28 Jun 1887
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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1887
Page
1
Advertises parasols offered at half price with dramatic price cuts and loss terms. Emphasizes lace trimmed styles unavailable and urges quick purchase before season changes. Includes promotional line offering a gold dollar for 50 cents and warnings about not selling below certain values.
An advertisement promotes Silk fabrics, Latin Rhadame and Black Goss Grain Silks from Lyons, France, claiming 50 years of market trust. It asserts durability and genuine fabric quality, offering three pieces usually sold at 1.50 per yard for 1.25 per yard this week.
Special sale announces low prices on Towels Table Linens and Napkins from the linen department across several lots. Bargains described as ready Monday morning. Two dress-making departments run by Madam Chambers and Madame Liggett can manufacture dresses of all kinds quickly.
Reports from Louisiana describe a racial clash labeled a war on a small scale, with South Carolinians preparing for similar turmoil. The piece notes depredations by hostile Indians in Arizona ending, the Sharp bribe trial in New York, and a fatal drowning in Walnut River. Ottawa assembly details and Yale commencement also appear alongside scattered crime and fire stories from across the country.
In London and Dublin heated debate centers on extending or repealing the Crimes Act. Proposals to repeal by order in council are rejected. Ireland faces resistance from tenants and protests greet royal visit. A Paris and French suffrage motion stalls amid government opposition. Ovid tomb discovery noted. Weather and local incidents wrap the day with reports from Ireland, England, and the U.S. coast to coast.
The Interior Department contesting the Grant railroads claim that restoring lands within indemnity limits to settlement is beyond the secretary’s power. A July 27 reply from the Treasury cites treasurer rules on duty paid imports. Sioux City railroad and Saint Paul line challenge the extent of interior authority in land restoration and allocation under indemnity provisions.
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