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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1888
Page
14
An excerpt recounts the Booth assassination scene with vivid wartime imagery. The prose follows Booth’s collapse under fire and fear, the burned barn, and the wreckage of pathos as pursuers close in. Names and places remain embedded in a dramatized narrative frame.
A Globe Democrat note describes the origin of a plan to provide officers and cabin crews with sleeping and living quarters on a vessel. The captain's room is large and occupies the front part of the ship, designed to give officers a private space without disturbances.
News notes Elisha Gray’s new telautograph device enabling one to write a message in Chicago and have it reproduced instantly at the other end, with pencils and wires forming identical letters, supporting multilingual text and drawings. It claims private, verifiable records and potential commercial use, pricing between 16 and 90 dollars, and advantages over telephonic exchange.
An 19th century description details a performer using bowl shaped shoes with air and vacuum mechanisms to release rods and swing on a trapeze. The article explains how pressing the ball of the foot alters the air flow, loosening a shoe, and allowing the performer to move along boards as part of a gravity‑defying act.
A historical note warns that pipe tobacco, especially soft white pi pecans, may be the healthiest yet riskiest form with nicotine as a prime danger. It describes pipe use leading to snout and stomach issues and even severe addiction over years, mentioning costs and a factory engine scale.
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