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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1887
Page
5
A sprawling, fragmentary page extracts social notices, party reports, and local happenings. It lists gatherings at homes of Levy, Hamilton, Innes, and others, notes Shakespeare club meetings and literary readings, previews a public event schedule, mentions an accident involving a fireman, and reports on local court and jail matters with names, places, and dates.
In Wichita court Justice Walker fixed bond at 1000 dollars for H A Haskin a Valen township trustee accused of embezzling 87 of township funds. Haskin denies the charges claiming receipts prove money was spent on road and bridge improvements and that he will be exonerated after investigation. A hearing is set for the 22nd. Meanwhile other items note salt industry plans in Comanche county with Broadwell expecting a line to his salt vein and a saleable loaded product ready for use.
The Chicago Times praises Grismer as an actor of the sale order with the same intellectual force as predecessors like Lawrence Barrett and Juan McCellough. Reserved seats for the engagement at Rock Island railroad ticket office on Monday, Nov. 14 at 8 o'clock.
A fragmented OCR notice lists multiple property listings and auction terms in Sedgwick County. It references streets such as Main Street Cars Boor and Washington Ave, with prices like 900 dollars and acre rates. The text notes exchanges for Weekles property and various parcels offered for sale or trade.
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