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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1889
Page
1
Summary of Governor’s annual message to Kansas legislature detailing state growth, finances, infrastructure, and municipal debt concerns. Highlights include population, railway expansion, school funding, tax outlook, and urged fiscal restraint to avoid municipal indebtedness while supporting state development goals.
A heavily garbled sale notice touts wardrobes and accessories with half price offers. It names Misses garments, children's items, Jersey vests, gloves, corsets, wool pieces, and crepe ties, promising discounts from prices around ten to seventy five cents and claiming quilts and comforts offered at reduced rates.
Readable items describe a sale of dress goods including woolen fabrics and fine suiting. Offers list various prices per yard and discounts, highlighting wool textiles, French broadcloth, and other fabrics with dollar and cent figures. Includes call to visit the store this week for bargains.
The advertiser offers a range of blankets and throws from five to one five dollar prices. They promote quality options including silk and wool, with custom sizing and trims. They claim readiness to cut to customer specifications within the week.
Bargain notice for seal plush wraps in size 36 or 40 inches. Prices near 815 each, trimmed in sable fur options. Limited stock, first come gets the best items. Do not miss this discount sale.
A local shop advertises 40 inch English corkscrew suitings at 1.25, 46 inch silk warp Henrietta at 1.75, and 1 1/2 cts lines closing this week. Also offered are 7/8 inch colored rhadame at 1.25, hats and robes made up by Madame Such, with items valued up to 35 dollars now priced around 8.75, highlighting “one of our greatest bargains.”
Ribbons listed at IV cents for full silk moire ribbons priced at 21 cents for wide silk moire items. The note presents a brief price table showing vintage textile costs.
In this department we feature prominent values especially in our celebrated fast black hosiery for ladies and children. If you want hosiery we can supply in Losiery.
Handkerchiefs offered in various styles and prices. Ladies embroidered handkerchiefs cheap at 25 cents, all linen initial handkerchiefs reduced from 40 to 25 cents, gentlemens linen bordered handkerchiefs at 25 cents, fine embroidered handkerchiefs at 50 cents, ladies crepe silk mufflers in new colors at 1.25 each. See them this week.
Six plush pieces sixteen inches wide in white and cream described as high quality and worth more than ninety two cents. Former asking prices indicate they will be sold at rents.
A sale notice advertises double fold wool dress goods with a few pieces to be closed at one and a half cents. The items are described as worth double the price and urged to see them.
A local sale item advertises four pieces of scarlet flannel at 40 cents, now reduced to 2 cents. The notice promotes a small lot of medicated red flannel offered at 29 cents as a cheap deal.
A flood of laundry linen offers highlights cheap towels and damasks. Towels priced at 25 cents each, 75 cent towels marked to 100 cents, extra large and drawn work towels, and bleached damasks promoted at 7 cents per yard with Turkey red damask at 25 cents.
A large line of all wool scarlet blankets offered this week at 260 cents a pair. For quality they are described as cheap at 209 cents. Potential buyers urged to view the lot and consider the value.
Advertises closeout sale of 20 pieces of dress ginghams in dark and spring colors at 73 to 74 cents a yard, described as good quality never worth less than 10 cents. Also mentions 10 fancy face veils at 15 cents.
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