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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1889
Page
4
The column discusses Sedgwick County Republican dominance and Democratic hopes fading amid claims of no party split this year. It references agricultural output, notable editors, and social issues including divorce, gender roles, and the ongoing political commentary in Wichita and Kansas.
A fragment from a Kansas City Times editorial is cited accusing Wichita Republicans of backing the Democratic ticket to undermine Wichita’s political clout. The piece mocks morality and temperance rhetoric while denouncing perceived bias in state politics and newspaper commentary.
The Oct 28 1889 issue notes farmers busy with corn harvest and promising wheat yields. Visitors include Will Lyon from Cheney and Allen Kendrick and C Bates from Garfield University. A gun accident injures John Carroll. public meeting at the school house features A Rohrbaugh. Jay Gould returns home optimistic about western markets and crop prosperity.
A Wichita editor mocks the Missouri river restoration plan while supporting river improvement funds. He looks forward to river steamers resuming travel, contrasts Missouri river cities’ proximity to markets with hisArkansas City, and notes broader political chatter from the capital about social life, infrastructure, and local growth.
A garbled early 20th century column surveys large pension disbursements since 1961 and notes regional anecdotes from Kansas and Wichita. It references a Kansan debate, judge anecdotes, and notes on Arentine smelting works in Wyandotte County and Emma Beckwith seeking New York mayoral candidacy.
A fragment from a historic page highlights Hacly Wonders of the Water maker's Art-Lewnbinte te Mame and a scene where Mary Queen of Seats grants a mermaid a seat aboard a famed timepiece mechanism.
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