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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1888
Page
7
A collage of clipped notes on stamps ink chemistry and postage, evolving ink preservation methods, and assorted social glimpses. Reports touch on stamp security, early printing experiments, and archival curiosities, with stray anecdotes from Boston and St Louis columns and references to rulers, markets, and parlor conversations.
A Moscow correspodent notes Russia’s rail network shows cheap equipment and long, frequent stops, unlike polished but undermaintained lines in earlier days. Cites Wimans lines, czarist direction, sparse stations, frequent stoppages, and rustic facilities. contrasts with American speeds and water scarce on long runs. Also mentions a singular neuralgia and quirky anecdotes from other dispatches.
On a August day at the pond a mixed crowd gathers along the bank to witness a baptism by traveling preachers. The scene features diverse African American attendees, lively chants, and converts entering waist-deep water amid fervent singing and public salutations.
A dated Philadelphia July 2 1598 dispatch calls for township officers to furnish full sets of official books and forms. Each township trustee treasurer clerk and road overseer must maintain specified ledgers receipts and civil docket records at township expense, with a request to Philadelphia Mortgage and Trust Co for a Morurage Loan Register copy.
For sale an advertisement urging buyers to call and inspect the seller’s listings before purchasing elsewhere from the oldest real estate agency in Wichita.
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