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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1890
Page
2
Grim dispatch reports ghastly acts at a grave by enraged Poles and mutilation of Lithuanian children, with Poles escaping as Lithuanian communities retaliate. Plymouth Pennsylvania sees lynching talk amid a locally feared mob atmosphere. Weather bulletin notes a January chill with a warming trend and foggy, unsettled conditions.
A chaotic massacre of defilement and desecration unfolds in a Polish cemetery as Lithuanian mourners bury their dead. Polish guards clash with rioters, bodies are dragged away, then reinserted, and the scene draws thousands as order and countercharges erupt amid violent conflict.
Apalachicola Florida scenes show armed whites patrolling streets as thirty five leaders of a Negro strike are arrested. the top leader Sanchez V Thomas is missing. one Negro shot during arrest. trials begin amid intense white and Black tensions and denouncements by Black women as arrests are seen to seek restraint.
Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland, rival globe trotters, near home after long voyage in a record attempt around the world. Bly's route included New York to Calais to Brindisi to Colombo and Yokohama before San Francisco, while Bisland traveled via Chicago Omaha San Francisco to Yokohama and back, with intense efforts to meet connecting steamers.
A newspaper carrier recounts nightly visits by a white robed figure at No 709 Medison Street. Reporters and police investigate as the boy endures fear, finally revealing the specter was a man in a beard and stocking feet.
Two young farmers Franklin Davis and Enos Russell near Kilfed, Missouri, fought after Davis claimed Russell’s straw loan led to trouble. Davis shot Russell in the forehead. Davis surrendered to the sheriff and is jailed. Russell leaves a wife and two children. Davis says self defense as he feared a pistol draw. Both families are respectable locals. The second item notes flour output in Minnesota with daily barrels and rising capacity and demand.
The article touts accordion plaiting as a stylish method for dresses, offered by Madame Hunellet at the Arcade Dry Goods Store, 139 North Main Street. It describes how the technique preserves cloth, flatters waists, and invites customers to inquire about work and dress repairs.
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