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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1888
Page
7
A damaged OCR fragment describes stormy skies and a vision of light from an open grave. It references royalty and doom, portraying a dramatic, poetic scene of mortality and hope amid darkness. The text is fragmentary and enigmatic with few clear names or events.
A boy recalls his 14th year craving a legendary pipe owned by a Parisian merchant named Bigeard. He plots to steal the pipe from a shop, facing poverty and a stern grandfather, while the tale details the pipe’s ornate cherry wood bowl and silver mountings and the perilous pursuit of twelve francs to buy it.
A narrator recalls stealing coins to buy a pipe, facing a panic as his grandfather discovers the loss, and the family’s anger and suspicion unfold. The tale blends temptation, guilt, and a brutal confrontation within a doomed household.
Susan Wallace describes Turkish harems with ornate bath rooms, sary rooms, and perfumed rituals. She details palace interiors, cosmetics, and social roles of women, while contrasting a railroad worker explains air brake use and safety, highlighting the shift from manual to pneumatic braking.
Severe lots and tracts for sale near the city offered by the Oldest Real Estate Agency in Wichita. Prospective buyers urged to call and examine the available list before purchasing elsewhere.
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