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Newspaper

Wichita Eagle

Location

Wichita, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1890

Page

8

Fragmented business notices and ads from old city paper

A garbled page shows several business notices and ads. Entries mention coal suppliers in Forest City, a dissolution of Maxill & Tompkins, a bid process by Rapdera Pies and a furniture/amenities sale with items like pool tables and a Manhattan mirror. Contact details are unclear.

Arcald Sounein Eusp Dowgins Maxill & Tompkins Dolar Clenewner Ennens TFS Magil Leavin Tompkins Bill ES Magia Rapdera Pisestove Company Jose

Keeper Tells of Circus Life and Dangers From Mollie the Panda

Mr. J. W. Havens recalls circus life in a period interview at Grant Park 200. He laments changes caused by fair talk and sharpers, describes the old single ring shows, and explains risk with trained animals. He recounts tame and dangerous acts, including Molly the panda and Marcus the bear, detailing close calls and lessons from handling beasts in New Orleans and Mobile.

J. W. Havens Grant Park Molly Ben Burt Vex Cairo Ann Panda Tear Atwood Mollyberg Roan Mr. Haven New Orleans Marcis Marcus Iim Tlt Beaumeet Marcus Newport Tese Jures Hall & Binglee Conde Mr Bear Lemue Tory Wei Wien Lea Mobile Giwak Tomete Wren Atlasia Niger Samuel Adjai Crowther Salisbury Square First Street England Africa Lagos Sierra Leone Church Missionary Society St. Peter's Day Canterbury Cathedral Pall ‘Mall Gazete

Barn Storming In Early Career Theater Tale

FeMerson recounts a Curio from his early career in the Century describing a journey through towns hosting entertainments in dining rooms and hotels amid sparse local papers and scattered village notices.

FeMerson Caneth Joseph Jiffurste Wilen

Barn Theatre Amid Farm Audience In Moonlit Night

A farmer hosts an outdoor play in a barn twenty five miles from town, arranging a makeshift stage and seating for about sixty. The audience, gathered by moonlight, pays one dollar admission as villagers watch The Lady of Lyons and The Specter Bridegroom with local farmers and families turning the event into a community entertainment.

Vance Liberty May Beather Lady of Lyons Lyon Dragoa

Fragmented notices mix secession design and local woes

The item blends a frustrate mosaic of Civil War era symbolism with local deaths and oddities. It notes secession imagery from Louisiana, a Wisconsin officer’s memories, and a remarkable obituary of Mrs. Henry P. Massey after a long illness from Smyrna. It also covers German royalty, leprosy causes, coal ads, and Frisco Line travel notes, all in scattered, era-typical reportage.

Henry P. Massey Smyrna Dwight Morton Mamey Baeith Abe Wilmington del Cor

Attorneys Pocket Docket endorsements and praises

A collage of endorsements for the Attorneys Pocket Docket documents praise from lawyers across the United States. Letters extol its completeness alphabetical and diary index, compact size, convenience for offices, and usefulness in organizing case records.

Lewyst Je ‘Ath State of Indiana Atey Donabo Kam EH Hereness Co. Awy Easter Coy

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