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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1889
Page
8
On the evening of the festival a procession and sale are planned to raise funds for building expenses. Sectional maps in color show routes and rail lines for the expected sale. Advertisements offer items at half price, with addresses and contact notes for bidders and attendees in Wichita Kansas.
In a Jay Lake camp near Jayvalie New York a World correspondent hears tall yarns from four oldtimers about uncanny hunting incidents. Harry Mullin recalls a rabbit shot through the body with legs broken and a fox tale ends with a hunter’s lucky shot misfiring, all told as a rugged Adirondack campfire chronicle of oddities, laughter, and rough humor.
A special sale on China Silks attracted many ladies who shopped eagerly and were impressed by the value. The promotion continues through the week to give late shoppers a chance. Hosiery and 300 dozen full regular made hose in solid colors and fancies, priced 25c to 60c, at 19 cents. 200 dozen mens socks in balbrigan, fancies, and black, with many items up to the sale price, 3 for 50 cents.
hundred dozen ladies hose in broken stripes and pin rips priced at 10 cents per pair. Misses ribbed hose two pair for 25 cents. 54 inch wide satines regular 20c sale 12 1/2c. Boys suits (coat and knee pants) ages 4 to 12 at 89 cents each.
A rustic tale recounts Bill Keach a Beaver Nest guide hunting a big flock of pigeons near Montague with an old musket. He claims to have downed thirty seven pigeons in one shot many flew away and were lost in the woods. An amused crowd questions the feat.
A Hawkinsville Georgia observer recalls Dempsey and Bristow, enslaved two men who fled for three years, hid in swamps, and later returned to work for Mr Brown. The tale contrasts their brutal escape with their later status as respected freedpeople and farmers, noting their courage and resilience. It also recounts earlier slave sales, dogged pursuit by hunters, and a final sale to Brown after years in the woods.
Irregular OCR notes advertise engraved calling cards and legal blanks for sale at the Wichita Eagle office, with prints and orders by mail. Rail line promos offer reclining chair cars on multiple routes, winter excursion rates to the south, and Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska service. The notice mentions a motor railroad meeting on March 4 and lists various travel routes and ticket offices in Wichita.
The ad touts 2h pos dot wuitn Cagameres in latest colors including Pig cmt and inch Prepch Heckettas. It promises millinery with French Ginghams, Be Fal Kids styles, and a Ribben Department with Enabroteries in all widths. The section highlights price ranges and seasonal fashions with a focus on hats and accessories.
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