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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1887
Page
1
Madame Chambers offers free dress making on Black Silk Grenadines items with six patterns left. Clear savings include free dress making for combinations priced 15 to 25 dollars and free embroidery presses. Orders must be placed immediately.
Old settlers plan a reunion at Paola Lincoln Park on August 25 26 and 28 with speakers including Senators Inentis and Plumb and other noted figures. Democratic leads and Republican gains in statewide returns noted as preliminary results, Crawford county system adopted, race headlines and weather impacts across multiple Kansas counties including storms rail grading and a fatal train incident.
A Shelbyville romance headlines elopement of 11 year old Letha Thornton and Suzy Niles, with parents pursuing the couple. other items note Bible reading in Texas schools optional for teachers, a Chicago infant recovered after kidnapping, and a spate of local accidents and crimes nationwide including freight train wrecks, a fatal railroad collision, and a spectacular nitro glycerine explosion in Michigan.
In New York and Des Moines, Father Curran joins Dr. McGlynn in public meetings aligned with the Unite|d Labor party. The exchange reflects tensions with Archbishop Corrigan as Curran follows McGlynn’s lead through church and political activism amid a broader pension and national veteran context.
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