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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1887
Page
1
Immense bargains offered for this week only. If not all sold by Saturday night they will be withdrawn and replaced next week. Do not ask for these goods at these prices after the deadline.
New stock includes twenty seal plush wraps sized 32 to 44 inches with plush ball trim and brandford seal quality. Also ready made dark grey flannel suits sizes 34 36 38, 25 dot kid gloves, bleached muslin cases, and approximately 50 all wool scarlet blankets offered at 2.75 per pair. Prices highlight a weekly special of 14.75 for the wrap and 10.00 for the suits.
A vintage ad promotes heavy wool scarlet flannels at 29 cents per yard for this week only. It touts 36 inch dress goods at 29 cents, unbleached canton flannels at 6 1 4 cents, and claims ample new dress goods and trimmings. Mesdames Chambers and Liggett are named as workers in the shop, asserting they are equipped for the best business in the land.
Alabama visitors recount the reception of the presidential party in Montgomery on Oct 20. Crowds lined Commerce Street as troops controlled traffic while Governor Zug and Mayor Rose greeted the dignitaries. The president reviewed the cavalry and artillery, received a gift of a cotton bale jewel, and praised Alabama's agricultural and mineral wealth in a lengthy address.
Colonel H. W. Montgomery, president of the Memphis Jockey Club, collapsed while greeting delegates of the Waterways Convention at the club grounds and died of heart disease. Races were suspended, and the convention paused as mourners and attendees grieved.
J B Pomeroy of Atchison presents the Library Association of that place with $10,000 for the benefit of the library. The report covers weather in Missouri and Kansas, a Junction City fire extinguished by new water works, and various local incidents including accidents and community events.
A misread OCR item mentions figures like G Franklin and Lien Aloe mileage Hampeny in a legal dispute over damages. The fragmentary text references a president arrest, defendants, and allegations tied to mining activity and corporate leadership, with unclear names and dates.
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