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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1888
Page
4
A long, mixed OCR page notes union and political topics, Wichita police commissions, Blaine nomination hints, railroads, labor statistics, and a New Orleans Mardi Gras overview. It includes commentary on governance, prohibition, and international labor organization efforts, plus weather notes on a recent blizzard and Arbor Day.
Letters describe gender bias in labor roles with Et ta Graypis arguing kitchen work holds dignity equal to city clerks. The piece notes western Kansas views, Scott County farming and immigration, and hints at federal patronage shifts under President Cleveland and a Brooklyn judge appointment.
The Scott City Kansas budget story notes the Republican central committee appointing E E Hebbel to the seventh district committee after J W Smith resigned. It reports plans for a $20,000 Scott City high school building, with bonds to be sold at par and construction to start soon. The article also discusses land openings, settlement potential, and local wariness about Oklahoma land settlement. It recounts political and economic topics, including labor and tariff debates, and a brief note on a cowboy evangelist case and local civic concerns.
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