Fox and Son Silk Prices Offer
Fox and Son advertise silks with bold prices including 62 cents for 22 inch wide silk, tan import at 40 cents and other silks offered at low cents, promising value on warerooms.
10 Jul 1888
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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1888
Page
1
Fox and Son advertise silks with bold prices including 62 cents for 22 inch wide silk, tan import at 40 cents and other silks offered at low cents, promising value on warerooms.
A grainy ad lists discounted fabrics including American sateens at 7.5 to 15 cents, dress flannels, Indian linen, oriental lace flouncings and Swiss embroidery. It touts wholesale-like markdowns with items up to $2.25 value, urging quick purchase before stock runs out.
Teresa, July 9. Charles G Hart, a Norton county stockman, eloped with Miss Clara Thomas, a district schoolteacher. Hart, 35, left his wife and three children, drained his bank account, and shipped his valise to Topeka after telling his wife entry of the affair. In Topeka a dispatch notes a young man named Henry Moore, of St Louis, involved in the case and a letter from Hart to Mrs Hart. The report highlights a volatile scandal and local reaction from Norton County society.
Petition filed in Omaha seeks partition of fifty lots held undivided by heirs of John B. Folsom and Ben Folsom. Plaintiffs believe the property, obtained via will, has little income and asks referees appointed to divide the estate between two sets of heirs, equal in value.
A chaotic notice details a young girl named Mio Mario alias Mise Haus from Derkort Mich who posed as a trusted clerk and used forged deposits to secure money from New York correspondents and local offices. Authorities traced telegrams and warnings, with extensive confusion over the girl’s operations and a related banking irregularity.
Fragmentary 19th century column notes the Washington dispute over adjournment. It portrays House members pushing for early closure while Democrats and Republicans argue over appropriations and Senate leverage, highlighting partisan friction and procedural maneuvering.
discusses anticipated legislative adjournment timing for August or October, with debate on tariff and finance bills. notes signal service failures in Washington and inaccurate June forecasts, and reports a journalistic management change at the Washington Post with new editor C. W. Mairford and staff shifts.
A garbled late 19th century railway era style report traces party divisions amid Virginia Republican factions. It notes interparty tensions, delegates, and potential adjustments after conference talks. Names and places are obscured by OCR errors, but the piece references a Senate figure, southern delegates, and calls for harmony within a fractured party structure.
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