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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1889
Page
1
Our store advertises bargains across departments especially in domestic and housekeeping goods. Shoppers are invited to the north room to see bleached and unbleached cloths and sheetings, fine dress styles, and Canton flannels offered at 8 to 12 cents. Linen stock from Kansas features hemstitched and stamped novelties. Flannel stock is replenished with fresh shipments for the holiday season.
The note extols blankets as comparable to last year’s top quality, citing solid value, clipped prices, and generous to begin with fibers, promising durable wool wages from start to finish.
Artistic headwear with rich fabrics and costly ornaments competes with dowdy looks. Emphasizes taste and fitness over price, praising trimmed shapes described as birds of paradise. Blacks and all colors offered to flock after the trend, ensuring a style for every face.
Advertisement from a Wichita house claiming to offer Stein Block & Co. tailor made suits and overcoats for boys, children, and men. It highlights reduced prices on winter underwear and asserts selling goods at lower prices than rival dealers.
Philadelphia store at S W Cor Douglas corner Market advertises heavy price cuts across departments. Double width Tricots and all wool fabrics reduced from 25c to 17c and 42c, 54 in Broadcloths cut to 87c, Blankets and Comforts sold cheap, plus a $1,000 music box promotion with daily visits by admirers. Also notes favorable trade review from Dan & Co weekly, and reports on cotton, sugar and wool markets with mixed results.
In Lexington Kentucky at 1040 PM Colonel Cassius Goodloe Thirteen Times Wounds Colonel Swope during a violent duel in the post office corridor. Swope dies from thirteen wounds after a pistol and knife clash sparked by a Republican convention dispute. Goodloe, wounded, seeks medical aid as public sympathy splits along party lines.
A mutilated body found near Lake Johanna near St Paul with skull sawed, scalp wounds, fractured arm and ribs. A hatchet lay nearby as coroner notes indicate body buried less than two months. Barrel burial theory tied to past Swede picnic incident near Bass Lake amid local speculation. Canadian Telegraph Operator Charles E. Smith shot at Wharton Station. reward offered. Black man arrested for incendiary street language. judge sets bonds. Other items include ballot box stuffing arrest and a fatal street fight among African American residents.
Officials led by President Carbia visited the coal plant at Ma Baroy City to inspect a new machine that sprays coal dust into bricks. The device, designed to reduce dust and improve brick quality, could lower costs and speed production. Jacobs, head of fuel mass, noted air quality gains and hoped the system would boost brick strength and market appeal.
Secretary Noble will issue a peremptory order requiring cattlemen to remove their herds before June 1. Contests in the Cherokee Strip debate closed. Mayes ready to submit government offer and message. Chiefs Mayes and Husky lead talks. plan to submit question to a people’s vote. Kansas officials posted. Western matters note postmasters and pensions, with harsh winter ahead for cattle regions.
Commission visit at Fort Chodtan to inspect improvements and occupancy limits for quarters. A Western mortgage filed in Torexa favors New York Security and Trust Company for a long term loan. Domestic crime reports include a fatal shooting arising from a dispute and German gossip columns discuss political sentiment and military coverage.
An annual Temperance gathering drew delegates from across the region. Francis E Willard spoke at length, urging hardline stance on prohibition and criticizing political allies who oppose the cause, while praising reformers and newly organized labor. The address touched on liquor, tobacco, trusts, and constitutional limits, ending with tributes to notable figures and a call for continued effort in the movement.
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