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Newspaper

Wichita Eagle

Location

Wichita, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1890

Page

7

Romantic Kidnapping Tale and Odd Maritime News

A long, unclear tale recounts a Southern girl allegedly abducted five years earlier by a woman named Sarah J Colbert, with efforts spanning Mississippi to Alabama and social circles in Calera, Trex, and Tuskaloosa counties. The other item notes a Melbourne harbor incident involving a drowning body recovered after shark activity near Dradingts Head, with sailors pulling the body from the water and sharks circling the scene.

James J. Arnold Parson Arnold Shelby Alabama Calera Arnold Sarah J, Colbert Lisl Mieliedppi Twskelwes County Betery Missinsippi C. Arnold Trex J. M Emily Talerd Iboke Bilal Wma Sal Wheeler Sal Colbert Wand Rosewiti Melbourne Argos Latta Wark Apia Fumel Jour S Virive Notr Prime Terre Touraperte Etek Paris Vivien Sudtonan Sunette Hurt Valer

Slayer of Jesse James Revealed by Ford in Kansas City Room

The Kansas City room scene recalls Bob Ford, who killed Jesse James seven years earlier, and who then told of the incident as a young man of 26. He recounted traveling through the East with a show, a shootout in New Mexico, and a later attempt on his life in a tavern where a knife attack was thwarted by a friend.

Kans City Kan Bob Foran Jose Demes Ford James Standis Imad Nally Caurit Santly Missouri West Wiis Aly Irmanders Kanes City Hunt East New Mexico Colorado Walenburg Rowley Taft Ford White Ford Descarate Gambor Benvenzer Cours Progres United States Cincinnati Mississippi River Washington Georgia North Carolina Texas Miseiseippi Canada Mexico Engineering News Albert Whitney Expox Street Mra Whitney Beverly Mass Uncle Sara Haren Hallidium

Exiled Russian Nihilist Refugees in America Food for Thought

An exile from home details Russian Nihilist refugees finding safety in the United States. A Kansas City dining car conductor describes political strife in Russia, exile life, and the network of sympathizers. He warns of surveillance and the threat to dissidents while noting attacks on institutions and cities.

America United State Bonn Kansas City Theodore Bergegran Heis Chicago Misexuhos St Paul Moteyr Wirthmal Frat Rasla Europe Statia Thor Mezalder 41 Yeasts Wien Mathis Srine Gs Weel United States Muathas Tom Eigen Gamit Ing Stabihutent Wal Moslim Fery Gil Pulladeiyps

Paris police patrols and late-night marauder threats noted

A Paris dispatch cites police stretch limits as crowds grow, with beat coverage about one kilometer by day and two by night, risking midnight clashes. Rail expansion in 1889 remains near 5,000 miles with southern emphasis, while garter gifts for Princess Sophie amuse Europe. A cat’s alleged breath stealing shocks Beverly families, and a quirky tale of economy in buying stamps rounds out brief items.

M. Loze Paris London

New Mexican Adobes and Forests Across Regions

Descriptive excerpts describe adobe dwellings in New Mexico with sun-dried mud brick walls, earthen floors, and minimal windows. The text contrasts native houses with scenes of deforestation in Servia, noting forest loss since independence and urging timber preservation. It also mentions a new invention for solar-fired cloth and a political anecdote about Stewart and a press crowd in New York.

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