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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1888
Page
7
A fragment from a Home Journal piece by Lacy Ball contemplates a child’s fleeting presence and the ache of change over time. The narrator recalls a vow not to lose him, yet faces decay and distance as years pass, creating a poignant meditation on memory and mortality.
A Illinois farm boy recounts running away to join a traveling circus. He describes bunkhouse and dining tent life, the hard boot camp of training, and the rough initiation by fellow performers. He recalls the fear, mischief, discipline, and the moment he realized the show’s dangers and his new role inside the circus.
The clipping blends fictive and real reports: a narrator recounts a brief plea to flee to an old farm, a street scene with a pollman, and a manager's refusal. It then shifts to Major Browne’s electric light description in Burma, and a New York Sun account of a strange bone fertilizer cargo from a ship, followed by a courtroom vignette about the word shy in a Boston divorce case, and concludes with reflections on peace and war contrasting Bismarck and the era’s leaders.
An 1885 government inquiry reports wage patterns for agricultural labor across New England and the Midwest. It notes minor changes in central states, with no clear shifts in some southern states, while wartime Michigan data and other regions show varied results. Historic relics and a new dictionary add cultural notes amid the period’s social texture.
A fragmentary verse sketch notes the fading sunset and nightfall with lines about Eve and Evening, describing the chill air and the dark mantle over the earth. The garbled text mentions George HL Urner in Americus, hinting at a byline or attribution.
An old settler recalls Honey McGonigie and Redtail the Ripper, a famed trout in McGonigle's Run. Hank Yellrack pursues the elusive fish as years pass, testing skill and endurance, until Redtail finally outsmarts him with a pork bait and vanishes from the stream. The tale blends local lore with a dramatic catch and legend of the river.
A fragment argues against the natural method of education, claiming it pressures a child to memorize and recite parrot like lessons in school, denying spontaneous learning and personal development. The piece references a teacher and a New York context, emphasizing the pain of forced memorization.
An unclear Detroit Free Press fragment describes a quiet alley incident where a group or individual confronted a man in a barn setting. The piece mentions boxing and gym training, a goat, and mysterious gliver or guid terms, implying a mystery or crime analysis with dated language and garbled details.
A fragmented article describes a plano or piano club scheme where members contribute weekly amounts to buy or rent pianos. It notes discounts, installment paths to ownership, and a trend toward shared ownership, with references to 590 Se weekly costs and the dissolution of rent-based systems as ownership emerges.
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