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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1888
Page
1
Five cases of hosiery and cuffs for men and women received yesterday and marked down for today. Ladies linen collars and four ply cuffs offered at reduced prices with dozens of items including Balbrigan stockings. sale signals at T. L. Fox & Son, 150 North Main St, That New Store.
The Globe advertises heavy discounts on linens and table damask noting large price gaps. Items include 50 inch unbleached tail linen at 15 cents per yard, 66 inch red damask at 39 cents, and 64 inch bleached table linen at 5 cents, with rival prices shown to highlight savings. Multiple fabrics are pitched as superior and not to fade with claims of quality and low price.
A morning steamer Bots signaled a draw, found a rope with a weight and a body at its end. The deceased was Wa A Parker, linked to a past assassination case, with an inquest pending and questions on lynching. Nearby, Rush County records were seized in Walnut City as mobs moved county archives amid threats, drawing court and governor involvement. Wellington safe blowers loot a Fort Worth man reports, and a Trinidad murder case records fact pattern. Sherman contemplation of a newspaper purchase in Omaha completes the roundup.
A.J. Troitt, a leading businessman, is involved in a disputed invest ment case related to a Grae Lane resort incident. Maizie Eater, an infant, was struck in the fang and later died, with details of the altercation and testimonies describing the driver, Masongate, and others. The case centers on a lethal confrontation, the weaponless strike, and the subsequent arrests and inquiries.
An El Paso report details the arrest of diamond thief Luis M. Pleury and his companion Ofarcel after escaping Paso del Norte. Pleury, once a chief officer at Paso del Norte, and Ofarcel are charged with robbing jewels and money, including hundreds of thousands of dollars, with ongoing investigations into Pleury’s past.
Detriot report states Deacon Jim White plans retirement after a controversial sale of a tavern stake. Fire and explosions damaged property, injuring two. one man remains in serious condition as investigators pursue the case.
The Senate debates the civil service inquiry and partisan activity, with Mr. Cockrell's amendment defeated. Mr. Beck and Mr. Sherman clash over currency policy and silver remonetization. House proceedings address military affairs and postwar espionage inquiries as adjournment nears.
A damaged paragraph describes a mysterious illness in a Chinese community, mentioning a Dr and a lab, then shifts to a political convention in a southern city with names like Ho Shumaker and Davee, and ends with a Cherokee shooting incident in Arkansas. The garbled text references a plague redirection for public health and a Prohibition party meeting in Atlanta with nominees.
Reports from March 1 describe a severe East Coast blizzard paralysing New York with six inches of snow and fifty mile per hour winds. Telegraph wires and poles fail, streets cluttered with debris, and mass transit halted. The East River freezes, fires threaten due to the outage, and city life stagnates as responses struggle to resume.
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