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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1888
Page
1
The text reports that the Indian Appropriation Bill passed the House and notes strong efforts to secure hearings for the river and harbor bill. Many members concede that failure to enact the river and harbor measure would harm commerce of the frontier and inland trade.
April sessions reveal debate over Indian pension provisions and river and harbor financing. House committees take up private and military matters as Republicans press for pension policy, bond purchases, and proper administration amid partisan contention during the current session.
Washtngton notes describe the delayed debate on the general appropriation bill as Democratic party dissension hinders timely floor action. The report covers attempted scheduling, party divisions on Hamiltonian amendments, and a resumed work summary with daily counts of bills and executive referrals. It also notes a separate fire damage at the Metropoliten library and various local dispatches from Washtngton and other towns.
A catalog style note promotes 36 inch all wool flannel dress goods in medium and light spring colors. The seller claims honest value, not cheap, and priced at 29 cents a yard. The goods were bought as a leader item, intended for common dress use and to appeal to customers seeking quality wool flannels.
Again today IL Pax and Son announce continued hosiery sale at advertised prices. Our New York buyer reports 19 pieces English Cashmeres and Bieges, half wool, double fold, 20 cents per sard originally, closing at 12 4-3. English Cashmere shades, 3 inches wide, 1 cent today, all wool cashmere destroyer in New York. Finest German Henrietta Cloth purchase expected, shipped by express.
Special sale listing numerous garments including merino under shirts, Novia undershirts, Angela drawers, French bound silk underwear, imported balco designs, linen collars, coats, dress shirts and ribbed ladies vests with various prices. Items include Gents Sommer Merino under shirts, GentsNovia, Anglo and French pieces, and linen collars.
The affidavit of David Valkenburgh links paintings claimed by Mme Diss Debar to a burglary at Samuel Loewenders estate. Detectives with Luther Marsh and others identified about thirty valuable pictures as stolen from Loewenders. Debar claims the works came through her mother Lalla Montez from King Ludwig of Bavaria. The case merges with a murder investigation and a separate fatal joke incident on Wood Street involves Tom Jackson entangled in superstition and eerie ghost lore.
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