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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1887
Page
4
A collage of items reports on election outcomes in Rhode Island and national party dynamics, post office telegraph debates, tariff talks with Mexico, and European peace moves. Notes on Kansas corn and castor oil, water supply, farming droughts, and rail traffic including Atchison Topeka Santa Fe finances.
Fragmentary report recounts a Union regiment on a battlefield near Brockport where an officer and 23 years of service ends. It notes public mourning, a memorial tablet, and the regiment’s survivors planning a rite at a national cemetery. The piece reflects grief, conspiracy rumors, and battlefield reverence.
A Kansas exchange notes the state favors the poor man with broad exemptions. Homestead up to 160 acres or a one acre residence, improvements, and family essentials are exempt from forced sale. Personal property is largely exempt for families, including beds, books, instruments, and stock up to defined values. Wages and certain property not exempt. outlines protections for family households and basic farming tools and supplies. The piece contrasts Kansas with Missouri in favoring poorer residents seeking stability.
A Kansas clip highlights a six finger family in Butler county a salinity vein find by a digger at Larned and a doubling little finger. It notes farmers from West Virginia buying land in Scott county and a Kansas horticultural society meeting at Marion. An heir in Clark county pursues a Michigan fortune, cotton hopes revive Kansas industry, and a Wilmer coal find near Coldwater is touted as a notable discovery titled the first “blick diamond” in southern Kansas.
Fragmented opinion column cites Fissaan Chey and supporters of Lovering in Massachusetts, with anxious references to mugwumps, Ben Rather backing the Democrats, and critical remarks on Clevesed era figures. The piece critiques political rancor, religious rhetoric, and media stereotyping across Kansas and beyond, noting Wichita Exons and local figures like Sparks the land commissioner.
The store proclaims the most perfect fitting stock of Peace overcoats and tailored trousers ever brought to the city, promising quality and fit beyond prior offerings.
Our varied assortment includes velvets, worsteds, kerseys, and cheviots from Mineltons and others with prices 33 percent lower than standard merchant tailor rates. Goldstein & Co, Leaders of Low Prices.
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