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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1889
Page
1
The Trade Palace stock is now offered at 50 cents on the dollar. This exceptional value is presented as an unprecedented bargain for investors seeking immediate, discounted shares.
We offer better gods for the money than any house in Wichita. We pledge money on the goods offered in this advertisement, consider a small loss now better than a big loss later.
The narrative notes a phenomenal success due to customer friendly pricing. It claims over half the stock sold last week and lists remaining stock including forty plush garments in sacks three quarter length and modjeskas about seventy ladies newmarkets and long wraps about thirty six in beaver cassimere and around one hundred in silk.
We will not carry any wraps this season. If you need one for next season, visit and select, name your price, and you can have it. This is presented as a once in a lifetime opportunity.
A long July to January report on U S mercantile failures across states with figures on liabilities assets and percentages for 188x, plus the International Copyright Association meeting in Boston chaired by President Jov W Elliott and officers. Also details of New York City and state failures and the first murder of the year in New York City with a plasterer stabbed by his brother in law at Forty second Street and First Avenue.
A fatal shooting ends a months long feud between Benton residents Broadhurst and Maine. Maine rode to confront Broadhurst at a stable. Broadhurst fired twice, killing Maine. Broadhurst surrendered to Sheriff Herron and will be defended by L. M. Habird of Gate City. The dispatch notes Oklahoma settlement growth and other local notices including burials, charters, and civil service classifications.
A six story brick Richardson Drug building at Fourth Street and Clark Avenue in St Louis burned within forty minutes after 1 a m. Explosions, smoke, and flames spread to adjacent structures as firemen fought the blaze. The site housed a large stock of inflammables and the firm traces its origins to James Richardson. No lives were reported lost.
A lengthy report details the discovery and identification of a murder victim in East Fairmount Park. Police traced the body to a suspect connected with a Hoboken hotel owner and her employees, with further evidence pointing to a partner in a small grocer business. The case involved multiple suspects and a complex timeline, leading to a court challenge and ongoing investigations as authorities weigh motive and ties among named individuals.
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