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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1889
Page
4
A sprawling, fragmentary column references Republican meetings, Governor Hill, and national politics with sharp satire directed at the Wichita Eagle. It mentions Kansas events, elections, labor talks, and a Paris World’s Fair note, alongside Sugar Works at Parkinson and growing production outlook. The text weaves political opinion with local notices and oblique references to public affairs.
The piece notes John A. Doran as the favored candidate for Sedgwick County treasurer with strong support from Republicans in a local district. It also highlights Alfred R. Conkling’s The Life and Letters of Roscoe Conkling, a 600 page biography published for subscribers, out in November with Wichita agent Mrs L S Carter. It adds a Wichita Times notice about Missouri navigation season ending and commentary on anticipated spring steamship activity.
The Democratic campaign managers claim prominent Republicans in the city secretly back Democratic nominees. Reliable sources say Republicans like MW Lewy LD Skinner N. G Harmon and others would not vote for Thode Brown and might back Democrats. The piece condemns such tactics as misrepresentation meant to win Republican votes and warns voters to doubt these assurances. The article also critiques river and harbor appropriations and urges Republicans to vote next Tuesday for a strong county ticket. It cites misused funds and calls for focusing on deep harbor projects on the Mexican Gulf coast while noting local election mobilization in Oatville Kansas. It ends with local notices and a lament over a boy wounded from a hunting accident.
Editor J S telia Clarke presents newly compiled Mexican production data for 188% growth period. Sugar 70k tons, cotton 25,000 tons, corn 138,004,000 bushels, wheat 11,si,000. staples exports include sugar 00 tons and cotton 14,600,000 pounds with values listed. Total value indicates vast resource wealth and profitable opportunities for American investors.
A Sedgwick county GOP gathering at Park School drew energetic turnout led by local figures. Despite garbled OCR, attendees voiced strong support for Grant and emphasized party unity and local engagement.
The report notes general hog health is good except where cholera spreads. Farmers market hogs early in affected areas, fattening them as corn crops are abundant. Cholera is present in several counties across Minnesota, Wisconsin, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Iowa, Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois, with varying mortality rates and widespread regional impact.
A Topeka debate outlines how an updated Kansas constitution could fix representation woes. It notes the current lower house arrangement favors eastern counties, leaves western districts underrepresented, and explains attempts to convene a constitutional convention have repeatedly failed.
The Edmond editor reports on farmers crossing into the territory to claim lands south and east of there, with a large crop season and many families traveling through Edmond. Local Presbyterian church activity and church choir plans are noted amid broader political tension and forthcoming election efforts.
Fragmented OCR text references multiple figures and places including a Dalbed Staterio Nhe and Obinlones City. Several lines mention treaties, contracts, and various individuals, with scattered dates and events. The unreadable source yields no coherent single event to summarize reliably.
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