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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1890
Page
8
Fragmented readable text references a market area, a street named Market and Willamus, and mentions companies, beverages, and a grim tone. Names and details are unclear or garbled, with probable references to languages and services but no complete facts or events to confirm.
A long account describes the 142 Indiana street macaroni factory, Signor Canepa’s operation, detailing dough preparation by steam, kneading, and extrusion through presses for macaroni and vermicelli. It notes three stories of drying on trays, Italian operators, and wages while marveling at the science and machinery.
A study contrasts modest Protestant pastor salaries with high earnings of lawyers doctors and corporate leaders. It notes Trinity Church and Grace Church wealth in New York, with total parish incomes reaching hundreds of thousands yearly and millions in real estate Modern church endowments support vast charitable giving while clergy salaries vary from modest to substantial.
A retrospective traces lavish 1860s court entertainment under khedive Ismail, noting costly ball, canal opening, and pricey hotel bills that topped a million pounds. It highlights the era’s grandeur, northern European guests, and Disraeli’s canal shares bailout amid sinking finances. Also skims origins of fabric names from Calicut to Cambrai and Baghdad to Ireland.
Railroad promoted Pullman sleeping and chair cars on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe night train from Wichita to Topeka and Denver. Depart Wichita 9 25 p m with connections through Topeka and Atchison arriving Topeka 4 55 a m and Atchison 6 40 a m. Pueblo breakfast and Denver dinner plans, with reclining chair car and Pullman facilities available on request. Excursions advertised to New Mexico and California points with discounted fares and limited trips, via Santa Fe route.
A stream of testimonials extols the Attorney’s Pocket Docket as thorough, alphabetically indexed, and conveniently arranged for legal use. Judges and lawyers from Kansas to Virginia praise its completeness, portability, and value, with several endorsing its diary index and ease of updating case histories. Price listed at $1.00, with mail delivery options via The Wichita Eagle office.
An office announces readiness to supply all blanks required for proving up homesteads in Cicisieua Wee Rise Coop and related lands. The Turner society and local bodies plan a public meeting on February 28 to discuss filings. Blank forms will be distributed by return mail or express delivery for one more page.
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