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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1888
Page
5
Readable items include local arrivals from Peabody and Mazelton, a Wichita section update on society visitors and lawyers, a ball by Hose Company No 1, and plans for Chicago convention. Mentions include G Chapman, W P Smith, John Boweemaster, and Col Fisher. Includes repairs after overflows and a motor accident near Neeth Nain Lexame.
City council discussed sewerage and street cleaning costs, rail track grading, and water main issues. Palatable action toward private street work favored. two assistant engineers to 3 per month until sewer work ends. Officers debated right of way, fire limits, sidewalks, and lighting while monitors urged prompt bids and contracts.
The Garfield University Stella Crintta Society stage closing exercises in the society hall with a program led by the university orchestra. Miss Nellie MuPherson and Miss Anna Rich perform, Miss Vesta Hobbes presides, and other students deliver speeches and recitals with several encores. A separate Wichita race meeting financial statement and notes follow, praising inaugural events and attendance.
The new timetable goes into effect next Sunday enabling west and east connections with no layover delays. Upper valley passengers will reach the city on the morning train and return on an evening service. The Knots paper will publish the details the morning after. In a separate incident two young men from Company A raised the alarm at the Garf ield opera house after discovering a fire in the stair area. Fire crews responded quickly and contained the blaze with little damage.
The Knights of St Joseph band with one full troupe will perform at a local meetup between Toe peka and the Carey hotel on Wednesday evening. The event runs from dusk to late, with a frontier-style program and community attendance expected.
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