12 Jun 1889
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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1889
Page
1
Four days more the great six day sale. Decided bargains from Sunday and yesterday on sale today and while they last. New items added to attract shoppers. 46-inch white embroidered flameings offered at 70 cents a yard. Also American sateens 12 1/2c, wool challies 12 1/2c, Koechlin French sateens 19c, ladies fast black hose 1L?e.
Our six day sale features French novelty embroidered silk and wool suits valued at 30.00 or 15.00, with various other imported suits priced at 14.00, 15.00, 10.60, 18.00, or 11.50. Madame Liggett will personally craft these imported suits in her finest style at 7.50 for this week only.
This notice proclaims Koechlin Sateens from Mulhouse France at 1 cent available in store with open sale and assurance no pres to change business. It claims larger stock at 19 cents than any Wichita house and notes a prior special purchase and a forthcoming Qunner week.
A violent knife fight broke out at an inn near Cuartaxoosa between two men identified as Enoch Priesfetin and Massey over a dispute. Both were injured, one fatally, as onlookers tried to intervene while authorities began a preliminary inquiry into the altercation.
A Sanborn of Reno City Kansas as a cross between a military feeder site and a new municipal town. Mayor Jennings reports rapid housing growth near Fort Reno with fifty six houses built, a population surge, and plans for a large hotel and town sites. The piece notes river, lake, and timber assets, and the expected bank opening in Caldwell, while detailing soldier and Indian presence and a nascent economy centered on lumberyards dry goods stores and carpenters. It also covers government pension examiners appointments and Kansas National Guard changes.
Cuay Craver Kan June 1 J B Wellington a traveling man was shot by Dr J P Stewart a respected local. The on street altercation related to domestic troubles with public sentiment supporting the act. Wellington is mortally wounded and likely to die.
Three representatives of the insurance companies traveled to Hillman’s county today seeking to influence the arrest. The reward offered was 85000, with some hints of further pay to secure the capture. Officials contest the motive, while agents debate legality and suspects shift between Topeka and Arizona as a manhunt continues.
June 11 Johnstown Pa. Hastings prepares to take command as flood recovery accelerates. Work expands with dynamite in the Conemaugh. aid volumes rise as residents exodus continues and relief efforts increase. Authorities push rapid clearing, paperwork drying, and public services to restore order and assist survivors.
The state moves against a major Texas mining issue with formal charges announced by the attorney general. An official named Hoge leads the legal action, while the case targets alleged wrongdoing and seeks court proceedings.
The Cronin inquest jury believes Alexander Sullivan implicated in the Carlson Cottage murder. McDonald and Maroney are arrested in New York as accomplices in a scheme involving driving the car and beating the cottage owner. Witnesses recount a plan to strike and disfigure, with police and prosecutors outlining the case and ongoing investigations into Cronin’s circle. Government officials discuss evidence and witness testimony amid a high profile Manhattan detention.
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