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Newspaper

Wichita Eagle

Location

Wichita, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1887

Page

5

Dedication of the Eagle Rifles armory social event

Last evening a large gathering attended the dedication of the Eagle Rifles armory on North Market Street. The event featured decorated rooms, notable Wichita business and community leaders, and speeches by Captain Motehin and others praising the Eagle Rifles and urging civic duty.

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Caney Hotel, court actions, and a fatal gun accident

A chaotic, fragmentary page reports hotel delays at Caney, a planned amicable settlement of lawsuits, a call for theater cast and audience at a Wichita court, plus a tragic accidental gunshot near Mead Avenue and Oak Street injuring Miss Belle Wootan, with doctors uncertain of recovery.

Belle Miss Wootan Mead Avenue Oak Street Ollie Belle Miss Belle Wootan Avinu Masoon

Council Considers Health Board and Slated Crossings on Eighteenth

City council met near 3 pm with members Healy Stone Dethy Johnson Brown Harris Buckridge Simison Kenyon. An ordinance proposed a three physician health board plus two council members. Requests from Texas Lumber Co and Stock Yards Co urged crossings on Eighteenth Street. Crossings ordered. Other items covered licensing, street peddlers, and tax issues. Numerous names cited in reports of relations and local proceedings.

Telephone Company Healy Stone Dethy Johnson Brown Harris Buckridge Simison Kenyon Texas Lumber Company The Stock Yards Company Missouri Pacific Santa Fe Eighteenth Street Derby Pri Gers Huntal Dery Hersch Telephone Company E Licht Company Mathews Ila Wiobey Lars Woodsian

Votes urged on bonds and local notices amid garbled ads

The snippet urges Saturday bond votes for Seat Mrs. Kients and mentions stolen satchel rewards. It includes faded ads for warm lined shoes at McNaghtan & Miles, a transportation line with schedules to the southwest and a station at 1403 Math Steven, plus travel agents in Topeka and Sebastian.

Dat Kients Reistella Hor McNaghtan & Miles Douglas Ave

Dress Goods Bargain Sale Slashes Prices to 66 Cents on Dollar

We have taken 121 pieces of dress goods from our shelves and marked them down to 66 cents on the dollar. The lot includes 20 cent goods reduced to 12, 46 cent goods to 25, 30 to 33, 60 to 42, 75 to 48, 90 to 63, and 1.25 to 72. This loss leader is to move stock now rather than carry it over to next season.

Sales Event Promises Free Dress Fitting and Lining

A newspaper notice touts a limited sale where every dress pattern not in the 60 cent dollar lot will be cut and fitted free of charge and a si lesia waist lining provided at no cost. Early shoppers are urged as the markdowns are short lived with blankets and flannels also discounted.

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