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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1889
Page
7
In Hunkeyville Fakir Jim hawks wares from a shady platform attracting locals led by Squire Helson and a matinee crowd. A girl named Dot receives trinkets, then later witnesses Jim’s help before a fatal accident occurs on the tracks, leaving Dot alive and Jim dead.
In a courtroom a husband laments the burdens of household labor and vows not to repeat the experience after recounting how his wife carries the family’s domestic load. He admits the job is hard and admits he would not want the work again. The wife retorts that a man’s talk is easy and she notes his past insistence on control.
The article introduces a ladies tandem bicycle, describing its English design adapted for American cities. It notes two wheels with the lady seated between them and the gentleman at the rear, emphasizing safety and speed, and contrasts it with tricycles whose dangers are highlighted. Also mentioned are long anecdotes about Uncle Isaac Bassett, a Senate official, and a dramatic mouse versus snowbird encounter in Maine.
The text argues the Interstate Commerce Law forbids unequal compensation for passengers yet allows differences in service. It praises the Missouri Pacific for superior train service and modern sleeping cars, urging travelers to favor that line over others for faster routes and better comfort, citing a $3 mileage offer and routes to St Louis and California.
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