Bargain Blanket Sale Noted In Local Ad Text
A fragmentary notice highlights blanket bargains with prices around 4.50 to 5.60 dollars. It notes last year’s values were similar and promotes steady quality despite price changes.
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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1889
Page
1
A fragmentary notice highlights blanket bargains with prices around 4.50 to 5.60 dollars. It notes last year’s values were similar and promotes steady quality despite price changes.
A vivid note on artistic headwear emphasizes tasteful ornamentation over dowdy hats. It praises bright designs and varied colors to suit every face, contrasting trashy looks with refined fashion and Parisian spirit.
An advertisement for Stein, Black & Co. fine tailor made suits and overcoats available in boys to men's sizes at reduced prices. The Wichita house claims to offer the best goods in the United States and promises prices lower than competitors on all items.
A fragmented, dateline filled report covers Peruviam finances, election tensions, and a bank note repudiation, detailing W Gates, Mayor Bowles, and Peruvi ean bond issues. It notes a 30,000 pound sum, accusations of fraud, and political maneuvering around a Garver Teereste candidate. The piece also mentions Lottie Williams arrest and a schooner sinking near White Shoals with crew lost.
Advertised price cuts sweep departments as Campbell vies for Ohio governor. Also Cherokee and Missouri political notes, with election updates from Ohio Cleveland Cincinnati and Virginia areas describing party gains, county results, and local election procedures.
The report notes small margins for both parties in several counties with rural areas voting loyally while large city precincts show more mixed results. In Kansas counties including Atchison and Wyandotte the resubmission issue dominates, while Wilkin wins county treasurer in Cowley and Hailey carries a county judge race in Lyons. overall Republican gains appear limited as returns trickle in from scattered precincts statewide.
In a Baltimore incident a deadly clash near the Fifteenth Ward escalates as bystanders report a brawl between two factions. Police say the fight resulted in injuries and investigations into the roles of several named individuals, including a prominent guard and a local official, amid rising tension after the confrontation.
In Gethria a municipal election was held with no party lines. Two candidates contested the mayoralty, J. M. Hass and Dooley, both long involved in local politics, with reports indicating Dooley held a slim lead as ballots were counted and troops were reported present in the town to enforce order. The surrounding turmoil included ongoing liquor violations and contest over local authority during the day. The Nagl e case progressed as the U S Supreme Court prepared to hear Sheriff Cunningham v Deputy Marshal Nagle over a fatal shooting in California, while California v San Pedro and Tulare Railroad was advanced for a full bench hearing in a major tax case challenging railroad taxation laws.
Warren G. Sayre of Indiana, a former member of the Indiana House of Representatives in 1887, is appointed Cherokee Commissioner. The report mentions J. F. Martraaft of Pennsylvania as deceased and references Sayre in connection with Cherokee affairs.
Rough town coverage from Mucie reports a heated sheriff contest between Republican Frat Wittens and Democrat Flora with early indications of close votes. Election tensions rise as police encounter a disruption near the judges of election. weather and turnout appear variable across regions including Fort Worth and Westmorland districts.
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