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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1887
Page
1
Immense bargains offered for this week only. If unsold, prices withdrawn after Saturday night. Customers urged not to request these goods next week as different deals will be offered. The promotion aims to bring customers to the shop this week.
The ad touts twenty plush seal wraps with plush ball trimming in sizes 32 to 44 inches, priced at 14.75 this week. ready made suits in dark grey flannels sizes 34 to 36 at 10.00. 25 dot kid gloves in new colors. bleached muslin sold by the case. and 50 pairs of all wool scarlet blankets at 2.75 per pair.
An advertisement offers one case of heavy all wool scarlet flannels 27 inches wide bought last spring at a discount. The retailer claims to sell them very cheap for this week only to attract customers to their house, pricing at 29 cents per yard.
Offered fabrics described as 36 inch home spun dress goods with many styles. The ad notes these materials are very cheap at 29 cents per yard, appealing for a fashionable dress.
Our store advertises unbleached canton flannel at low prices with yards available. Mesdames Chambers and Liggett are at work offering a magnificent assortment of dress goods and trimmings. Our modistes are skilled artists and the shop is equipped for extensive business in the land.
Washington reports Attorney General Garland will move Monday for the U S Supreme Court to hear the case of The First National Bank of Buffalo against Eldridge Spaulding et al. The move seeks a writ of error to determine if Illinois jury selection laws violated due process. The filing outlines issues on admissibility of evidence, jury impartiality, and state court procedure, with emphasis on federal constitutional concerns and national importance of a prompt decision.
A detailed late 19th century dispatch reports a full day battle on the North Fork of the Arkansas River between Bud Trainers gang of outlaws and a vigilance committee led by Robert Henderson. Eight men were killed on each side with many wounded. The clash stretched along river banks and ravines as both sides fought amid heavy gunfire and pursuit.
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