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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1889
Page
1
The store promotes a free offer of Dante and Gustave Doré artworks with purchases of $20 or more, claiming no chance draw involved. Buyers browsing the display can select from four valuable books including Core Bible Gallery with 100 full page engravings, aiming to build a lasting customer base.
An introduction to a full page engraving collection titled Dante's Purgatory and Paradise. The work is presented as a reliable, valuable gift, urging readers to attend or consider the offering as a noteworthy purchase or display item. The tone stresses certainty and appeal as a sure gift choice.
Our stock of winter underwear and clothing is offered at steep reductions to meet hard times. We highlight merino items, patent ribbed goods, and scarlet fabrics with marked sale prices. We are Wichita’s sole dealer of Stein Block & Co. tailor made suits and overcoats for boys, children, and men, advertised as the best goods in the United States.
Bargain shipments arrive daily from New York and Boston importers and commission houses. See quality goods and low prices for dress goods linen novelties blankets quilts and hannels. Our all around prices are bargains and attract shoppers seeking value this week.
Reports from multiple cities recount events including the Navassa Rioters aboard a vessel arriving at Bartimann Maryland, severe snowstorms in Denver delaying mountain trains with two to three feet of snow near Colorado Springs, Henry James defending Davitt before the Parnell commission in London, a partner dispute leading to a suit over firm affairs and possible breach of contracts, and a Kansas City rail line noting voluntary wage increases as a national pattern.
Philadelphia notices warn of coming cold and urge early purchase of blankets comfortables and warm underwear. The ad touts a complete stock with low prices and special inducements for early buyers in white scarlet and natural colors.
Advertises cheap flannels 25 cents a yard 7 to 10 cents cotton flannel and woolen hose. Promotes a One Thousand Dollar Music Box lottery with purchase tickets. Mentions various political appointments, pension records rush, new telegram rates, and a man’s suicide. Ends with notes on a Nebraska snowstorm and railway disruption.
Cherokee leaders debate selling government strip at $1.25 per acre while fearing forced relocation remains a possibility. Mayes and Bushyhead push constitutional change to enable sale, with investors and cattle syndicates involved and a shift in sentiment toward accepting government terms to secure annuities.
Last night a McCoy detachment killed Mrs James Brown and wounded John Blumfield in a drive to exterminate opponents. The feud has grown into a war like standoff with hundreds armed, recruitment from Huntington, stockpiled rifles and cartridges, and chaotic plans for state militia involvement amid ongoing violence.
Soldiers seized control on an escort from Vera Cruz with corporal and four privates mutinying against officers. They stabbed the lieutenant, attempted to seize the engine, and escaped as guards and passengers contained the disturbance. court martial likely for the mutineers.
Witnesses identify Martin Burke as the man who rented the Carlson cottage and moved furniture. Annie Carlson recalls Burke as the stranger seen with implications of a murder plot and the later questioning reveals a motive tied to betrayal of the order.
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