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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1888
Page
1
The retailer announces enlarged store rooms and a larger crowd this week with greater inducements. Readers are urged to visit Monday morning and compare offers with other merchants, promising prudent, economical buying and value for money.
Advertising copy touts a large stock of dry goods sold at very close margins. It promises a well lighted store and courteous treatment, but contains garbled text and unclear details about products and offers. No trustworthy specifics beyond general money-saving claims are discernible.
We announce a one week special sale on cloaks and wraps at the Philadelphia Store on Market Streets. Prices are slashed with items like Stockinetta jackets at 3.50, heavy braided kersey jackets at 4.75, diagonal New markets at 3.75, long wraps from 7.09 to 10.00, Astrachsn wraps at 3.50, seal plush Modjeskas 10 to 15, and genuine seal plush sseque at 15.00. Sale lasts this week only.
Oct day in Kingman featured a parade with a log cabin float and veterans, a political rally at the grand opera house, and speeches by J. C. Humphrey and A. Felt praising protectionist policies. Local industries were highlighted as Kingman’s salt works, creamery, plow works, and new mineral paint venture surge, signaling strong economic prospects for the area.
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