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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1889
Page
1
Autumn notes fill the scene as the second floor markets live millinery and wraps. Prices range from two fifty to twenty five dollars as customers browse the season’s profitable offerings amid hints of frost and changing skies.
Newmarkets feature 35.00 listings and a range to 32.00 plus 13.50 to 20.00 items. Buttericks fashions and Foster Kid gloves highlighted as preferred, with a new fast black corset at 1.00 and ribbons on sale. Authorized agents emphasize quality and fit.
Dealers cut prices in a busy season to reduce thousands of dollars tied up in stock. The notice frames the move as necessary and explains the unusual timing and rationale behind the price reductions.
Advertises imported and domestic winter underwear of all sizes and descriptions. Claims market value is high but offers goods at a much lower figure than typical cheap options. Emphasizes necessity of underwear and value to customers.
Former price heavy silk and wool undergarments now cut to sale prices. Items include Geo Breitle & Co. fine heavy underwear at 12.50 down to 8.75, imported natural wool, cashmere blends, Australian and Scotch wool, merino underwear at 75 cents, and hundreds of cheaper grades marked down. Advert promises best sacrifice sale, urging shoppers not to pay profits when can buy below cost.
Wasttserox Oct 2 Kansas patents test today with names Hale Elsonard Thayer and others. Notes on patents, offices, and officials including postmaster James Hurston and land case Lester appeal mention in the general land office decision.
A brief entry notes a Philadelphia store at the intersection of W Cor and Market, indicating its street position and nearby cross streets. The read fragment names Douglas Ave as a nearby reference point or cross street, suggesting a local business listing or notice.
Bargain sale highlights ladies wraps from $1.25 and up and children's wraps from $1. Also featured are early fall jackets, an all wool trimmed coat, seal plush ladies jackets at $25 and $17.50, and a best seal plush ladies jacket at $10. Daily musical recitals from 10 to 12 and 2 to 5 with a grand orchestral music box. Each dollar buys a ticket for a grand prize.
Dispatches from Vera Cruz to Carmel describe a hurricane devastating Campeche coast, ships driven ashore, and coastal flooding while Dakota fires rage across towns like Wasehart and Destructive blazes threaten vast areas. Separate items note a domestic assault case in Arkansas and a money dispute among Joppa workmen amid militia standbys.
At Topeka Kan Oct 2 a large group of delegates arrived for the interstate deep water harbor convention with about 1000 in attendance. Senator Plumb presided as ex governors and Kansas officials welcomed delegates and expressed sympathy at the death of ex Governor John A Martin of Kansas. Resolutions praised Martin and set a memorial course for the gathering while committee reports on credentials sparked debate.
At Atchison Kans Oct 2 Ex Governor John A Martin died this morning from a complication of diseases after a long illness typhoid fever joined his condition late last week The funeral will be held next Friday with the G A R in charge His life spanned from Brownsville PA in 1830/90 into Kansas political and editorial work including editor and proprietor of Freedom's Champion and later leader in Republican circles in Atchison County The estate is valued around 100000 and interment is set for Mount Vernon.
Thousands of veterans fill Ellsworth grounds as dignitaries including Comrade Booth General Green and Adjutant General Wilson attend speeches praising the boys. The Ellsworth county site hosts a new cottage complex with an auditorium and dining hall, costing 15,000 pounds, and a schedule features races, music, and veteran tributes with leaders from Ottawa and Sedgwick counties in attendance.
A large gathering of delegates voiced cautious support for the Independence Armament Conference aims. Speakers urged unity and stable relations, stressing common security and regional progress while warning against unilateral actions and increasing tensions in the hemisphere.
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