What was making news this week in 1883 Kansas

Awesome news for newspaper nerds. The Library of Congress has released a bunch of old Kansas newspapers online, and it’s freaking fascinating. Now let’s all readjust our crotchal areas and dig in.

On December 20, 1883, The Wichita Eagle was reporting on a broad range of news and opinion. The only major disappointment of sifting through the ancient fish wrap is that there’s no sports page.