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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1889
Page
5
A nervous young man from Idaho, Ralph Bray of Shoshone, Idaho, stayed at the Manhattan hotel and left with ten ten-dollar bills. A gas leak woke guests. Bray vanished by 2 pm after breakfast. Local notices also report a cooking school lesson, a marriage, a death, and various city items.
Newton Beers revival of Enoch Arden promises unmatched stage scenery. Met opera house designer Henry K Hoyt creates sweeping Cornish coast to Palma Isle backdrops with storms and wrecks. Crawford Grand hosts Jesus Dillon and Keene tragedy nights while Tank Kee lecture charms audience in mud and wind.
The readable parts discuss catarrh and its cure, mentioning cautions about substances and methods claimed to relieve the head and throat. It references purity concerns and experiments, noting authorities or experts in medicine.
A Wichita advertise scheme promises a ticket with every purchase at the New York Store. Tickets multiply with spending, with 120 top prizes valued at about 1350 dollars to be drawn on December 31 by a special committee. The list includes various goods from music boxes to silverware, all on display for patrons to inspect.
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