26 Jun 1887
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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1887
Page
1
A newspaper ad urges immediate sale of parasols at half price, offering $10 parasols for $5 and $18 parasols for $9, while excluding lace trimmed and under $6 items. It notes losses on fine parasols and pushes coaching styles for next season, claiming a gold dollar perk at 50 cents.
Shop offers multiple Silk fabrics including Latin Rhadame and Black Goss Grain Silks from Lyons, France. Promises genuine fiber quality lasting beyond two months wear, unlike other imports. Three pieces on sale this week at $1.25 per yard, down from $1.50.
Special sale in the linen department features towels table linens and napkins at low prices. Bargains include ready merchandise by Monday morning. Two dress making departments under Madam Chambers and Madame Liggett can make up dresses of all kinds at short notice.
A flurry of railroad activity across Ford, Gray, Seward and Morton counties drives county seat contests, new depots, and water works as Montezuma, Dodge City, Cimarron and Hugoton surge. Crowds attend railroad meetings, bonds pass for lines toward Dodge City and Montezuma, and plans extend routes to Santa Fe, Dighton and Tagalls amid notes of flooding rains boosting real estate and prosperity.
A large fire in Lochite Kentucky destroyed three warehouses on Market Street and caused extensive damage to tobacco hogsheads. Estimated losses were around half a million dollars with 2,400 hogsheads of tobacco valued at $125,600 in Sawyer Wallace & Co. No lights or obvious ignition source found. suspected incendiary start. Large-scale property and tobacco losses affected nearby families and businesses.
A wide front of federal probes and actions is reported. Examinations reveal incongruities in Civil Service practice. Interior Office actions pursue robbing of desert lands in Wyoming. The Treasury moves to release funds. Civil Service reform talk and commission plans surface amid investigations involving Dake Morrison and McArthur.
Reporters from the Cherokee nation reached Lettie Rock Arkansas this morning amid serious trouble involving disputes with the landholders and potential federal involvement. Local residents fear further unrest as authorities assess the disturbance and possible mediation steps are discussed.
The Emperor sanctions dueling and the Alsace Lorraine prisoners. German and French tensions rise over the fate of those convicted in the Frome Patriotic League. The French citizen Major Hiner faced a duel challenge, while German officers face degradation as the war stirs.
An unclear report notes a collapse at a Gumbae facility referencing Unhen Stee Heart Co. and a twenty tourafectern event. Details are fragmentary with minimal readable facts.
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