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Newspaper

Wichita Eagle

Location

Wichita, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1888

Page

12

Local notices feature mayoral ratification and city arrivals

The page details a ratification meeting plan by Republicans at the courthouse Monday night to ratify a future convention in Chicago. It notes several visitors in the city, including Vaulor of Chimnas and J. Salles of Pameviny, with reports on their movements and local social calls as residents and officials pass through.

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Wichita's World of Boom Promises Unprecedented Growth

Wichita braces for a vast fall business boom with new packing plants, car works, and public buildings. Santa Fe adds six daily first class passenger trains sharpening connections to Kansas City and Chicago. A runaway on Chicago avenue injures real estate man Mr Dean, with passengers and workers shaken but safe after rapid rescue and medical care.

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Mrs Gager Improving After Accident Shot

Mrs Gager was yesterday reported to be resting very comfortably and in a fair way to entirely recover shortly from the effects of the accidental shot. The firemen of the west side will hold their ball on Thursday to raise funds for expenses of attending the fireman's ornament at Anthony on the Fourth. Narraganset Mining Company of Wichita formed to develop two Colorado silver district mines, charter applied for. A man named Hill of Electric Light company had a serious accident while cleaning a lamp on Douglas avenue. Ice chest needed for the Children’s Home of Industry. donations appreciated. Police recovered items from burglar Elmore Wilson’s West Douglas tent, including two tents, blankets, robes, tools, and weapons, stored for owner claims.

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Militia in town amid looming clash and cholera death

Reports from Cowley and nearby counties describe a tense mood as militia guard Liberal and Hugoton areas, disarming residents and barring armed entry while a state force canvasses railroads. A local death follows an overdose, and Unitarian meetings in Liberal promote liberal religious thought with noted speakers Enoch Powell and C H Rogers.

The Unitarian Society Smaith-Skinner Block Ks North Market Street Enoch Powell Topeka Dot Rogers Hutchison, Kan Mev. Powall Vally American Unitarian Association Kansa Nebraska West C.H. Rogers Universalist Society Hetchixon Bealdes Unitarian Church Kansas Truch United States

Wichita Equitable Assessment Shows Low Taxes and Wealth Rise

Wichita’s equity in taxation under City Assessor W P Green is highlighted as wealth and population rise. The article outlines a $valuation system tied to land and improvements, noting favorable tax levels vs other cities and detailing methods in assessing lots, frontage, and building quality. It presents wealth growth, population gains, and declining tax rates alongside a dense description of the assessor’s records and procedures.

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Descriptive Kansas Morning Scene in Vivid Prose

An evocative fragment paints Kansas mornings as indescribable with extreme altitudes of atmosphere and blue light. The text juxtaposes dew bright prairies with emerald lawns and a shiplike horizon, while praising the "Happy Valley" mornings and the beauty of nature.

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Fragmented Local Crime Report From Evening Edition

A garbled OCR narrative recounts a late afternoon incident involving a young man in pomemica, with references to a criminal saloon, a quarrel between BWbart and an unnamed man, and police actions at a coastal resort. Names and places are partly unreadable, but the piece centers on an altercation, a court-like setting, and a police response with a local precinct.

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