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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1888
Page
3
A garbled OCR fragment mentions memories of childhood, friendship, and a tease of future fame. Names and places are unreadable, but wistful lines recall past times, mentors, and shared rituals. The piece reads as a reflective, poetic reminiscence with uncertain authorship.
A fragmentary tale recounts King Rox who rules a vast teak domain with a gleaming domed roof. Through whim and misrule the king seeks to mend the ceiling by a windlass and clever schemes, facing folly, prophetic advice, and a costly dead cow as lessons in governance.
A fragmentary note cites Wilson MacDonald on appetite regularity and its dangers. It claims those eating on a clock may become gourtaarats and die early, while advocates urge listening to hunger and thirst cues instead. The piece references Herald of Health and urges a natural approach to meals and drinks.
A Chicago Herald item details custom last making for difficult feet including bunions and one leg shorter than the other. Shoemakers cast feet in plaster or carve wax after choosing maple or persimmon woods for durable lasts. Prices range five to fifteen dollars as each customer requires unique shaping to ensure comfort and proper alignment.
A fragment from Blackwood's Magazine recounts famous workers and their methods, noting Voltaire, Michael Angelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Napoleon among others. It also discusses the cockroach of India as a symbol of fear, use, and the shipborne life of cockroaches in tropical cargo holds, with vivid old newspaper commentary.
A garbled OCR passage hints at a scene with a crowd and voices, mentioning a figure like a cowed person and a city or street setting. It references names, places, and events in a distorted way, making coherent details hard to extract. The piece suggests a theme of confusion and miscommunication in a public or social space.
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