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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1889
Page
1
Officials note an unusual mid year move as dealers adjust prices on high demand goods. The speaker argues urgency and justification due to thousands of dollars tied up in stock. The language suggests a confrontational or policy context guiding price adjustments.
A dealer promotes imported and domestic winter underwear in all sizes at deep discounts. The seller warns the stock is too good for the market and urges buyers to act quickly to avoid overpaying for inferior goods.
An old time sale notice boasts heavy markdowns on merino underwear including 4.00 3.50 2.50 price points and a 74 cent item. It claims vast stock and insists it is the greatest sale offered to the public, urging customers to buy cheaply rather than pay profits.
In Atchison Kansas years ago James Marvin left his wife in Gilsety. Two years later he learned she had died? then moved to Leavenworth with a man while his children stayed with relatives. A dramatic tale unfolds as Marvin learns of his wife’s remarriage and calls for her return to Atchison.
Advertises all wool plain red flannels at 20 cents with thicker varieties at higher values. Promises red twisled flannel and canton flannels at 6 to 10 cents, grey and white options, and discounts versus last year. Sateen comforts priced $1 to $2.25, blankets from $1 to $20, including California white blankets. Purchases enter a drawing for an orchestral music box during exhibition hours with musical recitals listed.
A local Oct news brief details a sweeping rail freight rate manipulation across Kansas City, Chicago, St Paul and nearby lines. It reports alleged schemes to shift 2 cents per 100 pounds, investigations by city officials, and corporate disputes involving the Burlington system and Kansas City, St. Paul, and residential legal actions. It mentions a telecommunication case decision and notes executives of Farmers’ Loan and Trust arriving in Kansas.
A man fatally shot his mother and then killed himself at 45 Male Street after leaving a chilling note. The report also covers a sensational look at a so called Chinese secret society with aims and activities described in lurid terms. Eight jurors are named in a Croatian case and youth crime stories close the item.
Mexico Mo Oct 8 Great excitement followed an organized attempt to burn the town’s principal residence area. Four fires burned within six hours. incendiaries fled before torching two buildings. Two girls jailed for complicity were released for lack of evidence. Police caught them after midnight in the homes of Col John F Williams and Dr A T Miller.
Oct arrival from Ontario reports a man returning from a探 expedition in the wilds of northwestern Ontario claiming natives in the Toehane region have penetrated inland and kidnapped a child. The tale includes sightings near a frozen lake and a warner boy named Kellea8. A new trial was granted for Tennison after federal charges and a controversial acquittal. A separate item notes a murder attempt and a wealthy New York incident of arson and abuse.
A detailed report on a large Templar parade led by President Harrison era dignitaries, with 25,000 men marching through Washington streets, greetings from the president and cabinet, and extensive ceremonial pageantry. Also covered is the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows gathering in Topeka and related Episcopal church deliberations in Philadelphia, plus shipbuilding for the Great Lakes and a postwar rate discussion.
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