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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1888
Page
1
A retailer in New York advertises deep discounts on lace flouncings, Swiss embroidery, Orientals and silks. Prices range from 2 to 68 cents, with many items half or less of former values. A white bargain of the season is highlighted as unmatched at double the price.
Severe rain and wind battered Wisconsin Iowa Illinois Pennsylvania and Ohio damaging nearly ripe wheat and oats while trees and fences fell. A collapsed amphitheater in Mississippi injured fifty. Robert Plack drowned attempting Niagara Rapids as storm totals reached historic spreads.
A young Englishman lost his life yesterday after attempting to cross rapids in a Lifeboat on the Seine in Paris New York area. The failed attempt, described as a dangerous ploy, ended with the boat overturned and the victim swept into the water amid a tangled scene.
The Kansas sugar and sorghum farming debate highlights Mr Plumb urging broader use of sorghum for sugar and reporting a conference on the Agricultural Appropriation bill. The Indiana and Missouri senators discuss land grant forfeitures, with amendments, and the session closes amid disagreement over complete forfeiture and road completion terms.
Leavesworth Kan July platform adopted by state Democratic faction endorses the national Democratic principles from Chicago and opposes the renomination of certain party leaders. The document urges support for President and policy stands on tariff reform, immigration, civil liberties, and opposition to prohibitionist sentiment, highlighting loyalty to the Democratic cause and critiquing rival actions.
Italian editor Mas travalerio criticizes a new Italian law as failing the poor in Italy and calls for reform in America. He laments emigration patterns, compares conditions to slavery in parts of Europe, and warns the law could worsen Italian life abroad while harming migrants. A separate note mentions labor unrest and a strike, with a user’s recounting of the Mt Hope illumination event as a local success.
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