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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1889
Page
2
A victim testifies to fiendish attendants beating and neglecting patients at a Chicago facility. Witnesses describe scant necessities, cold handling, and brutality by keepers. A lunatic billed by staff and further testimony highlight alleged abuses amid a broader report on other news and a weather bulletin.
May 2 testimony in Chicago reveals brutal abuse at public insane asylums. George Will, a former railway worker, describes violent ward attendants, beatings, and neglect during his stay, including being shoved, kicked, and nearly killed while under treatment. He reports fear of retaliation and poor living conditions.
An Arkansas man, Jim Allen, was killed while at work eight miles from the town in Dal Edpnty. His wife testified at the inquest that Allen was shot as he dropped peas nearby. An interview excerpt describes Mutants tu qlel te latter eid his poopie. Officials report further details and reaction to the事件 while Cumberland Presbyterians discuss education funding.
A young woman, registered as Mrs A Sameron of Oakland, California, checked into the St Nicholas hotel in Bove Montana after arriving by train at 120 am Thursday. She was found dead with a .32 caliber revolver shot to the temple, apparently self-inflicted, after notes addressed to the hotel proprietors and an undertaker were found. An inquest was adjourned to identify a man connected with the case.
A rumor spread through Aris city that Emma C Volsin mother of Mrs Grover Cleveland wed Henry D L Perrine merchant of Moffelo SN. Mrs Cleveland reportedly attended. Details remained tight as relatives and press tracked the ceremony and travel plans. The groom’s age and bride’s attire described. guests included Cadman family and Detroit guests.
St Paul, Minn May 20 John Wilkin Lowry known as Jack Lowry to friends has wired for money claiming an inheritance worth 250 000 per year and a Cumberland estate while the Lowry estate stands to pass to court unless claimed before May 21 Attorneys in Carlyle and others were alerted by aStay proceedings sign as Lowry’s letters reach amid his past life in Canada and arrival in America years ago
Thousands affected as high court limits administration of oaths to federal officers only, notaries public blocked unless statutes permit. Decision impacts many mineral division cases at the General Land Office and prompts renewed scrutiny of section 235. Public Printer Palmer’s first week noted for public access and steady stream of callers.
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Faithful customers of the Arcade compare rival offers with Arcades goods and find superior quality at lower prices. The message declares the Arcade will stay and serve customers, underscoring confidence in its staying power and value.
We have just received an elegant line of the newest styles and will let them go this week. These are not the cheap goods advertised by competitors, but guaranteed genuine Koechlin and Gros Boman French satines. Every house in town can buy them for a cent less, but during the four week sale at Arcade they are 25 cents.
Bargain No 3 offers 40 dozen ladies lisle thread vests with silk neck trim. Vests advertised at a discount, originally priced high, now offered for forty cents for a seventy five cent item.
We offer a handsome line of lace stripes and satin fabrics from Mitchell Glasgow and Bernard Paris. They are priced well below rivals who charge 9 5 and 40 cents per yard. Bargain Week sale peaks at 3 cents. Genuine French? ready for buyers.
Bargain week sale featuring 45 pieces of Sarah and China silk with new designs. Each jar priced at 75 cents, now discounted to 45 cents. Bargain items advertise finned distribution and fresh patterns in a shop-promoted listing.
An erratic OCR fragment references white goods and possible place names, hinting at an inventory or sale notice. The readable terms include white goods Aripes and a checkout context, but details are unclear and entities are fragmented. The item appears brief, with no identifiable people or organizations.
The Arcade in Lindirizip reports Thomas R. Kavagus charged with Samuel Waldrup's murder arrives from St. Louis in Sheriff John W. Griswold's custody. He is taken to Ohio & Mississippi depot to board a Hillsboro train for trial amid a crowd of onlookers. Family members, including Taylor Waldrup and a younger brother, speak alongside him as the accused denies marriage rumors and faces key letters and hotel corroboration as principal evidence.
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