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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1888
Page
7
An aging hunter describes the transport of a captive tiger killer named Geeter Zoom Jingr in a cage aboard a freight train from Madras to Voodven, then his remote hunt near Yuloedian. The narrative details the unusual captive, the tiger pursuit, and the hunter’s risky attempt to lure the big cat using mock cries and strategy.
In a jungle cage a tiger roams and attacks a goat carcass as a hunter and a native observed. The beast is fatally wounded by a spear thrust and dies, later found to be a large yellow and black tiger that had preyed on thirteen villagers including children. Old Geezer collects his pay. Also noted are observations on sea dust from spray on ships and a brief item on the seahorse, plus assorted quotes and notes from various papers.
In Mexico City and Guadalupe crowds, dexterous pickpockets target Americans and locals at mass, markets, and portales. A Sonoran woman rescues a watch from a thief. a nursemaid's purse slips away. a British gentleman loses a cloak to three robbers who mockingly justify their theft. The tale highlights widespread petty theft as commonplace in bustling public spaces.
A fragment discusses the look created by pale bolds on the cheeks and how the glee of the face appears. No clear人物, place, date, organization, or event is identifiable in readable text.
George Kennan describes west Siberia’s landscape and peasant land use. He notes crown ownership, lack of private titles, and the absence of farm houses as villages expand poorly. The system moves allotments, leaving arable land unsettled and villages scattered across the vast, sparsely inhabited region between the Urals and the TIumen.
Fragmented text discusses women in medicine noting Swiss schools as proficient and women described as dexterous observers with keen detail. It then shifts to a travelogue on Brazilian ox carts, wheels, and chindo noises, plus reflections on kindness and a quote about German and French demeanor, ending mid-thought.
A sensational health pitch warns of kidney poisoned blood causing insanity and brain paralysis. It urges immediate action to prevent loss of reason, claiming Warner's Swe Cure and Warner's Safe Pills can cure and protect mental faculties.
A garbled page shows references to Lombard Mortgage Company payment notes, Swab & Gloswr tailors at 40 Main Street, The finest brande at 17 East Douglas, and private music lessons at Lewis Academy. It mentions Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska railway claims, Pullman cars, and travel to Kansas, Nebraska, or east destinations with Beck Island Route and inc. Sebastian, G. addresses.
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