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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1888
Page
3
The article compiles a chaotic set of instructions and letters on fire rescue nets and diving, outlining breathing, body position, and impact techniques for jumping into water. It blends user questions with answers, warnings, and anecdotes, mixing practical tips with editorial asides and stray comments.
Fragments describe keepsakes and curios from an era, noting Japanese ivory bowls, teeth from a friend’s baby, and riding whips among items. It quotes a Stanford visit with plans for a three-quadrangle campus, coeducation, and large land gifts, plus discussions on smoke abatement, medical science, and a light humor ending with witty exchanges about horses and canaries.
In San Mateo and nearby towns stories tell of witches led by women who fly at night in animal shapes to meetings in the mountains. A visitor photographs the witches and records beliefs of locals including accounts of a nurse turned witch and a man turned by witchcraft. The piece blends sensational tales with enduring superstition amid a portrait of New Mexico society in the mid 19th century.
A fragment from the San Francisco Chronicle discusses the Burman and his peculiar dietary limits, notes on animal treatment, and remarks on a burglar becoming a gentleman. It includes anecdotes about women in journalism and aging friendships among old men, with dated newspaper voice and style.
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