08 Dec 1889
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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1889
Page
1
Ines 123 to 127 N Main Street promotes a Christmas sale with crowding crowds and varied items at least 25 percent off. The dealer pledges low profits principle, spreading earnings over three pieces to triple sales while urging customers to shop early to avoid afternoon rush.
All trimmed hats and bonnets offered at one quarter off regular prices. Plain and figured China silks priced 50c to 125c per yard. Black silks and silk umbrellas with various handles, handkerchief lines, ribbons, plushes, and embroidery materials advertised. Foster kid gloves, Sux mittens, cashmere mittens, stamped linens, and ladies silk hose listed, along with silk underwear in black and colors.
Retailers advertise a Wednesday sale featuring a wide line of fans purses portmonnies wraps and fine muslin underwear. Shoppers urged to buy Christmas gifts now while assortment and low prices prevail.
Philadelphia store offers 200 wraps and cloaks from a major U.S. manufacturer at about half wholesale, on sale Monday morning. Each garment unique in size, with a small advance over cost. Scarfer wool blankets available as blemished stock at $4 per pair. Buyers receive tickets for a grand music box drawing to be held in a few weeks.
An advertisement offers lower prices on suits overcoats underwear and caps versus higher asks from competitors. It promotes cheaper shirts and wholesale-style pricing, highlighting supposed savings of dollars per item.
Ex emperor Dom Pedro of Brazil and family land near Belem after steamer Alagoas arrival. King Carlos greets them warmly as Brazil’s provisional government declared. Dom Pedro discusses a possible manifesto, while Brazilian leaders prevent renewed unrest by arresting imperial party members to avoid bloodshed.
A bloody courtroom confrontation pits lawyers against each other as Judge Keller presides over a divorce case in Murrmall Texas. The judge grants a restraining order amid accusations of deception and wrongdoing. The trial proceeds with testimonies about a child, a jailer, and several witnesses, while the atmosphere remains tense and turbulent.
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