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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1890
Page
2
Fragmented report notes a deadly lake shore wreck with many killed and injured as trains piled up. Debates arise over the coupling and crew responsibility amid chaotic scene. Weather bulletin follows with cold, shifting winds and possible snow. forecast includes Missouri, Warsaw, Colorado with northeasterly gusts.
A derailment near Hombre on the Lake Shire line follows a defective coupling. The wreck blocks the track as a Pullman car collapses, trapping passengers and injuring many. Rescue teams work amid fires and damaged cars with reports of fatalities and fourteen or more harmed.
A heavy snowslide buried a mail train three miles from Wallite, killing the mail agent Grace Moberte and baggageman Meweniit Denver and injuring several others including Fireman Culberseu. The crash left the scene engulfed in snow and wreckage as rescuers worked amidst avalanches and freezing conditions.
After decades of speculation the case of a Lower Merion man named De Levering ends with the confession of G. Henderman owner of a village store. Henderman describes a decoy call and the shooting that killed Levering as authorities reveal details of a long unsolved murder. The report notes Henderman died recently and offers a fuller account of the crime and motives. In another item In Indiana, a burglary at a court house yielded a cash and silver haul of four dollars, a rarity in a quiet town.
Reports from Bannoresville dated March 1 describe the Sluster party led by Mes ser arriving with forty armed men from Whit Creek causing general alarms. The circuit court held a session guarded by police as skirmishes and weapons injuries occurred in the courthouse yard amid snow and crowd unrest.
A Young Folks column recounts a comic episode of photographing a baby and a sneezy man, with playful dialogue and engrained old timey narrative. It shifts to a discussion of a Persian tableau and a moral tale about honesty, ending with a portrait of the Whitechapel club rooms and their decor.
A chaotic OCR reads as a financial statement for the American Legion of Honor. It notes balances on hand dated Jan 1 1890 and 1850 with figures in the thousands, transfers to various funds, and notes about guaranties and relief funds. The report mentions assets in banks, receipts from 1890, and inquiries into member counts and death claims.
A long, damaged montage recalls a burial remedy tale from a tale about Uncle Billy and a parsonly family, touching on a controversial forty day burial myth, medical quackery, and a curious museum of odd anecdotes. The piece shifts through weathered paragraphs about petroleum potions for farms, old industry notes, and scattered vignettes from New York papers.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a dated ledger of people and places with disjoint phrases. It names MR WATERMENE and ERISA among scattered terms, dates, and locations but lacks coherent events or context to assemble a definite summary.
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