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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1888
Page
1
Advertised sale features 25 dozen calico and Indigo print house dresses priced at 1.00 1.25 and 1.50 each in sizes 34 36 38 and 40. Also offered are French sateens with original tickets 2 yards and 25 dozen fast black ribbed cotton hose for boys sizes 5 to 9 at 25 cents per pair.
Our resident buyer announces more good work for the people and warns competitors this low hosiery sale will draw crowds. It invites readers to shop where they can buy cheapest and expects strong customer interest today.
An old newspaper ad touts a large ladies hose sale with many price points. It lists full fashioned tights, French toe English lisle hose, and a variety of colors and weights at reduced prices, offering bargains like three for 25 cents and bulk discounts.
Our friends in the area announce Moliewing in the line Our great special sales are welcome to shoppers. They gather from the street feast Teavne Weare continually of the people We originate. A promotional note from T L Fox and Son at 150 N Main.
Massed brewery workers push back amid a brewing firm lockout as Seifert calls the strike ending with full operation. A brewer is knocked down by a brick, a police ride is deployed, and officials report all breweries running with sufficient staffing. Separately, Mayo Fraley bets on grain, signaling bearish market moves amid recalls and losses, while Indians drown in Wisconsin dragnet incident and early racing results are listed.
In Congress the House passed a labor department bill and debated boards of arbitration amid tariff clashes. The Senate faltered on South Dakota statehood, with Senators sparring over Hayes, the electoral commission, and Louisiana, while Sherman attacked Democratic tactics and defended the 1876 results.
Washington reports outline the Signal Office at St Paul to be discontinued after May 1. It notes Edmunds condemning Cleveland’s vetoes on pension issues, the Peralta land claim, and pending senatorial investigations. Waite’s successor search remains unresolved amid labor delegations and tariff bill discussions.
Fragmented text mentions a sports report with references to lanes lanes and timing and possible matches or meets. Names, places, and dates are obscured, leaving only garbled tokens and partial phrases about a sports event and reporting.
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