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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1888
Page
3
A garbled OCR fragment presents poetic lines referencing Romola, Uriah, Florence, and a Florentine scene. The text mixes imagery of purity and passion, fortune, and a wanderer’s gaze, with misspelled names and broken phrases suggesting a verse portrait of a tole painter and symbolic figures.
An essay discusses the expense and process behind assembling encyclopedias, noting high prices for volumes and the roles of editors, contributors, and publishers. It cites a typical deluxe set costing around 150 to 200 dollars, with dense scholarly work and lithographs driving the price. The piece also touches on related topics like Shakespearean sites and the allure of factual reference.
The fragmented text references consents and schedules at the capital stages with mentions of repairs, spikes, and a large sum tied to a road project. It notes 12,000 tales about new road work and a request to send waif toes pote together, citing Chicago as the source.
A rural Michiganer visits New York and witnesses extravagant watermelon preparations in a hotel cafe. He samples a plugged melon with champagne, then savors a range of watermelon dishes and elaborate serving methods devised by gourmands. The piece notes New York’s high consumption, global melon quality, and contrasts American and French ideas on edible rind use, ending with reflections on journalism and local reporters.
A New York Evening Sun piece surveys summer hotel workers, noting clerks, stewards, bookkeepers, and wait staff who shift to winter resorts or other cities. It describes role changes, such as night clerks and brokers’ assistants, and highlights stories of earnings, social duties, and the diverse paths after the season ends.
A thoughtful essay argues a library should grow with the mind and advises buying books as needed. It stresses a working library across anthropology history biology and literature, preserving classics and personal texts, while avoiding excess and unread volumes. It notes home libraries should have refinement, atmosphere, and careful selection, with an emphasis on growth, not accumulation.
Fragmentary muse about lovers and self deprecation. The text references staring at the stars and contains garbled language that makes the intended meaning unclear. No identifiable people places or events are present to anchor a factual summary.
The Missouri Pacific By Co announces the Fort Scott route as a popular link to Kansas City St. Louis Chicago and all mountain Springs Arkansas New Orleans or Florida and southern points.
Through free reclining chair cars on all trains to Kansas City and St Louis with daily and morning services. This favorite route also offers Colorado and Pacific Coast connections on Colorado and California routes.
Travel deal announces six month validity with stopover privileges on the Great Southern Race route. Tickets available at City Ticket Office 127 Main St Wichita Kansas for schedules and information.
Advertises improved and unimproved city property on key streets and near street car lines, Maple Grove suburban lots, business lots and blocks at bargains, tracts for subdivision, improved farms, grass lands, and ranches in surrounding counties. Encourages buyers to call and review the list before purchasing elsewhere.
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