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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1890
Page
6
A garbled, sensational item claims a child near Arbuckle in Chickasaw Nation was eaten by wild animals. The piece also mentions a mother returning home in a brutal act, references to a railway accident and a mortuary record, plus a weather bulletin and assorted odd names.
The czar has named two temporary commissioners to implement measures for rearming the troops. A British ship that sailed south recently returned to Zanzibar. Emin Pasha is described as cautious yet resistant to removal from Bayoraoya.
A wild hog attack near Arbuckle in Chickasaw Nation, Texas, killed a five year old child left alone near the home. The mother returned to the house to find the hogs devouring the child as the family frantically tried to intervene. The scene ended with the hogs forcing the child outside and the body partially devoured around the dwelling. The mother mourns as authorities and neighbors assess the tragedy.
The column records multiple death notices from January through midmonth, including Nicholas Longworth’s pneumonia related illness and his attendance at Governor Campbell’s inauguration in Columbus. It lists deaths from influenza and pneumonia among families in Mass and Boyd, plus the passing of Prince Amanda, duke of Aosta, due to pneumonia. The item also mentions theater closures and a king’s death in Spain. Additional items report pneumonia-related deaths in London and Chicago, a death of D. H. Denton by apoplexy in Chicago, and the mayor of Hutchinson, Kansas, dying after a long illness.
A misread tale from January reports a rail accident near Carta where a locomotive unnamed as Livatreng collided with a carriage, killing a woman later identified as Muaries Kell ar of Winton Pisoe. The incident involved the engine and a disabled steamer Palle of Taversonsound arriving with a foundered crew and valuable cargo.
Jan 12 a fire and water reaction caused a ball of hot iron to explode in a puddle at the Eton Holling mill. Three workers Wil lrains Ger Danser and Richard Waltenbaugh suffered severe burns and Cox likely to die. two others expected to recover. Wreck details and other brief notices follow.
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