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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1888
Page
1
From S W Cor on Douglas Ave and Market Street comes special drives this week featuring 302 ladies fans and importers samples. Purchases at 25 cents on the dollar with small advances expected, including colored fabrics, silks, pique fabrics, and French sateens offered at deep discounts.
Washington May 21 as a vice in the Senate, fierce debate on the fisheries treaty opened with Senator Sherman denouncing the presidents veto of a Youngstown public building bill and urging Congress to assert its power. The debate shifted to the treaty’s terms as Frye argued the accord endangered U S rights and warned of war risks, while Manderson sought to revive the general of the army bill. The session featured sharp exchanges on diplomacy, constitutional powers, and the nation’s status with Britain, ending with a push to proceed on treaty open to amendments.
A massive late spring storm swept eastern Ohio western Pennsylvania and parts of West Virginia causing extensive property damage and multiple casualties. Reports from Ravenswood Charleston and Canton describe deaths and injuries along with collapsed buildings flooded streets and disrupted infrastructure including telegraph and railroad lines.
Fragmentary OCR text describes various individuals such as Tom and Rin Adler arriving in a city, with references to Esther Witter, secretaries, and potential hearings or charges. The passage is garbled, with many misspellings and unclear events, making precise facts and dates impossible to determine.
A garbled OCR text lists numerous scattered names and terms including locations like New Crete and May, plus weather or event fragments. The readable bits hint at a chaotic local notice or column with scattered personal names and place references but no coherent narrative or dates.
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