Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-21

ton of the burdock bur to little nigger's
trousers, said Wichita would loom up and
so blind the eyes of the Star of Empire
that she would conclude to take a claim
within the then village limits
Whether this is all SO or not we cannot
make affidavit, but the fact that said man
did locate and start said paper in said place
is as evident as is the sun at meridian day
The parentage Of the paper was of hum
bic but honest intentions. We think that
at the time of Vol /, No. 1, $4,000 would
have purchased the entire outfit OF material.
1t consisted of a Washington hand press
and some type whose age was as much of a
secret as is the Oldest unmarried daughters
OF a fashionable vet financially distressed
family. AT this time the bird must have
been devoid OF feathers-in point of fact
the tail had not yet reached the dignity Of
that name, and, as the only building In
which rest could be secured was on north
Main near the hOrse-car barns, and as
North and South Main were then contend
ing at which point the oasis should be es-
tablished, the nesting, by the south pull
ing at the head and the north with grip
on the tail, equaled only by the tenacity of
a prohibitionist for Office, every he-o-he
must have had a tendency to cause the late
ly Matched fowl to wish itself safely in the
haven bounded by the lines of Burlinganc.
Being from BurlingaIne, it inherited the
last syllable of the name and with little
forethought mixed with determination in
equal quantities and favored with I've
got something to say about this, it relaxed
the holds of the would be predestina-
tionists and began to grow.
From time to time it did grow The
grasshoppers, drouth, panics and other
complaint called but failed to be recipro-
Gated. Tie hardships of the printers life
We're, undoubtedly, felt but as the Empire
did not take her star and locate on a new
timber claim we find that on May 90, 1884
the weekly was put second on the ticket
and the Wichita Daily EAGLE headed the
document
1t is no use to follow the daily through
its two years life, suffice it to say that it
has by its associated press dispatches, and
and its newsy columns attained the proud
title of the best daily newspaper in Kansas
We say newspaper in order to give us the
II object" to its politics. In this matter we
cannot agree with the EAGLE, but as a
newspaper supplying the general reading
public, the Daily EAGLES peer resides not
in Kansas
1t was the intention of the writer to tell
what the EAGLE will be tomorrow, not in
the past but its so natural to tell of harder
times then the prosperous.
AS stated, the EAGLE comes out tomor-
row in new dress throughout, meaning
that every type rule and DASH is new: also,
all the advertising typeis new. The print
ers phrase, new dress does not convey
Ill H.
ular to state that everything from head to
column rules is fresh from the foundry.
1t will be a seven column quartO, Or
eight pages of seven columns to the page.
The new Cranston press is in running or
der and it with the folder and paster com
pletes the new EAGLE. The new
Cranston press is two-revolution cylinder,
capable of printing as many issues an hour
as lies in the capacity of the feeder. 1t is
the finest printing press in the
state and is not only a credit to the Office
but also to the city.
The folder and paster attached to the
press is ali that the name implies. When
the sheet leaves the press it passes to the
folder. in its native state" and when it is
delivered il is cut, pasted and folded, ready
for mailing. 1t is hard work to describe
such a neat piece of machinery and the only |
way the reader can thoroughly understand
il is to see ii work.
The cost of these improvements are not
known, but if we were to guess, we'd say
$40, 600 would not more than cover them. |
AS an addition to the industries of Wich
tia, the EAGLE is the peer of any. As a
newspaper we think its the boss,-as
palitical organ, advocating certain party, |
we are not so much stuck on it,-in fact /
not stuck at all, but as mechanical outfit !
we'd trade for six bits to boot