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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1887
Page
1
Beginning Tuesday July 6, a general sale will cut every dollar’s worth of goods to cost or less. Thousands of dollars in stock will be cleared from front to rear as fall shipments arrive. The drive urges customers to act quickly before the offer ends and shelves are cleared for new stock.
The cost sale excludes agents maintaining regular prices for Foster's Kid Gloves Warner's Corsets Ball's Corsets Clark's O N T Spool Cotton Thread and Butterick's Patterns under the contracted agreements.
Kisowan Kan July 5 Thomas Easter a D M & A section hand was killed when a car passed over him as he attempted to climb aboard. A twelve year old boy Ezbie Moss was killed by a train at the Southern Kansas depot. About 1000 people celebrated Junction City's Fourth despite a morning rain. Kansas crop reports show wheat near 25 percent of former harvests with good corn prospects and a state wide drought impact. The Pacific railway investigation team questioned Gov Glick about railroad discrimination and rate reductions prior to 1882. Weather and money matters noted with rain in the south and steady improvements in state finances.
Grand Master Powderly urged parents to teach children independence day lessons in Scranton Pa. He praised education over armor, supported selective immigration, and urged self-sufficiency for newcomers. The event drew about fifteen thousand attendees at the courthouse and hall.
Fire destroyed much of Clarendon Pennsylvania after flames spread from Bescon Broad wells and the Weaver House. The blaze gutted post office, hotel, drug store, and depots with losses feared around 500000. insurance limited. authorities dispatched Pinkerton detectives and railroad aid to curb the disaster.
The report summarizes debates in Parliament over the Anglo Turkish convention with British Commissioner removal, the use of the title Empress, and related political friction. It notes parliamentary vote outcomes and discussions on police conduct, with French and German items touching on taxation, budgets, and security matters.
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