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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1890
Page
8
A cluttered OCR page lists numerous personals from Kansas towns, with names like J. Avery Boston and Fr Proctor Kingman. It references travel, city visits, and social calls, plus scattered mentions of local business, upcoming events, and brief notices amid rough editorial material.
Reports from the Immigration Bureau detail significant approval by Eastern passenger associations for favorable rates to Kansas homesteaders. The plan envisions multiple excursions this spring, with early success guiding potential second trips. The executive committee emphasizes improved organization, mailing lists, and advertising to draw settlers, while grain shipping activity remains strong at the Wichita market with high elevator demand and steady carloads.
February meteorological figures for Wichita show high and low barometer readings, mean temperatures, and wind patterns. The council discussed imposing a license on certain commission trades, with one proposal for eight dollars, while others favored repealing and allowing licensed street vendors to appear before the council. Judge Reed discharged the jury as trial work ended, and Charles Coffin presented a gold pen and ink stand, praising the court and outlining duties of public prosecutors. The note ends with upcoming Fortnightly entertainments and government building contract bidding, plus social notices and a concert program.
Report covers multiple local items: E. and Aldrich attended to a dislocated elbow after a steer charged a man at the stock yards. Also notes furniture bid discussions for the new county building, a fire rescue at 1005 North Market Street, a jail brake explanation from Parley Jail Co., a horsewhip incident on East Douglas Avenue, and a thank you card for fire responders. Witnesses cited, with various local officials and firms named.
An analysis of city dry goods ads notes inflated claims for fast black hosiery. It argues most brands are dyed by the same dyers and sold under various house brands, with true colors similar across competitors. The piece asserts a specific price for a certain hose compared to rivals.
Regular meeting of Warwick lodge K of P No 44 on Monday evening at Oud Vedews hall on North Main. All visiting brethren were invited to attend. Sharp Tk Work in first degree. Jaxsev CC.
The Calforuik Opera Company of forty artists will present Said Pasha at Crawford Grand next Friday and Saturday evenings. The company brings its own scenery and the stage is noted as deep enough to handle it. The show opens March 4, with prominent performers including Miss Chayomn and Miss Levi J, noted for operatic roles and dramatic singing.
The court ledger reports verdicts for defendants on costs in several cases including Coleman Rogers and Thomas G. Hescovt, with mentions of a final will and guardianship involving John W. Reith’s estate. Proceedings reference jury trials, adjournments, and daily court activity with notes on prisoners and local disturbances as last week’s docket closed.
We finished our inventory Saturday evening and as we used we have set aside quite a number of what itres or Dey Goods and cut the prices to close them out.
A garbled OCR passage recalls Thomas Hlockiock and Duerhil Macieth, figures tied to early linguistic works and alphabets. It mentions a Berne university link, a geeticat dictionary author, and various scholars, with scattered notes on ages, roles, and a vague trial or examination scenario. The text is fragmentary and hard to parse but centers on scholarly figures and antiquated linguistic achievements.
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