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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1888
Page
1
Pittsburg area store advertises 96 plush wraps in full and quarter lengths with fur trims and bell sleeves plus 162 Newmarkets and long wraps in various patterns. Over 200 misses and children’s wraps aged up to 9 years. Selling this week with discounts up to 75 percent or more, down to 0 cents if needed.
A local store advertises an immense wrap cut offer and promises a free Christmas souvenir with each purchase. The display features in their west windows, drawing shopper attention.
After Christmas we clear a large stock of footwear of all kinds. Prices cut to move goods by January 1. Visit to save money on boots shoes and slippers this week with low prices and good quality.
Paris dispatch notes General Boulanger’s growing strength in the chamber race, with Montauban backing him and the government alarmed. Boulanger argues the chamber is powerless and calls for a constituent assembly, while Bonapartists unite with Boulangists. The story also covers Panama Canal anxieties, Canadian fishing issues, and other international items.
In Sixons Nebraska the district court hears Judy Fitzgerald and Fitzgerald Mallory Construction Company suing Missouri Pacific Railroad and Jax Gold for about 1.5 million in an alleged fraudulent absorption deal. The case centers on bonds and stock promised for railroad construction and disputes over payments and control of the new line.
General Legitime faced rapid reversals as Haitian Republic was forced to yield the steamer to U S Navy ships Galena and Yantic amid threats of bombardment. The surrender followed a tense sequence with the delivery crew, a demanded indemnity, and a salute to the U S flag. Meanwhile Admiral Luce planned coal at Kingston and preparations for onward movement.
In Wassisatox a cordial exchange unfolds as Joe Johnston and General Berdan meet a friend presenting them. Amid jokes and cautious recognition they recount Civil War days, share nods to each other’s convictions, and pledge to meet again, exchanging mutual respect after years apart.
A sailor named Le Mutlaiy left a brig near Brazos de Santiago after gathering his clothes and tools. he vanished from watch, rope ladder lowered, with life preserver found later on Padre Island. Search noted the likely death by sharks as ship drifted 140 miles of sandy coast. other items report assault on sheriff and various local incidents in the same dispatch.
A Chicago interview series discusses how rail lines allegedly evade the Interstate Commerce Act through underbidding payments to shippers and other schemes. Opinions vary on strengthening enforcement, with calls for amendments to fix loopholes and improve administration.
Fragmentary text references a settlement offer and a deadly event at a place called Parr. Names and locations are jumbled, but appears to involve a court or legal action and a violent incident with vague timelines and unsettled details.
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