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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1888
Page
2
A composite dispatch reports mixed health updates and political notices from Washington. It notes improving signals for General Sheridan and the Emperor’s fragile condition, alongside pension and public notices and sports and race results from various cities.
In Chicago John Jones, head of the national Republican committee, arrives amid rumors of a Blaine letter from Florence. Jones denies any such communication and says the convention will likely nominate a candidate after unpledged delegates confer. Gresham camp grows, with clues to potential nominees and a strong Blaine undercurrent shaping expectations.
A chaotic newspaper page reports multiple crimes and tragedies. Mrs Sarah Jane White confesses poisoning her two children and husband amid poverty in Phlaeptura Pennsylvania. A Missouri broom maker kills wife then commits suicide. A Portland fight ends with a fatal stabbing, and two German ranchers drown in Nebraska. Officials tour Hannibal and St Joe region. A man buried alive at a mineral mine. Typographical delegates travel to Kansas City.
Seismic disturbances around Bavise and Sonora persist two weeks after last year’s devastation. Bavise itself shows renewed damage with ruins and destroyed dwellings. People retreat to brush huts on the Mesa. Northeast of Bavise landscape features have changed. major work halted.
A millinery discount drive slashes stock with five lots. Lot 1 offers 27 dozen Rough and Ready and Cantons at 14 cents from former 35 and 49 cents. Lot 2 presents 21 Pearl Braids and Union Milans at 33 cents from 59 and 6gc. Lot 3 offers 34 Combination Braid at 59 cents, down from $1.25. Lot 4 features 28 Finest Colored Milans at $1.19, down from $2.25 to $2.75. Lot 5 has 60 Black and White Milan Leghorn and Tuscan Braid at $1.49, previously $2.25 to $2.89.
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