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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1889
Page
6
A fragmented market brief notes varying items including merchandise from Crananlice Mev and Crananlice Mev frist, mentions May entries, weathered lines hint at sale events, and several figures like 18 and 43 surface amid garbled pricing and schedules. The item reads as a clipped listing of trades and timings with sparse readable names.
Markets by Telegraph report from New York by Mowry and Doty covers commodity trends and price shifts across key markets. Analysts note changes in grains metals and textile futures with brief summaries of factors influencing the day’s movement.
A breezy, anecdotal column riffs on telegram mix ups and telegraph misreads. It recalls misdelivered messages that swap wig for wife, masters for mistresses, and a broker misinterpretation, then shifts to a 135-year-old tale of burglars using a telegraph-like signal to invade a house while the editor recalls his alarm.
A dramatic tale recalls a prank gone wrong when a doctor joining army friends near a prairie is attacked by a charging wild Texas bull. A host rider intervenes, is fatally gored, and the party fights to save him as the bull’s force ends in tragedy.
A Philadelphia Pros writer recalls humorous telegram misreads and mistakes from early telegraph use. An old Western Union operator shares anecdotes about private messages read and etiquette, highlighting public ignorance and the charm of imperfect conveyance.
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