09 Jun 1887
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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1887
Page
1
A local retailer promotes reduced prices on dress patterns including a lot of six for 12 50 from 18 50, plus new lots of Yange and Cream Lace Skirtings 50c to 1 per yard and Black Chantilly Lace skirtings at low rates. White and colored Linen Collars and Cuffs, Embroidered Piques, Swiss flouncings, and ready made white dresses offered in multiple sizes. Two dress making departments guarantee quick custom fits as stock is aggressively reduced.
State notices describe the Arkansas Valley Iuka and Northwestern Railroad relocation to Iuka and a Southeast route to Saratoga. Missouri Pacific outlines an extensive plant at Iuka while Augusta expects a grand cornerstone laying for the Masonic Temple on June 16. Wyandotte Trin wreckers case proceeds with jurors tested and new panel subpoenas issued.
Surveyors arrived to locate the Arkansas Valley Iuka Northwest line with grading to begin after securing right of way. Missouri Pacific bought land near town site for future railroad needs and a $25,000 hotel and other improvements are planned. Augusta Kansas reports rains, growing city, Masonic building cornerstone on the 16th, and friendly ties with Wichita. Salina area reports heavy rains causing damage, Dan Carlin funeral, Watters Chileon trial, and a natural gas discovery near Vernon. Indian Council advocates schooling and churches, Osage chief urges education, and reports on local misfortunes include a man starved to death in Chicago and Pike County penalties for insane asylums.
In New York on June 8 the Interstate Commerce Commission heard Sutton Co. counsel E N Taft argue against applying section four to Clip per lines while outlining a tariff sheet from Southern Pacific offering through rates from interior eastern towns to California, seen as rebates. In Chicago, officers of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway return from an inspection and discuss a $10 million stock issue to fund Wisconsin Nebraska extensions and the purchase of Chicago and Evanston, with emphasis on right of way and terminal facilities valued at about $1 million.
Anksasas Croy Kansas details unclear due to damaged text. A farmer named W. Linton reportedly died from injuries after an incident involving two horses and a broken carriage in the countryside near Ankassas.
A western Missouri cyclone yesterday caused extensive property damage in Marshall and Little Rock area. Houses unroofed, barn destroyed, horses killed, and acres of wheat wiped out. No fatalities reported. Reports from St Louis and surrounding regions note heavy rains and high winds in the storm system.
A chaotic crime report spans Kentucky Missouri and Indiana with shootings bombings and arson. Bob Meadows is killed in Missouri after an ambush on the road while Constable Carter pursues suspects in Kansas City. In Ohio and Illinois authorities report multiple rural fires and fatal injuries amid ongoing violent clashes referenced as the Bald Knobbers era.
A June 4 report from Johnstown Pennsylvania describes a sudden flood caused by a water spout west of Hooversville in Somerset County. The village is reported under water with extensive property loss, bridges swept away, and at least twenty residences washed from foundations. In Hooversville, about one hundred families lost their homes. debris blocks streets and women and children mourn the destruction. Similar scenes are noted in Grubtown Conemaughborough and Cooperdale with hundreds endangered and homeless. a death attributed to fright is mentioned, with other fatalities unconfirmed. Wheat and flour markets report lower activity, and a bank of data notes milled production shifts. A bank robbery is briefly noted as discovered.
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