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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1890
Page
1
Our sale of white goods continues this week with low prices on embroideries laces handkerchiefs gloves and fancy bargains in new spring fabrics. We have received the choicest bleached and unbleached cottons for spring sewing as advance styles arrive from across the onion and beyond.
A garbled sale notice offers numerous overcoats in chinchilla and chincillina varieties with various old and new prices in dollars and pounds. It proclaims half price for all children vercoats and promises broader winter goods lines at much lower figures than rivals, urging early purchase to secure bargains.
A fragmented Kansas item recounts Anna Yorker, a Wichita woman, whose family farm near Westport suffered fire dangers and a long illness after a terrifying near-death incident. The piece notes her travels, health declines, and a near-escape from a deadly blaze, plus surrounding community cattle reports and a court ruling in New York related to a Brotherhood vs Ward baseball dispute.
The sale advertises heavy discounts on wool serge 41 inch fabric at 6c, ladies cloth at 4c, linen tablecloths, towels at 19c, hosiery at 10c, underwear at 25c, 35c dress flannels at 23c, and $1.00 real German Henrietta 48 inch cloth at a low price.
California weather improves. Central Pacific clears most tracks to Reno and San Francisco. Snow in the Sierra remains deep near Cascade with ice on the Truckee to Summit line. Santa Fe operates east. Eastern rail lines blocked at Reno, delaying business. High water subsides in north.
A labor gang in Paxrons Pennsylvania endured a premature powder blast in a railway cut. Five men were fatally injured while about ten others were badly hurt. Three Italians are reportedly missing and potential bodies are under debris as rescuers search.
Beautiful weather marked the Kansas G A R encampment opening in Saurva with Commander Booth’s address and General Sherman’s letter to Lawrence Wilson read. A service pension meeting followed in Bouil's Opera House where petitions and resolutions urged passage of Ingalls' service pension bill amid spirited debate.
Delegates met to elect a successor to Cushige Templeton at the Albany bank yesterday. David Mann resigned after a director’s remark, two directors followed, and William Sanders was chosen cashier. Jewish customers withdrew deposits amid the uproar, with about a half million said to be moved. Bank officials claimed they could withstand the loss.
A string of obituaries notes several minor public figures dying in January. Among those named are Prudenes Crandall Phillep and Sarah Bainbridge, with brief bios touching on past efforts and notable family connections. The column also mentions Calamity Weller and Thomas Hiliett in terse summaries.
Three thousand lake sailors from Seamen's Assembly No. 138 of the Knights of Labor gather in Minneapolis to press grievances missing reimbursement of about $68 spent defending members in Oswego labor troubles. Delegates travel from Oswego Buffalo St Catherine Detroit Cleveland Toledo Milwaukee and Chicago. Despite promises by Mr Powderly no action or acknowledgment followed.
A chaotic House session records resolutions investigating insults to Harrison at Indiana and Cleveland, and heated remarks on a national banking bill. Members discuss silver coinage, treasury notes, and appropriations for building projects while amendments and speeches stir party lines.
West com Bideo fogaged in LaweRtgaling qoretions relating to the Greseed beef Industry. Johw TL Mateher, general iterated Agyet of the New York Central, entitied that the slirudaie et cattle it galece earn war greater thie ih the climary steel ear. The tale touches railroad implications, price, labor, and policy, with witnesses from rail and meat sectors. The piece also notes a related report from Leaven Worth on bridge status and a Washington discussion on food safety and production.
Fragmented OCR text reports a historic church collapse and ensuing danger, mentioning Nevada figures and the aftermath. It references a building disaster with emergency response, delays, and ongoing investigations in a period news style. The garbled lines cite police, local officials, and claims of structural failure with severe damage.
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