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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1888
Page
1
Best value sales offer flannels and new goods with bed comforts at 47 Cents, all silk plushes at 42 Cents, finest printeds 75-3 Cents, and assorted curtains. Ads promise warranted or money back satisfaction and feature multiple cloth lines and supplies.
Local store advertises red flannel and wool fabrics at deep cuts for a limited week. Items include red flannel all wool, heavy wool dress goods, and table linen sale. Also touts men, ladies, and children underwear and knitwear with notably low prices and claims of astonishment at savings. Notable prices feature 12.123 vents currency and 37 12 cents for table linen.
Cold weather brings piling stock as prices drop this week at 123 to 127 Main St. A new fashion line from Eve Carment is offered, with reductions intended to spur immediate buys.
Newmarkets offers a wide range of cloths and styles at uniform price ten dollars. Cloak house quality goods advertised as cheap as any on the continent with plush sacques and warm underwear on sale. Hosiery department features wool and cotton bargains including sanitary fast Mack hosiery.
From now until the first of November a dealer proclaims cheaper prices than any other in Wichita. Potential buyers are urged to search for the lowest price and then return to the seller who promises to offer the lowest.
A. A. Pos] and teammates secure a victory as the Browns face New York in the world championship series. King shines at times, Crane struggles, and Ted Borrows knocks in runs. Murphy, Ewing, and other key players contribute amid tense play and crowd excitement at Sportsman Park in St Louis.
A fragmented OCR item covers a railroad injunction judgment and a Universalists church meeting. It notes a court ruling affecting a Pacific Railway crossing and mentions a chief justice and a proceedings date. The second item reports the Universalists meeting opening with remarks by a pastor, with dates and locations implied in the garbled text.
A Terrible murder near Council Beach Georgia Ward shot his mother Georgie Ward over a sweet potato in a family quarrel. The tragedy erupted as local authorities and townsfolk described a brutal scene and ensuing arrests. another item notes a National collision and a Port au Prince revolution with heavy casualties.
Proceedings detail estate matters and a long court session over real estate transfers. The document references Corwiths and wife of Sear Yore, a lawyer, and various parties including William Waist, with discussion of properties, security measures, and procedural steps in the Minne Soortal grid.
Amid a tense national scene Gov. Hill plans to skip a New York demonstration with President Cleveland in town, while Democratic harmony appears strained in the metropolis. Rumors swirl of tampering with campaign literature and mixed reactions from the president’s allies as a review by Cleveland and Hill looms.
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