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Newspaper

Wichita Eagle

Location

Wichita, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1889

Page

8

Archaic Linguistic Sprawl Tells Tales of Travel and Trade

A fragmented 19th century item surveys evolving jargon and nicknames across languages, ships, and railways. It notes terms like ditoquibble and boomer, traces origins from Hindustani to Hudson Bay jargon, and mentions Behring Strait, Asbury Park, and the Frisco route. Also reports on Indian Territory railway financing and Reading furnace activity, plus new tourist sleeping cars by Rock Island and Kansas City line.

London Hank Hudson Bay Company British America Pacific Coast California Behring New York Sun Asbury Park J. Borden Irs Simmons Washington Pu Chararter Panchnelio Wichalter Galismaa England Ponehinelio Sealy Pach Choctaw Coal & Rail- Way Company Indian Territory Denpinon Tex Frisco Sebuinkill Conshohockin Potteville Robeson Mount Tasral Macangie Birdsboro Readin Wook Island Rock Leland Wale Grumeries Boise Colered Sidia Pak Ace Inak Chicago Kansas & Netreka Rocky Mountains Heck Island Eee Missouri Pacific Railway Fort Worth Pueblo Denver Salt Lake City Missouri Parifie Railway Great Southiver Miesours Kansas Nel Wska Watorade Arkansas Louisinon Texas New Mexico Ariana Ray Oreantre North Main Street Depot Second Wichita Streets E.R. Burcelay Great Rock Tyland Wichita Great Rock Island Rock Island Douglas Avenue Eet Hutherford

Chaotic OCR Fragment Lapses Into Nonsense Dialogue

Fragmentary text shows fractured dialogue from an editor and unnamed characters discussing money, jealousy, and a goose. Names, places, and events are garbled, yielding no cohesive news item or clear outcome. The piece reads like a damaged page with stray quotes and misread words.

Lace Cap Childe caps fetch 125 cents in Bay Price sale

The item tagged as a 480 Childe Lace Cap gets 125 cents per cap, with buyers labeling it chesp in the Baie Price market at 45 cents. The notice records the price and vendor remarks, indicating a modest regional trade pattern amid small goods listings.

Odd Blurry Clippings From Diona Ind and Nearby Areas

A mix of stray curiosities from various places includes a trunk found with three stove jars of Spanish corn works near Diona Indiana, a Jersey City man’s noted feat on a rail bridge, and a Montpelier Indiana gas tide phenomenon. Also reported are counterfeit coins found at Tacoma, a California Louisville suburb house stolen piecemeal, and a seven foot alligator in a swamp north of Astor Florida.

Diona Ind AxoLe Jersey City Hackensack River Montpelier Tacoma W. T Louisville Astor Will Wilkes‘barre Learse Crape Sigi

Odd Occupations Highlight Curious Modern Trades

A Boston writer creates catchy book and play titles for copyright and auction. In Pittsfield Mass a pair of women earned money teaching whist. A Cincinnati woman patents furniture built into flats walls saving space. A man in Los Angeles travels with corpses to California for health ends. A New Yorker trains as an expert witness in handwriting to identify signatures from a sample.

Bostow Tris Pittsfield Mass Cmnesoo Tarue Los Angele California Aman New York

Herron's Groceries and Travel Advertisements

A cluttered page promotes Herron's grocery at Fourth and Douglas with low prices on butter and other items. It also advertises rail excursions to California and other destinations via Missouri Pacific, with details on schedules, ports of call, and travel perks.

Herron's Fourth Douglas Avenue Herron Doulas Geo Wienits & Scbornan KR. R Hossfelt Bros Wichita West Douglas M't'g. Co East Will & See Wichita O S. M'Tg

Wichita to St Louis by Frisco and Union Railways

The Frisco and St Louis & San Francisco routes offer Pullman Palace sleepers from Wichita to St Louis with through service and elegant coach cars. Frisco promotes shortest travel time, minimal delays, and direct connections for Houston New York and other major cities. W D Murdock and O Melmilie act as local agents with schedules and rates available.

France Louis St. Louis San Francisco Wichita Andosur Calope Huston New York Unio W. D. Murdock Main D. Wietsautz Fien St Louis Maw_O. MELMILIE

Care Hasire and Danes Set eet ee Ont oot am Fue

Care Hasire and Danes are listed for a site event described in fragmented OCR text. The readable content notes a forthcoming meeting or project at a location, with involvement by named individuals, though details remain unclear. No firm date or organization is fully legible.

Care Hasire

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