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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1889
Page
8
An advertisement recounts swift use of Swift's Specific T for blood poisoning and systemic illness, claiming dramatic recovery within a month. It also promotes other medical cures and remedies, alongside commercial notices and local business details from Wichita and Atlanta.
A severely ill mother with a massive abdominal tumor attached to her wall was admitted to city hospital. The tumor grew rapidly from a walnut size to a massive mass while she lived in bed, drained her strength, and caused emaciation. After weeks of observation an operation was performed to remove the tumor, which was connected to the abdominal wall and not to internal organs. The surgery required careful resuscitation. despite initial collapse the patient recovered with great relief. The tumor was preserved for museum display after removal.
The piece recounts a dancing bear seen by Italians on the Comstock and a Salt Lake Tribune anecdote about a bear trained with iron plates, plus legends of bears among Arctic and Siberian peoples. It adds stories of bears in various cultures and a fearless woman hunter Anna Potrevnam famed for bear and wolf hunts.
Bargain sale offers 50 White Dot pieces at 8 3 4 cents and 50 Zephyr Cloth pieces at 7 1/2 cents. Chambray and Swiss fabrics listed with low prices, along with shirts and drawers quoted for 63 to 65 cents per suit.
Readable fragments describe rail services between Wichita, St. Louis and Denver, with lines including St Louis and San Francisco, Frisco, Ellsworth Short Line, and Missouri Pacific. Highlights note evening and morning trains, Pullman cars, free reclining chairs, through routes, and low excursion rates to southern resorts. Also mentions blank forms for Oklahoma land proving up and office locations in Wichita.
Fragmentary notice states a car leaving a street corner will not trespass into a district after 10 pm on Saturdays and opera nights, or when observed at a ceasing time, with an implied traffic manager overseeing.
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