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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1887
Page
1
A local sale advertises large discounts valid only through this week. If items remain unsold by Saturday night, prices and goods will be withdrawn and replaced with new offers next week. Shoppers are urged to visit the store this week to take advantage of the bargains.
New lot includes twenty seal plush wraps 32 to 44 inch bust with plush ball trim. Ready made suits dark grey flannels sizes 34 to 38 at 10.00. Bleached muslin three cases on sale this week. All wool scarlet blankets offered at 2.75 per pair.
A local shop promotes heavy all wool scarlet flannels at 29 cents a yard for a week, plus 16 pieces of 36 inch dress goods and unbleached canton flannels at 61 4 cents. Mesdames Chambers and Liggett advertise new dress goods and trimmings as their modistes prepare for a busy season.
Nashville reporters recount a full day of celebration for the visiting president amid rain and crowds. Mrs. Vilas, once reported ill, appeared well as the procession toured Vanderbilt grounds and the state capitol. Governors Taylor and West welcomed the party, with Lookout Mountain souvenirs and a Lookout Post No.2 salute marking the Lookout fight memories. The Nashville events spilled into a city transformed by spectacle and patriotic fervor.
The American donor Mr. George W. Childs of Philadelphia presents the Fountain Monument to Stratford upon Avon birthplace of William Shakespeare. London crowd hears letters from James Russell Lowell and Oliver Wendell Holmes. The mayor opens the ceremony with praise for Anglo American friendship, noting Mr. Lowell’s absence and the American voice through Mr. Phelps. A later report covers a fatal collapse at a New York parish school and a London mob action with police clashing with unemployed workers.
The Harper petition for removing the county seat is analyzed revealing about 17,000 petitioners with many signatures from deceased or moved residents. Roads and a coal railroad project are discussed, linking Dodge City to Montezuma and Trinkad with connections to Santa Fe and Rock Island systems. A sensational marital case centers on Mrs J Teme ticks and Levi Cooper, with Cooper’s return to the city and complex family ties fueling society speculation.
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