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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1889
Page
4
Daily Eagle reports Middleton in Kansas City naming 0 K Gel of Cawego as postmaster while Gov Humphrey pursues a judgeship replacement. Contenders for mayor and police commissioner spark debate over party balance and public safety policies as national figures discuss Christian outreach and U.S. growth metrics.
Kansas census 1885 shows population 1,269,530 with male majority. Reports on women wage earners exclude domestic and school positions. 1,365 women in manufacturing trades, wages 2½ to 2.20 daily, men 75 cents to 4 dollars, eleven hour day for women. Letters describe western KS conditions, crops, depots, court in Greely, railroad plans, and Wichita as commercial center with extension hopes.
A Christian exhortation argues against women's suffrage, claiming it overthrows God's law. It cites Genesis and Paul's writings to state women belong under male authority, condemns suffragists for rejecting scripture, and urges Christians to reject the movement.
Paxitaxnit Texas March 20 editor letter praises warm springlike weather. Citizens note budding trees, growing gardens, and fruit crops five miles from town. Mention of water abundance and local improvements, with playful references to Venus and Jupiter.
In the dated report from March 25, 1459, Santa Fe, county seat of Haskell County, Kansas, is described as a land with dark soil and deep gravel deposits. The tract lies within twenty miles of the region, with terrain featuring yellowish clay and depths over forty feet. Trees are scarce aside from growing varieties, and climate constraints limit agricultural potential. The piece notes a peculiar interest in phenticus fruit and forest trees adapting to Kan climate, and mentions Hon. J. E Marlow as a local figure.
Tuttanapone News recounts Joh Williams from near Indianapolis to Southwestern Kansas. Henry Williams recalls building a homestead ten miles from neighbors, enduring drought, water scarcity, and Indian raids while fending off a prairie fire that swallowed their camp and house. They escaped by leaping from a ladder as flames roared toward them.
Fragments discuss local politics, editorials, and civic issues in Wichita. Mentions a mayoral candidate, environmental concerns, and a coal vein discovery at Howe shaft with implications for industry. Reports cover church conference, Kansas events, and county schooling financials with terse references to local figures and institutions.
Honolulu endures a drought that forces the government to revoke water rights of tare growers with damages due. The city feels water scarcity even as signs point to abundant artesian water available via boring and piping. The Hawaiian bark Lady Lampson, Capt. F O Sodergren, arrived from San Francisco with 400 tons of merchandise and struck a coral reef near Kaknan, yet lightened by cargo discharge and tugs. The brigantine John J Spreckels, Capt. Christiansen, towed from Kahului for San Francisco with 5900 bags of sugar.
A fragmented note discusses simplified science concepts about how eight French ships on a avenue bent curves and feet exertion. It mentions simulating endurance measures and low permanent effects from altered gait.
A fragmentary verse piece evokes spring light and rising warmth with garbled names and imagery. References to April brightness, creatures, and moods mingle with literary phrases and stray words, presenting a nonsensical mosaic of poetical reflections and partial lines.
Fragmentary text describes political or regional names and events, with unclear context and several garbled terms. It mentions a place or group called Kosmort and references peace, factions, and elections without clear dates or outcomes.
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