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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1889
Page
3
A fragmentary verse excerpt by Eawerd A. Oldheu quoted in Century Brice-Brag. The texto includes rural images of bells, swamps, whippoorwills, cattle and foxes with weathered dialect notes and several garbled phrases. This item preserves a literary feel rather than a clear news event.
A narrator recalls visiting a forgotten Pers mine shaft with a rough miner named Podno. They descend winding tunnels, pass abandoned drifts, and encounter eerie echoes and a ghostly presence. After hours of exploration the speaker emerges, noting the miner’s quiet bravery and tension-filled descent.
A narrator recalls being lured into a mine by Pedro who claims to serve a royal monarch in a cavernous well. The “king” reveals an unstable plot, pushes the narrator into a perilous fall, and vanishes, leaving the narrator to endure hunger, despair, and near madness before rescue and questioning reveal the impostor’s insanity.
A Lewiston Journal writer recalls Henry W. Paine the famed epigrammatist and Boston University Law School lecturer. The tale includes Paine’s memory, a Windsor Castle episode with Lord Coke, and a jesting epitaph by Paine’s father. The piece also touches on Paine’s style and literary influence.
A terse notice for a local manufacturer offers made to order steam rovers and related architectural items. It notes that estimates and orders are attended to by Fonda, Superintendent, with payment terms implied.
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