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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1888
Page
1
A dated business pitch outlines a move to pursue larger fall trade. It claims four years of growth, improved opportunities, and a focus on home manufacture with imported goods. The message emphasizes courage, speed, and favorable mill pricing with minimal profit.
We feature one hundred plus dress fabrics in various designs and textures. Large selection, with styles to view and buy promptly. displays include jackets, Newmarkers, plush Seeques, and fine wool checks. Seasonal sale offers run this week with deep discounts for shoppers who see the displays.
Readable: core sale items include cent flannel at 3 cents, cotton fabric at 12? price, color guaranteed textiles at 23 cents, table linen at 87 2 cents, a six inch Triewis wool blend at 42 1/2 cents, and half wool stockings or ponds at 12 1/2 cents. Various fabrics including black and fancy pasnemes Henriettas and Isyses offered at strong discounts.
Alesoft advertises a broad sale at 1283 to 127 Main St offering new fashionable garments. It claims cold weather arrives slowly while stock accumulates, and promises price reductions this week to spur immediate purchases.
Newmarkets announces a uniform $10 sale on garments priced 12.00 to 50, sizes 32 to bust, promising broad popularity from coast to coast. It touts control of production by the top plank house, claims low costs versus Chicago and New York, and highlights plush seal plush and underwear bargains, with hosiery also discounted.
General Harrison addresses business travelers then hosts a Springfield Ohio led visitors parade despite rain. Speakers praise tariff protection while Indiana crowd of about 400 hears pro Republican message and notes economic ties between manufacturing and farming.
Amid ongoing conflict, rioters obstruct Chicago streetcar lines with timbers and bricks. Reported disturbances include assaults on conductors and passengers, overturned cars, and scattered chaos across Halstead and nearby blocks. Incidents reference gunfire and a fatal stabbing as unrest intensifies.
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