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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1889
Page
4
In Topeka and surrounding areas local readers hear discussion of Beshop Perkins as a potential speakership contender with Judge I and other figures named in political chatter. The text reviews state officials, urban jokes, and hints at civic affairs including annexations, medals for Kansas trades, and Santa Fe system changes.
The Social Science club, a Wichita group of educated women, plans a November gathering to discuss home life, intellect, and culture, contrasting their refined aims with traditional roles. The piece lauds women’s influence, virtue, and social duties, contrasting it with male-centric views and urging thoughtful engagement.
A London Morning Post piece counters Mr Huntington Smith on protection. It notes American makers undercut British prices, shipping goods from engines to agricultural tools at lower costs, and argues tariffs do not keep prices high or improve quality. The piece cites US and Belgian competition and notes British industry faces cheaper Yankee imitations.
The volume, compiled by L K Kirk and T F Rhodes of the state board of charities, details laws and statistics on state charitable institutions. It lists estimated values for several asylums and schools, including deaf and dumb, insane, reform, imbecile, soldiers orphans homes, and the industrial school for girls, with land, buildings, and personal property values.
Jay Gould and Reid Northrop arrived with a crowd gathering as they greeted each other on the train. An amused bystander offered a coin to start a joke and a polite officer escorted the elderly man after mischief attempts, amid talk of a fortune in gears and a pricey venture.
A garbled column of fragmented notes references Port Leavenworth prisoners, a Kisii factory, church entertainments, politics, and local misadventures. It mentions Topeka meetings, Olathe, Topeka Capital, Topeka and Emporia, with scattered names and places implying a broad Kansas regional set of events and opinions.
The text outlines a chaotic report touching a bridge project, a theater outing, and various local events. It mentions the Atchison company, a printing date, stages of construction, and references to Stillwater and race themes, all interwoven with archaic phrasing and unclear dates.
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