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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1889
Page
4
A jumble of editorials and satirical notes critiques politics and policy in Kansas. The piece mocks winter forecasts, discusses Cleveland and Harrison, taxes, and state institutions. criticizes lawmakers, rail and canal plans, and exposes gender politics with sharp sarcasm about suffrage and baby debates.
A fragmented provincial discourse argues the danger of majority rule undermining minority rights in U S governance. The piece contrasts democratic ideals with executive overreach, touches on tariff economics, and reflects 1859 frontier political anxieties about representation, judiciary power, and national policy.
A long-scrambled column recounts a moral tale about a couple who learn teamwork by pulling a rope together, praises heroic acts like Engineer Jacobs who saved passengers at Birmingham and died, and surveys varied notices from railroads to county name changes, salt and pest control, and local disasters with a mix of anecdotes and quotes.
A Atlanta Constit ution correspondent interviews James H Whiten who after thirty years in the wild West returns to his wife Nancy Fowler Whiten they wed in 1857 He recalls Indian conflicts and a long trek home through Texas and Missouri ending in the West. The piece notes their separation of thirty years and Whiten’s later life in the frontier.
A laboratory report states Ivory Soap cleanses while leaving skin soft and avoiding harshness found in other laundry soaps. The sample shows minimal uncombined fat, no harmful substances, and overall purity. A warning cautions against counterfeit white soaps claiming similar quality.
The piece strings together slips of verse and prose with quirky quotations and parlor humor. It notes a judge, a bar admitting a woman, a pineapple joke, and a pancake mix of literary snippets, all in a newspaper card vibe. The tone is patchwork and antiquated, with names like Turner Van Nuleot and references to pies and puns.
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