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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1887
Page
1
A sweeping general sale starts Tuesday morning July 6 offering thousands of dollars of Sas bonds and other goods at cost or below. Fall shipments are arriving and shelves will be cleared to make way for new stock, with the sale ending when preparations are complete.
The text lists exceptions to the cost sale where agents maintain regular price. It cites Foster's Kid Gloves Warner's Corsets Ball's Corsets Clark's O. N. T. Spool Cotton Thread and Butterick's Patterns as brands exempt from the price drop, indicating these items retain standard pricing despite the sale.
Reports from Minneapolis to Garden City detail large crowds, parades, speeches, and fireworks as Kansans celebrated a national holiday. Notable events include tributes by Senator Plumb and others, a stagecoach robbery in Cimarron, and record turnout in Iola and Lawrence despite afternoon rain.
Civil War veterans of Pickett division joined Mrs. Pickett for a commemorative ride and field ceremony at the county courthouse. The group toured battle sites from Emmitsburg to the national cemetery, shared daisies, and heard Rev. Demorest speak on liberty and fraternity. Mrs. Pickett hosted a reception and received well wishers before the brigade dispersed.
Readable fragments describe the Burnside monument unveiling in Providence Rhode Island. The text notes editor Rosewater of the Omaha Bee addressing the Pacific railway investigation and free passes for government travel. It mentions a telegram related to Union Pacific and election lines, plus testimony about railroad financing and rebates.
July reports note reappointment of former presidential postmasters including J I Jewell at Carralton Morine MHL Gettings resigning. A separate item states the Arkansas Valley railroad lacks authority to attach land through Cherokee reserve, and police activity in Washington.
Dispatch from Bruzil and London outlines European hopes for lasting peace while protectionist policies falter. It cites Hungarian trade gains from free trade, mentions French commentary on German and British press, and reports political debates in Ireland and Britain, plus a note on a large Independence Day reception at the American legation in London.
The New York caledahter reports Fourth of July celebrations with firecrackers torpedoes and yacht races on the Sound. Shamrock and Titanic race draws attention as a crowd gathers at Academy of Music for speeches by McMackin and others. Veterans of 1812 hold a reunion at Central Park while political leaders and governors attend, and Valley Forge is remembered in a broad display of patriotic events.
Fragmentary notice notes a separation or related matter within a national clan context. Names and exact details are unreadable, but the brief hints at a formal action or status change dated July 5. Further readable entities are not available in the text.
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