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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1889
Page
1
A compact exhortation on selecting a large warm blanket with good securing edges. It stresses spending on the securing parts, notes all wool options, and lists prices and blanket colors such as scarlet and grey.
A Wichita retailer advertises drastic price cuts on winter underwear and promotes Stein, Black & Cos tailor made suits and overcoats for boys, children, and men, claiming their goods are superior and priced below rivals.
This week features women’s outerwear bargains including full jackets priced around 125, 200, and 300, long coats from 208. Bee 00, and rare seals and plush wraps from 1000 up. Items are touted as exceptionally cheap and warrantied for wear. We keep no
A local ad touts the largest and best assortment of children and misses coats. Shoddy plost promised, with callers urged to inspect stock. The retailer claims heavy sales and that they sell more wraps than any house in town, noting stock duplicated early in the season.
A reported incident at Jacob Lair's hotel in Shelbyville involves a widowed woman who was shocked and frightened when Wes Lair allegedly entered a room, locked the door, pursued her, and offered to buy silence with his property. He fled to Quincy and was arrested for termination. Alabama Prohibitionists hold a conference to fortify the party amid a vote, while Mexico experiences earthquakes with shock waves felt across cities.
Harvey county farmers paraded in Newtoy with twelve divisions and a later lecture by state and national leaders. The article also covers a lengthy analysis of Cherokee Nation treaty rights and proposed opening of lands for white settlement, discussing federal authority and Indian land tenure issues with historical treaty references.
John E Perkins, a Liberal night watchman, was stabbed by Levi Walker after a long neighbor dispute over a machine. Perkins, 58, died or faced grave injury. Walker fled and was not yet captured. The incident drew deep sympathy for Perkins and his family amid local outrage.
Fractured OCR recounts a murder case with Chauncey Crumpton and connections to Burke and Cronin, describing courtroom rage, witness testimony, and a dramatic removal of a body. Police statements, bail hearings, and defense notes appear amid chaotic reports from Chicago and New York press wires.
In Chicago on October, witnesses named Nicholas Wallenders Conklin John Scanlan Frank Scanlan Patrick McCarry and others testified to identifying the body of Dr. Cronin and detailing autopsy findings. They described wounds, death by skull trauma, and the medical examiners conclusions while noting uncertainty about the exact cause of death and the sequence of events surrounding the crime.
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