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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1888
Page
2
Reports from Chicago to Boston indicate both sides seeking an amicable end to the Chicago Burlington and Quincy strike. Perkins and Arthur met at the Grand Pacific hotel to discuss a mutual path to resume service while claims of a misunderstanding drive cautious optimism.
Report outlines friction between engineers and the road with an unsettled agreement. Kansas City Oklahoma delegation meets President in Was hington Feb 20 to discuss Springer bill for Oklahoma territorial government and land issues. Delegation, including civilized Indians and business leaders, presents memorials from the Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Colorado, Texas and New Mexico regions. House actions include treasury surplus purchase bill and remarks praising the clerkly service of a veteran, with adjournment and a promise to lay the matter before the full committee.
In Cuiesay on February 2 Maurice Reincield, Harper principal tracker, forced to compromise with most creditors in the Chicago New York stock exchange deal. Creditors receive twenty five percent of impod New York stock exchange assets. remaining mobility goes to trade. Chicago assigns claims to John H. Walsh for quick settlement. Eloped with a Negro case from Shelby. Large fire in Salama destroys opera house and surrounding buildings with estimated loss around 75,000 dollars.
In New York 3200 postfilers are held to account by Charles E Doser, state postal system inspector, who fields over 2000 complaints monthly. He classifies cases A through F, investigates from the mailing post to the destination, and watches suspected carriers to uncover losses and delays. His team of seasoned detectives visits all offices, tallies letters, and tracks thefts from the packing room and box locks, aided by intercity reinforcements when needed.
The report notes curtains and laces could be produced as sails of fine steel or iron. A steel sheet rolled in Pittsburgh proved so thin it weighed less than a leaf and could be peeled from the band easily. The technology enables light faces for heavy garments, suitable for undergarments, trims, and wraps, per New York San.
A garbled 19th century text mocks old medical lore, claiming doctors carried bobbies and that a 4 degree sugar dose could cure diseases. It recounts crude remedies and dubious cures, noting reliance on conjecture and unverified experiments from long past decades.
A fragmented excerpt surveys patent medicines and advertising, noting how tonics and cures moved from folk remedies to mass media. It contrasts medical superstition with modern marketing, recounting a salesman’s rise through newspaper ads and detailing smoke's evolving role in warfare and signaling advances in military optics and experiments.
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