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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1889
Page
1
Venture promises gratis distribution of Dante and Gustave Doré works as a reward for purchases. After spending 20, customers may choose one of four valuable books, including Core Bible Gallery with 100 full page engravings. Ladies and gentlemen visit the store in large numbers to inspect the offer.
The store advertises huge discounts on winter underwear and a large stock fit for children to grown men. It touts Stein Glock & Cos tailor made suits and overcoats as the best in the United States and claims every item will sell for less than inferior goods elsewhere.
A feature on a set of sixty full page engravings titled Dante's Purgatory and Paradise. The collection is presented as a valued gift, emphasized as a reliable and notable offering rather than a one in five thousand chance, inviting reader attention.
Our sale launches this week with daily shipments from New York and Boston importers and commission houses. See high quality goods and low prices across dress goods blankets quilts flannels linen novelties. All around prices are bargains.
A past six month struggle by Eve Felton in Ubion township ends with a life threatening act and a barn fire. In Helena a court orders canvassing-board returns while Democrats press a poll dispute. A Tennessee land deal by East Chattanooga Land Co ties to New England investors and regional development plans. In Carcano a missionary gathering debates race and advises protecting Negro rights and education.
The Philadelphia store notes cool weather approaching and invites early purchases of blankets and comfortables now at low prices. It also promotes warm underwear in white, scarlet, and natural colors with special inducements for early buyers.
Local retailer promotes red twilled flannel at 25 cents a yard and unmatched 35 cent value elsewhere. Also offers plain flannels 15 20 and 26 cents, cotton flannels 7 and 10 cents, and a $1000 music box drawing for every dollar spent. Woolen hose in many varieties.
The international American excursion party arrived in the morning, greeted by Governor Fifer and other leaders. They visited Lincoln's tomb at Oak Ridge cemetery amid solemn remarks by officials and delegates from various nations. A motion to cancel portions of the visitors program caused a brief disruption before resuming ceremonies. New corporations and local notices appeared in the secretary of state's filings, including Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association and Winfield Lawn and Investment Corp. The Woman's Home Missionary society met in memory of Mrs Haves Esbianatola as the conference opened.
Major General George Crook submits his annual report condemning desertion as the army's chief evil and calling for new recruitment criteria and shorter enlistment terms. He commends Oklahoma settlers for orderly land settlement and notes telegraph rate plans and Indian school expansion plans.
The North Carolina governor moves to restore law and order as lynching suspects in Lexington face pursuit. He orders a state troop presence, directs the solicitor to pursue charges, and calls for swift trials after a mob abducted and hanged a white man, Robert Herrier, from a tree.
Two women believed to be Mrs Eliza Davis and her mother, Mrs Monroe, linked to the Kansas Bender murders, arrived by train in Topeka and were taken toward Parsons for trial. Detectives express strong confidence in their identities as Kate Bender and her mother, with further witnesses examined in the case.
Reports detail the Cronin murder case with testimony from witnesses including She Shem and Megas. Burke and others face implications as jurors hear allegations about Cronin’s enemies and related confessions. A separate note covers two Chinese killed and a cashier gone in separate incidents.
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