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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1887
Page
1
A local retailer promotes discounted dress patterns from 8.50 to 35.00 and silks at 1.19 to 1.35 per yard. They offer free dressmaking, cutting, and fitting, and promise attractive wraps including astrachan priced at 10.50. The campaign urges shopper attendance this week to take advantage of the sale.
A linen dealer presents three lines of towels and cream damask 52 inch wide. Towels priced 21 cents each or 2.50 per dozen, claimed worth four dollars a dozen. Damask offered at 26 cents per yard with no stated value but potential long-term use.
Textile listing notes damask fabric in Turkey red, described as absolutely fast color and acid proof. Width 54 inches, offered at 26 cents a yard, a lower price than the long-standing standard.
The listing offers 33 inch wide calico fabrics in new fall styles priced at 1 634 ctsa yard. The note emphasizes extra wide options suitable for dresses and home sewing projects.
The Washington scene draped in mourning for the late E B Washburne as the Express Companies dispute their status under the Interstate Commerce Act. A Thanksgiving Proclamation by President Cleveland sets aside November 25 for prayer and national gratitude. Anarchist cases loom as executions approach with grim mood in Illinois and Missouri reports of political tension and violent crime unfold.
A violent incident near Valley Center Kansas reports an attempt to burn thirty Italians in a Parks Kent County building. A Italian worker Santo Carlo faced rising tensions with crews on the G R and D road as authorities pursue the guilty parties after a night of arson and escape.
A garbled OCR item reports an extraordinary list of til-pated schooners and a freed individual described as a Chinaman. It mentions Olly Pesitentiary and two men from St Broughton, with an incident involving Obi firing or shooting, and an attempted wrecking off a passenger trail on the Houston and Tyane Central.
Reports from the Antwerp route include the Western Lands bound for New York but not docking there, while the Westers Tani arrived at 5 pm. The barge Ouwegetehle reached port. crews from various ships are mentioned with distress and wrecks noted in a gale.
A garbled report describes two wrecks drifting near Sand Creek on October 25. Names uncertain include Lady Rigte and another vessel. fate of the crew is unclear while authorities investigate damages and potential casualties.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a vessel foundering near Lansing area. References to Leland captain, eastern shore, weather, and arrival. Mentions anarchists arrested and crews dealing with incident and delays.
A brief city drowning incident is reported involving Omarion J. Tatey and Wer Itert. The event details are unclear but notes the death of Wer Itert in the city harbor. Further specifics and context are not fully readable in the fragment.
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