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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1889
Page
7
A chic guide to table setting features white damask linens, fringe cloths, and embroidered covers in pink and yellow accents. Round tables favor centerpieces of dolting cloth and ferns with lamps, while fringe and bolting cloth remain popular among wealthier households.
An aged medical view links fatigue, care, and durability of goods to daily work. The piece critiques breeders, drivers, and workers who neglect quality, urging balanced health and fair treatment to protect the young and old.
A garbled column recounts a mix of antiquated curiosities, trivia, and social notes. It mentions Mrs Crintas Rector of Chicago owning Lincoln’s death pillow, notes on blind creatures, Washington's centennial celebration in New York in 1583, and various eccentric tales about people, fashion, and science. The piece also covers reports on cat ownership in Massachusetts, pigments in codex, magnetism experiments, smelling salts, sugar cane processing, refrigeration decay, and scarlet fever transmission in dairy sources.
Nonsensical scraps mention a dust mud belief and a cross eyed baseball claim. A local talk hints at a laboratory doctor finding a kleptomania remedy linked to a lead revolver. A women’s meeting at Sewers Palis is noted and a curious bread breading scene with a taunting uncle is described. The Brasilian account cites Flemingas as agents in yellow fever spread.
An elderly turnkey at the Southern Police Station recounts a perilous shark encounter during a long anchor sweeping voyage. He recalls calm seas turning tense as a massive shark loomed, then vanished, while rescuers hauled his crew into a boat. The anecdote blends nautical work with near disaster and a remembered joke about book keeping.
An old advertise ment promotes the Chicago Kansas and Nebraska railway route via the Missouri River, touting Pale man Palace Car Company coaches as elegant and secure. It urges travel to Kansas, Nebraska and beyond with the Rock Island Route and Route contact in Topeka Kansas.
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