Unusual year end move by dealers to cut prices
Dealers face high demand and steep tie up of thousands of dollars in elegant goods as they decide to reduce prices now in an uncommon year end proceeding.
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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1889
Page
1
Domestic Winter Underwear Sale At Great Prices
A local seller advertises cur ted and domestic winter underwear in all sizes and descriptions at unusually low prices. The paneled note emphasizes value and urges buyers to seize the deal since holding inventory is costly and high quality undergarments are in demand.
Greatest sacrifice sale of underwear ever offered
Read this list of underwear with price cuts across many fabrics from silk to merino. Including Geo Brettle & Co and Allen & Candee lines, prices slashed from 12.50 to 0.50, and hundreds of cheaper grades marked down to sell. The message urges buyers to save by shopping now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Brettle & Co
BOO Allen & Candee
Johnstown Situation and National News Tidbits
The report notes state forces near Johnstown Pa preparing to close work and quit. Three workers’ bodies were found during an opening to newer outlets. Cambria Iron Co may raise wages soon. Also: General Cervantes of Mexico returns to duty after leave. Yaqui conflict details remain unclear. Montana Senate remains split with Democrats losing a seat. Montana tally impacts joint ballot. Partial county counts slow completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Jousetows
Cambria Iron Company
NEASONABLE GOODS FASHION BARGAINS FOR WOOLEN BLANKETS
Local retailer touts low prices on red flannels and woolen blankets. Sells grey and red all wool options, Canton flannels, and sateen comforts at discounts versus last year. Promotes California white blankets and a grand orchestral music box drawing with every dollar spent. Daily musical recitals scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eve Dollar
Lyons Sees Mammoth Hotel Rise Amid Growth
Lyons Kansas reports a landmark three story brick hotel with basement by Peter Bruer near the First National Bank. It will offer thirty to forty rooms with steam heat and new furnishings, alongside two new brick stores. Other area business movements and wheat influx noted. Dr Richardson and wife plan extended travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LYONS
Peter Bruer
First National Bank
Nuit
F. Wodruesdaie
Ldes
Hutchinson
Okay Tr
Jack Ent
Wichita
ANOTHER ROAD OUT AND UNION PACIFIC STANCE
Chicago dispatch notes a stormy Trans-Missouri meeting with Union Pacific seeking to withdraw from the association over Colorado traffic rules. Kansas counties prepare to resist Rock Island foreclosure, while Comptoir d Escompte directors face sentences. market reports and political chatter fill the page.
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Cmicaco
Trans-Missouri Auzilisry Association
Union Pacific
Denver
Association
Denver & Rio Grande
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Muller
Colorado Banlie
Denver& Fort Worth
Trans-Missouri Association
Colorado
Ienng
Mullenwell
Adams
Holcomb
Cajon Pacific
Tauchle Brant
tLand
Volorada
Tore
Kai
Tororus
Variauis
Rock Island Railway
United States Circuit
Rock Island
Metropolitan Prest Company of
New York
Tne
Kansas
New Year Trade Review Shows Mixed Markets and Optimism
The weekly trade review notes a very encouraging crop report yet pressure from foreign markets remains. Toward year end, prices and money markets show signs of improvement with strong London to Cairo flows and larger bank reserves, while interior demand remains uneven and inflation fears persist.
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Qet
Yun & Cats Weekly Review of Trade
Riazluni
Erainee
Apprtheusion Eeesiere
London
Lange
New Yiwre
New York
Secur
Atianey
Cout
Alvine
Arardina
Interir
SilSmple
Chicago
Bess Sear
New Vers
Fhoetos
Philadespess
Chwsan
Checow
Welsh Rector Fends Off Tithes Strike in Grant Ye Gon
The Welsh rector, defending his rights amid tithes disputes, faced a mob of villagers backed by a bailiff party attempting distraint. The rector resisted with heavy crowd, while the attackers fled as interposing force and police arrived. The local Welsh Labourite paper notes the tension over tax collection and authority.
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Grant Ye Gon
Wiles
Balliife
Tee
Poe
Horrific Electric Wire Death on Manhattan Street Corner
A lineman died after contact with live electric wires at Center and Chambers streets in New York. He was engulfed in flames as bystanders watched, with fire crews unable to save him before efforts ceased and the body remained suspended on the wires. Mayor Grant ordered investigation and possible action to cut all overhead electric wires tonight.
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New Yor
Center
Chambers Street
Welock
Ciry
Grant
Crane
Gratuit
Jenna
Speriaeio
Tie
Deadly fire and wrecks strike Branvent and New York
A chaotic report describes a deadly Branvent house fire where a family perished and a mother and child were killed, followed by a shipwreck near Gedner's channel in New York. Miners are injured in a separate wreck on Wheeling Creek, with several lives lost and fires burning. The piece also notes French flooding and a carbolic acid incident causing agony to a child and mother.
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Ffm
Pemenger Rvanes
Cma Realous
Wheeling Creek
Serks
Frwicha Tynis
Aera
Fatal Deratchery and Church Race Debate Echo Across Town
A chaotic column recounts a fatal derangement linked to Ambrose and a woman named Anabrow, with coroner notes and hospital transfer. The piece then shifts to reporting a church conference on race relations, noting committee findings, speakers, and anticipated statements from North American Lutheran leaders. The narrative blends personal tragedy with religious and civic discourse.
Turning Homeward Knights Templars Grand Session Ends
At the Knights Templar grand event in Washington DC the grand master suspended officers for misconduct and appointed new ones. Colonel W Parker presided with Majer Thomas M McCammon as grand master of the ging peniy dit echamd. The ceremony and receptions drew local committees and attendees from the city.
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Wasniarin
Knights Teesplars
Vemimander
Jota Uwott
Coturabila
Taving
Ilinois
W. Parker
District of Columbia
Rand Ins Pom Ee Soeeros
Washington
Worksingtom
Yr Parker
Nti Wean
Parker
Majer
Thomas M- McCammen
Eterna
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Boston
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Lutheran Council Chares
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Templary
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