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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1888
Page
5
A crowded jumble of clipped anecdotes and social notes features politicians, writers, and titled figures with scattered remarks on travel, culture, and curiosities. The roster includes Burghers and barons, actors and editors, scientists and sailors, with brief glimpses of personal finances and leisure.
A fragmented account surveys church organizations, missions, and clergy movements including national church bodies, a Boston meeting forming a new organization, and various bishops reassigned to New York Philadelphia Buffalo and others. It notes mission funding, church growth, and leadership changes amid a health of religious activity.
A jumble of notes covers new library plans for gasified hooks and carbonic acids. It mentions locomotive changes, new explosive power comparisons, railway brain from head injuries, and a Milford Connecticut treatment. The piece also notes a small demonstration with a silver dollar and minutely delicate engine parts seen under magnification.
The article catalogs a wide range of jewelry and decorative items including silver wire hair pins, enameled flower brooches, moonstone owl beads with rubies, bar pins with cut Capo rubix, and a selection of pendants and brooches in various metals. It notes designs such as petrified wood tiger eye pieces, double ended crystal bottles, Egyptian beads, and jade or glass pins, while naming fashion authorities Randolph Churchill and Le Plonzeau.
Fashion commentary describes women’s attire and trends including cane accessories, embroidered collars, mauve veils, matching hosiery, crepe materials, black lace gowns, and various hat decorations. It notes fabrics, colors, and silhouettes, with references to hats, ribbons, and decorative pockets, reflecting period style.
A garbled health and home remedies list discusses removing stings, cleaning wounds, and preventing bed sores with toasted flour, tepid water, and various domestic methods. It mentions soothing pains, restoring strength, and avoiding infection through improvised treatments and cautions. It also references vinegar and almond products as potential aids and hints at traveler advice and misused chemical terms.
A mosaic of stray quotes and anecdotes touches on Oxford income in 18st, British Odd Fellows leadership, mining fever abroad, graduates in journalism, kidnappings, railway incidents, a Newburg barber’s chair, and random historical musings about populations, diseases, and antique commerce. Sparse names and places appear amid garbled fragments.
A damaged narrative describes ships stranded near a harbor, with derelict shores and debris. It mentions the Alabama sighting, English cales, and a grasp of the tempest's impact on coastal settlements. References to Great Britain and political sentiment appear amid ruin.
The Oakland Trottims and Tay District association, San Francisco, under J W Hinekman manage a consolidation. Notables include Renine Dyely and Kentucky bendbap with owner sums of 9750, 1.6, and 424 from Trant Corrigan and JW Guest as touting figures.
A ragged summary compiles scattered baseball remarks, fielding praise for a Cleveland player, memories of Harry Wright and the Red Stockings, and a brief obituary style note about Fredericksburg National Cemetery with Decoration Day history, all presented in disjointed fragments from an old newspaper page.
The article lists Ricort planning a stage move near Fatti, the Mursinn troupe touring with twenty four players in Lanion, Evanerline set for a sixteen rocks tour in the Far West in September, and Joseph Jetormon hiring Emma Vaders and Edwin Varrey. It notes M B Teavitt producing Monts Cristo Jr in San Francisco in July, Philadelphia expanding to twenty seven theatres, Mrs Langtry resting in California, Minnie Palmer touring Europe through November, and other engagements including Mrs Bernani Reeve, Fikeard J Buckley, John Gilbert visiting Boston, and Amesican Hempty Dumpty likely to Australia. It mentions Somes Ro Adana’s circus experience, Maupee Barrymore as leading male in Mather company pending court decisions, and Barrymore taking management from J S Hil.
The column surveys recent literary releases and sales, citing Rev E E B fists new novel fr. Tansier's Vacatina, popular titles like King Solomon's Mines, and the growing market for German science series. It notes Mrs. BH Farwell and Mrs Keren as prominent writers, with commentary on rising book demand and tax-related themes in fiction.
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