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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1889
Page
5
The Western Eagle reports on community happenings in Kansas including social gatherings, church events, and business notices. Readers learn of entertainment plans, road project updates, and local personalities visiting from nearby towns.
Two carloads of Wichita business leaders and their wives toured the West Side wire cloth plant. Captain George E. Harris and Avkins explained the process from cleaning banks of wire to drawing and weaving. The plant, boasting four looms and rapid output, aims for twelve hundred feet of cloth daily and has orders totaling over thirty thousand dollars.
Yesterday at nine oclock in St celebrated Chapel a ceremony united two popular youths in holy bonds. An elegant reception followed at the bride's parents home on North Cherry street with Chinese lanterns, abundant supper, games, and dancing. A long list of costly gifts was reported to the newlyweds from friends and relatives.
A broad letter from a congressman discusses the appointment of a medical pension board, urging unified local Republican support for three nominees and referencing soldier welfare. Another note outlines plans to move the west span of the Douglas Avenue bridge to Central avenue, with county commissioners already engaged but noncommittal.
ENO The Furniture Man advertises Sewing Rockers in old Gagish oak with high back at a very low price inviting ladies to call and see the items.
The Ada County court heard a divorce petition filed by a wife against her husband Jobo Buruns tea, alleging extreme cruelty over more than ten years and seeking a divorce. Details include marriage at Ada Kent evuty Mick and the couple’s residence, with the trial before Judge Callahan. a whisky trial and public notices on probate and real estate actions also referenced amid general court proceedings and local arrests.
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