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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1889
Page
1
A local retailer promotes storewide value with a display of marked down items. The ad touts bargains across categories and emphasizes merit as the source of lasting benefits while inviting shoppers to visit before the week's end.
A period sale listing dress fabrics and notions with discounted all wool items. Includes French brownbla th fabrics, 4 inch all wool Henrietta, extra fine wool, crepe georgette and sateen comforters. Prices quoted from 4 to 150 cents, with many items below typical values and quantities limited.
A fragment notes two price points for scarlet flannel pieces described as good medics by “Red Flannel.” It mentions closing four pieces at 40 cents this week and another item at 2 cents, calling the latter cheap. The text lacks clear names, dates, or organizations.
Overstorked on fine blankets from 8 to 16 del s, we offer deeper cuts on these goods. If you seek silklike warmth or extra quality from California or Western makes, we have blankets ready this week to meet your needs.
Classified note advertises seal plush wraps from goeds in sizes 36 and 4 busts with trim details in heads and sable fir. Former print price $45. Bargain priced at $15. Customer urged to act quickly.
An old catalog notice advertises 40 inch English suitings at 1 25 cents and 40aweh sik wary Henrietta at similar prices. It promises closure of the line this week and lists Rhadame and Madame Liggett robes with marked down values, highlighting bargains as part of a closing sale.
Silk moire ribbons offered in two widths with price points given. No 16 line lists all silk moire ribbons at 16 cents. No 12 line lists all silk moire ribbons at 21 cents.
In this department are prominent values especially in celebrated fast black hosiery for ladies and children. If you are wanting anything in hosiery we can do you good.
Handkerchiefs for ladies and gentlemen on sale this week. Ladies fine embroidered and all linen initial handkerchiefs discounted to 25 cents after being offered at higher prices. Gentlemens all linen colored border handkerchiefs also 25 cents. Fine embroidered handkerchiefs 50 cents. Ladies crepe silk mufflers in new colors priced at 1 25 cents each.
Eleven white and cream plush items, each about sixteen inches wide, offered at a drastic discount. Formerly priced at 83 ets, now closed at 52 cents. Described as high quality and worth more than 12 cents, suggesting a liquidation or sale context.
Douile sold wool dress goods with limited stock to close out at Wincents. The seller claims values are doubled at 15 12 cents, urging readers to view the remaining pieces.
The store advertises a broad towels sale with items at 25, 30, 85, and 40 cents plus 50 and 75 cent lines. Large fancy towels and damask fabrics are offered, including 7 cent damask per yard and a 25 cent Turkey red damask option, urging customers to see the selections.
A long line of all wool scarlet blankets, of good size and utility, will be offered this week. The ad claims quality makes them cheap at 260 cents, and invites readers to inspect the lot.
A local ad advertises closeout of about 20 pieces of high quality dress ginghams in dark and spring colors at 74 cents per yard, claiming quality never below 10 cents. The sale also offers 109 fancy face veils at 15 cents each.
Barely a quorum marked the session as Chief Clerk Millard called the roll and members debated assitants for the Clerk amid sparse attendance. The day featured letters from constituents and hint of a major bill aiding first class cities, with Arkansas Valley claims and pending legislative action drawing attention. Several delegates departed as talk turned to potential redistricting and early efforts, including appointments of assistant clerks and possible reforms, while soldiers and settlers moved through the region and unrelated crime and academic news also appeared.
The piece surveys the railroad presidents agreement amid bank and securities concerns, notes the state of the gold and copper markets, and reports price trends in corn, wheat, hogs, and cotton. It cites tariff and tax debates in Dakota, and mentions a proposed constitutional convention with potential changes to state boundaries and divorce laws.
In a formal telegram Secretary Vilas addresses the Chickasaw governor contest clarifying constitutional procedure. He states returns must go to the interior secretary and outlines steps for counting by the speaker and joint session. The note signals continued legal action and potential court review, with the matter pending judicial determination. Kansas matters occupy capital reports and Senate debate continues on related bills.
A garbled report recalls a grand New Year excursion led by Henry Vilhent and linked to American capitalists and the Northern Panties. It notes the Canadian and United States participants, the route via Buffalo and Washington, and mentions the North Carolina senatorial race with several named figures.
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