01 Aug 1889
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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1889
Page
1
Our Great Gift Sale is a challenged yet matchless success, showing that people appreciate good goods, low prices, and fair dealing. While others complained about the heat, our immense establishment remained crowded, serving those who seized the opportunity to buy.
A fragment notes a promotional sequence where after four ten dollar sales, the next buyer receives ten dollars of value free. It reads as an illustration of discount practice, not a complete report of an event. No clear date or participants are given.
A period ad describes a sales event where every customer allegedly receives free goods and mentions a publicity tactic of announcing free items. It lists numerous local residents as examples of customers who received coal and other freebies during Saturday’s sale, implying a high customer turnout and sustained business success.
At Ashland Kansas a Republican convention nominated Francis C. Price of Clark County by acclamation for judge of the Thirty-first judicial district comprising Meade Clark and Comanche counties. Price delivered an acceptance speech praised as the county’s best, with large crowds from all three counties attending. Meade delegates arrived with banners and cheers, while Comanche delegates traveled by train to Ashland.
Comanche County reports excellent crop prospects with recent rains easing drought fears. Farmers optimistic across the county, noting favorable conditions comparable to neighboring counties. Teachers institute expected next week. local merchants report improved conditions for fall trading. Excerpt mentions new Kansas corporate filings and Burke extradition warrant details.
The Farmers’ View notes the United States oats crop will be the largest ever harvested, led by Illinois Iowa Wisconsin and Indiana while Dakota suffers drought. Estimates show total production around 74 million bushels with varying yields across states and a national gain over last year. A plucky woman story follows a Pennsylvania mother traveling toward Lapsing Micki with four children and two babies, seeking relief after her husband’s death in a mill incident.
Charles Dilger and Harry Smart were executed in Louisville with details of the hangings described amid chaotic, garbled narrative. The report notes Dilger killed two policemen last August and Smart killed Moise Grit and wife, with the rope and drop described at length. Newark floods follow as storm damage worsens in New Jersey.
July 21 report details the pursuit and seizure of the British sealer Black Diamond by the U S revenue cutter Richard Rush off Behring Sea on July 11. The Black Diamond resisted and papers were seized. vessel to Sitka for orders. State Department unavailable for comment. Kansas figures and Washington notes also appear in contemporaneous dispatches.
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