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Editorial
August 1, 1886
Wichita Daily Eagle
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
What is this article about?
The editorial sarcastically dismisses Wichita's summer real estate boom as fraudulent, claims Newton residents were uninterested, accuses promoters of lying, and jokes that journalist Marsh Murdock incites booms wherever he visits, including an impending one in Eureka.
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If, in speaking of Wichita, the people of Newton ever did anything else we have failed to hear of it. That anybody here ever cared, we do not believe. As for the "money" and "real estate transactions" our people are not lunatics that they should have paid the register over one hundred dollars a day for months for recording bogus deeds of make believe sales. As who is to "fess up" we confess that any man who maintains that any town or city in the state ever showed anything like the amount of real estate transfers shown by Wichita the past summer must be either a liar or a lunatic or both.
It has only been a few weeks since Marsh Murdock visited New York city, and now they have the biggest "addition" craze there ever heard of; it proposes to take in Brooklyn, Newark and a large part of New Jersey.
Wherever Murdock has been you may look out for a "boom."—Eureka Messenger.
He is coming over to visit Eureka in a few days. Prepare to wake up.
It has only been a few weeks since Marsh Murdock visited New York city, and now they have the biggest "addition" craze there ever heard of; it proposes to take in Brooklyn, Newark and a large part of New Jersey.
Wherever Murdock has been you may look out for a "boom."—Eureka Messenger.
He is coming over to visit Eureka in a few days. Prepare to wake up.
What sub-type of article is it?
Satire
Economic Policy
What keywords are associated?
Wichita Boom
Real Estate Transfers
Marsh Murdock
Bogus Deeds
Town Craze
What entities or persons were involved?
Wichita
Newton
Marsh Murdock
Eureka Messenger
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Mockery Of Wichita's Real Estate Boom
Stance / Tone
Sarcastic Dismissal
Key Figures
Wichita
Newton
Marsh Murdock
Eureka Messenger
Key Arguments
People Of Newton Did Not Care About Wichita
Real Estate Transactions In Wichita Were Bogus And Not Paid For Recording
Any Claim Of High Real Estate Transfers In Wichita Indicates Liar Or Lunatic
Marsh Murdock's Visits Cause Booms, Like In New York Proposing To Include Brooklyn, Newark, And New Jersey
Murdock Is Visiting Eureka Soon