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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1888
Page
3
A jumble of clipped clippings from the Daily Eagle includes literary bits, science tidbits, advertisements, and quoted anecdotes. The page references poets, history, school reforms, culinary curiosities, inventions, and stray conversations, all presented in a collage-like, newspaper-card style.
A narrative recounts a Eskimo medicine man who survived a powder can explosion that marred his face and forced his dramatic retelling. The tale sits alongside notes on traveling players, theatre history, and early stage practices, including caravans, booths, and the social life of touring troupes.
The article describes the bustard of the steppe, its elusive behavior, migratory patterns, and a “strange disability” where severe frost immobilizes its wings with ice. Hunters use horseback drives to corral and kill birds, exploiting frozen pinions, while noting the birds’ solitary, uncrowded nesting and occasional winter gatherings.
A fragment notes travel toward Springs Arkansas, New Orleans, Florida, and all southern and southeastern points. It cites routes or destinations connected with a goat and a travel network without further details.
The feature highlights that all UW trains offer free reclining chair and Pullman sleeping cars to Kansas City and St Louis daily with morning departures. It promotes this route as the preferred option for travel to Colorado California Oregon and all Pacific Coast points.
Promotional notice offering six month excursion tickets to San Diego Los Angeles San Francisco and all California points with stopover privileges. For timetable and information contact City Ticket Office 127 Main St Wichita Kan N C Keeran Passenger and Ticket Agent.
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