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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1889
Page
8
An historic digest describes conifers including pines spruces firs and larches with notes on leaves cones and uses. It contrasts spruces with pines and details Norway spruce hemlock balsam fir and American larch plus arborvitae juniper and red cedar and ends with a Lincoln era anecdote and local clippings.
The piece cites biblical seven such as creation and jubilees. It then shifts to a vivid Boston Globe style vignette of Cairo with Egyptian women in baggy trousers, jewelry, and bustling arcades. A contrasting medical note from Wil Herald of Health discusses facial wrinkles from prolonged water exposure.
Lawyers across multiple states endorse the Attorney's Pocket Docket calling it the most complete, convenient and concise office tool for tracking cases. Letters from Hutchins in Arizona and others praise its diary, alphabetical index and overall usefulness for state business. A separate notice advertises Frisco Line excursion fares with limited time offers for trips to St Louis and field points, detailing pricing and schedules.
A sequence of old newspaper snippets recounts a bizarre tale of a corpse moved between two photographs in a dim studio, a photo proving an urn on a coffin shifted, and a cryptic tower mark. Other items include a Lincoln presidential impostor watchman anecdote, a treasury department anecdote, and descriptions of turf houses and a Harper's Bazar dialogue.
A fragmented local note describes a child’s journey through names and scenes as residents react to changes in care. The caption mentions Camincia and Casturin amid evolving family roles and local chatter.
A garbled report notes a car trip from Wichita to Topeka and Atchison with arrival times around 6:40 a.m. and a Pueblo breakfast stop. The text also mentions land blanks for homestead proofs and references to banks and express delivery. The fragmentary source preserves scattered names and places but lacks coherent narrative.
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