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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1889
Page
8
A garbled report notes a public event labeled Riverside Electric and a grand celebration in Wichita with various names and dates obscured. The text references a one year term, a party or committee, and a listed ZIP code 44108. Unclear details limit precise facts.
County Superintendent Pener's elation reports praise for the classification system and school placement, with editorial notes by John McDonald of the Western Foliood Journal. The document also lists a real estate transfer section detailing numerous property transfers, sales, and rental notices across Wichita and nearby areas, including names, addresses, and transaction values.
The piece surveys Charlotte Emily and Anne Bronte along with other women authors, noting gender barriers and the surprise when works like Jane Eyre and Little Women gained acclaim. It recounts anecdotes about Elizabeth Barrett Browning and George Eliot, and chronicles late-life longevity and other female writers of the era.
The article describes an excavation near a great mound of shells and ash where the remains of a past tribe are found. A stone axe, a broken arrowhead, bone fragments and a clay pipe are uncovered along the old spring bank. The scene evokes ancestral life and the daily work of ancient peoples, with vivid references to wigwams, pottery, and tools.
The notice advertises a Sd Pocket Loan Application Record book for farm property priced at 3 dollars, with a mail offer of 1.07 dollars. It includes orders by mail and quick shipment, plus mentions engraving, abstracts, and blanks for homestead proving in Oklahoma. The Wichita Eagle promotes travel, railroad routes, and various services with references to Missouri Pacific, Frisco line trains, and ticket agents.
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