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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1889
Page
8
Fragments show a rental notice referencing a property on Hubbard Street North Main, with partial address details and a request to contact for leasing information. The legible portion suggests a central location and yard area, implying a living space or small dwelling for rent.
A scattered antiquities list recounts items from a Queen Elizabeth era tie and a 1743 English gun taken from a Revolutionary War retreat site to Shakespearean chair claims in London auctions. Relics include a Stovewall Jackson sleeve, Wright Washington era items, and a king’s holy iron coin. A New York merchant possesses a Continental note bill with a wild hog seal. A Buckingham Court House relic notes Appomattox ties grafted on apples, while a London sale hints at Shakespeare’s chair.
An assortment of late 19th century notices and ads for a transfer from Decker & Wilber to Rogers the Photographer. Real estate and insurance firm Slively Johnson & Co promotes property listings and loans. A notice to owners of tenement property seeks listings. An election proclamation in Wichita, Kansas outlines mayoral voting, council seats and board of education terms. A Texas train schedule update adjusts departure and arrival times with a broader regional tour note.
Auctioneers promote assorted handkerchiefs with sales prices listed. Dozen ladies hemstitched handkerchiefs, very fine and embroidered, advertised at 36 cents regular, 2 for 35 cents sale. Includes miscellaneous stock from multiple manufacturers and stock items displayed in city counters.
Readable text shows an old market notice listing various ladies and children hosiery items. Mentions Clark Hree fast color stock, Balbriggan seamless hose in pairs, ribbed seamless hose for home use, black sunrise hose in market, and ribbed children’s hose at low prices.
Readable fragment lists infant ribbed vests at 10 cents and black silk gloves at 12 cents per pair, plus black silk filaves and silk mints priced in low cents. The OCR shows scattered items includingDamaged text and unclear quantities, indicating a small clothing sale or catalog entry with low prices.
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