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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1889
Page
2
Fragmented notes describe a North Dakota constitutional draft and a Montana convention debate over universal suffrage and Prohibition. Reports mention rising waters near Virginia flood imagery and political maneuvering, with committees advancing or defeating measures while observers discuss vote timing and constitutional submissions.
Flood conditions hit Fredonia and nearby plains with rising rivers. Water depths reach about twenty feet at some points while a bridge collapses after fifteen years of service. Rescue efforts continue for stranded residents as crews monitor worsening conditions and forecast rising levels.
In a Chicago superior court session Judge Ansegata granted a divorce decree to Mary Gotteschalk who did not appear. Attorney papers show the marriage occurred in May and the wife later deserted her husband in New York. The case questions residency requirements for divorces and prompts commentary on reform and precedent.
A chaotic account describes a mob in a Wyoming area lynching a cowboy named Averill and injuring others, followed by a tense pursuit of alleged accomplices. It notes deputy involvement, subsequent inquiries, and ongoing tensions as authorities pursue suspects.
Crop estimates by Colonel Rogers of the Market Record anticipate a robust growing season with Minnesota possibly yielding around fifteen bushels per acre and a total near 17,000,000 bushels for Minnesota and the Dakotas combined. The last crop exceeded 60,000,000 bushels, with prospects of higher totals this year despite uncertain acreage figures and ongoing plowing.
Baseball game details include Philadelphia beating Boston 10 to 12 and 4 to 0, Pittsburgh defeating Cleveland 6 to 5, and Athletics top Cincinnati 12 to 1. Also reports on Kilrain and Murphy drunken celebration in Baltimore with arrests by Captain Vare and police, ending in hotel confinement.
The Fort Worth line announces a 15 cent per 100 pound reduction on first class freight from Denver to New York via Galveston and the Gulf, with a further 4 cent cut coming soon. The move sparks concern among western truck lines and prompts conferences among railroad officials about impacts on western freight traffic and lake and Canada rates.
The article describes a large pendulum built at a Georgia school in Atlanta. A heavy iron pear shaped bob suspended by a forty foot wire swings in circular arcs marked by a steel plate and a ringed dial. The piece aims to illustrate earth rotation and gravity effects with a 24 hour-anchored path and daily hour markers.
A Puritan matron rails at Lanza's One a Week piece The Man Who Fuci nats arguing it degrades moral character by praising women's shallowness and flattery She condemns the notion that all women are either cooks or moral failures and calls for restraint in declaring women virtuous or wicked The piece cites social critique and debates over gender roles in a sprawling, polemical defense of traditional virtue and the duties of women in society
Disjointed text details widow homes established to address child widow abuse and reform efforts. Mentions reformers, maternal care, and social pressures in a troubled setting with references to Fort Valley and local figures, though much of the piece is garbled.
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