. Drums drive the 100 foot arena as 100 performers enact the sham battle and stealthy advances in a wild, rhythmic spectacle.
A fragmented 19th century dialogue contrasts shy suitors and social expectations with warnings about unsafe attach ments. It cites a botanist analogy, moralizing on unwise passions, then shifts to zoological notes on the London Zoo lion house and a comical cellar trap incident.
A dramatic 19th century scene recounts firefighters and onlookers in Rome during a July 1823 blaze at St Pauls Basillica. The crowd listened as a brave sailor boy cried out to save the arch and rescue the child amid smoke.
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