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Newspaper

Wichita Eagle

Location

Wichita, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Feb 11, 1888

Page

4

An Ill Wind in the Freight War and State News

The Kentucky legislature protests the Blair educational bill and the liquor tax repeal while notes on warmer days, Texas emigration to boost its appeal and coal prices in California appear. Reports cover pension attorney fees, underground lines in Buffalo, political strife in Ohio, and Kansas land offers and railroad lands ready for settlement.

Kentucky Buffalo Oaening Telephone Syntem House Topeka Democrat East

Opening portions of the Treated Territory debated in Senate letter

Long extract from a January letter by Senator Plumb argues that the president, with congressional authorization, should act to open Indian Territory lands to settlement. It discusses Taedian relations, Kansas City convention, railroad liability for damages, and the need for balanced legislation to protect both settlers and railroads.

Taedian Kansas Plumb J. W. Row Caldwell Congress Boards of Trade Kanais Plumbsiya Come Kansas City Washington Pior Sens Jones Smith Jis Derby Wichita Norts Lange

Northern Texas touted as better home than California

An editorial from the Des Moines Register of the Sun urges northern readers to consider northern Texas as a congenial, nearer homeland with full political rights and faster access. It argues the climate and soil favor settlement, promising cost savings and easier travel compared with California while inviting Kansans, Nebraskans, Dakotans, and Minnesotans to explore the opportunity.

Des Moines Register the Sun Texas Pantin California Register Texas Mariel Towa Neby Daketh Minnesota Hind Kansas Hare Tawan

Wichita See bishops select candidates for see

The Wichita see bishops meeting in St Louis chose three candidate names for the Rome propaganda to appoint a bishop for Wichita. Archbishop Kenrick led the session with eight provincial bishops voting by proxy and secrecy. The favored candidates included Father Michael Casey and Father J J Hennessy, both influential in the diocese’s development.

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Earthquake Threats and Economic Hopes Stir Community

A fragmented OCR of a 19th century page describes tremor fears and speculative land prospects. It references travel by rail, settlement schemes. Mentions Meade County, California and a legal case with names Salen Metiuive and Hewes, plus a bankruptcy notice for Prof. Stone Wherins.

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Kansas Notes and Rural Updates

In Kansas there are twenty nine jivficial districts with Sedgwick Atchison and Winnebago counties forming a separate district. A Seward county farmer grows rye and red clover promising a good spring. Reports from the range counties note cattle numbers and farm activity amid a busy week related to trains and local arrivals.

Kansex Sedgwick Atchison and Wrandett Seward Tie Farm Rang Coun Lee Wong Prva Crete

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