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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1888
Page
5
A jumble of names and notes cites travelers arriving in Wichita from Ottawa, Manitou, and Denver with locals like H Meckman, J Hfonder, and E. Mapellall. Mentions Henry Findices, Frank Pierce, and Miss Emma Brewer visiting. Also notes legal and business chatter, aviation-like chatter, and upcoming sermons by A Lerayi.
Southeast Kansas conservatives hail Humphrey as the ideal choice for governor. Delegates and local Republicans praise his qualifications, judgment, and leadership, noting his broad support in Wichita and Sedgwick County while others express strong confidence in his candidacy.
Last night a colored man reported by a North Water address to the Wichita police claimed to have seen a man abuse his wife and threaten to shoot her. Officer Burrows found the woman Mo Cutchoon who said her husband, McCutcheon, a railroad employee, returned intoxicated and fired a revolver but injured no one. He fled the scene and is believed still at large, with neighbors noting a pattern of disturbance when he comes home. Separately a Santa Fe official noted a surge of stock trains through Wichita from Indian Territory to Kansas City, five trains today averaging 23 cars each, plus Missouri Pacific and Rock Island activity. The general freight business and merchandise shipments indicate thriving retail commerce in the region.
An unknown youth accosted Mrs Wilkins on East Douglas Avenue while her husband Wilkins went inside a stand to pay. He struck the youth who tried to assault her, sending him sprawling on the sidewalk. Bystanders cheered as the assailant fled, with locals eager to confront him.
The Fairmount band will perform this Friday evening at the corner of Fourteenth street and Fairmount avenue. Refreshments served by church ladies to benefit the church. Tables and seats arranged to accommodate all. Streetcars run every half hour.
Justice Walker solemnized the 1 Yelock union yesterday forenoon between George B Stockert and M Josie Young both of this city. The Woman's College trustees decline to complete a new building and open the school January sixth with lands secured and materials arriving. Local items note no blinds for No 9 housing, a Republican club meeting at the court house, and the resignation of E W Ells from the Colon depot to return to Indiana. Officers raid a Riverside hotel joint but fail to find the proprietor. Meantime the McCarty family poison recovery progresses and a missing portmanteau contains jewelry and seven dollars. A police pursuit for a wanted butcher ends in Newton. The cantata Leeland is set for a hospital benefit, with Unity Club and other performers. A valise theft at Santa Fe depot remains unsolved, while council debates sewer water costs and a North Oak West Wichita mystery sinks into chicken bone humor. Regular Gates Lodge meetings continue.
Wichita leaders urge prompt action to complete the city exhibit at the Cincinnati exposition. HL Pierce and board of trade officials appeal for photographs views and materials from residents to ensure Wichita’s space is fully billed and attractive.
Richard L Merkle through Houron a Bentley law firm filed a fifteen thousand dollar damage suit against Charles Sullivan George Steinmetzer and J Landes claiming wrongful imprisonment. The petition alleges arrest on July 7 and three days confinement in county jail via a notary public issued commitment, with the plaintiff refusing to answer certain questions at a pending district court action, and cites habeas corpus relief on July 4 resulting in discharge.
Funeral notice states the late John Kennedy will be buried today at 1 o'clock a m from St Aloysius Church. Mr B A Horrigan of the Wichita soap factory bought yesterday the entire supply of materials that had been purchased to start the Hutchinson soap factory, four car loads of pearl ash material.
Cartar Harrison notes Utah farmers praising Mormon labor and patronage in a rural exhibit. The piece highlights a mining economy tied to Mormon workers, the government’s role, and patterns of agrarian showings. The writing references a large display of produce, sparsely described, amid a broader landscape of agricultural and industrial activity.
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