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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1888
Page
1
Arrived Monday silk and plush stock offered in a special sacrifice sale. Five pieces of Black Faille Silk worth 160 sold at 119 for the lot. One lot of all wool 35 inch Camelotts in gray and brown at 39 cents per yard. Plush priced down from 200 to 125 per yard with a broad shade range.
Tomorrow we offer linens towels towlings quilts and all linen goods at same low prices. Crowds were large Saturday and we could not serve all. Ladies get another chance as prices stay the same and locals call them cheap. Tomorrow is the final chance for linens.
Store advertises wraps at half price with last week to buy. Notes 22 inch cashmeres at 8 cents per yard and 19 wool and silk suits to close at 10 dollars each, urging customers to buy before the end.
New York reports the execution of Dom Driscoll known as the Whyo chief for the 1899 murder of Bessie Garraty at 4 AM. The Tombs crowd, police, and drunks filled the scene as he walked to the scaffold. He cried for mercy, his neck broke, and the body dropped. Washington reports relate to Brooks Maxwell case and Missouri death sentence.
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