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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1887
Page
1
A crowded pattern sale offers 43 new dress patterns at $6 each in Mme Chambers and Mme Liggetts shops with price cuts from $1.50 to $5.00 per dress pattern, plus silks at reduced yard prices and dressmaking services promised free fitting. Astrachan and plush wraps offered at bargain prices, with wraps down to 10.50, promising stylish options at lower costs.
A seller invites buyers to inspect a line of towels and damask fabrics. Towels and damask pieces are offered at 26 cents per yard with notes on width and colorfast quality. The maker touts Turkey red damask and mentions prior pricing.
The stock features heavy fabric calico at 33 inches wide. Priced at 634 cents per yard, the entry highlights width and cost for potential buyers.
Washington dispatches report opposition to a petition to Attorney Hunt of Timots and Attorney Grinnell of The court will consider cholera and yellow fever notes. Telegrams from Surgeon General Hamilton update Brittania cases and Tampa fever counts. Bradford denied leave for oral Kansas Prohibition argument. Indian troubles and land office circulars noted. Switzer wool report cites U.S. sheep counts rising then falling. military health data referenced alongside internal notices and appointments.
A Fort Niobrara Times report details the arrest of two Santee Indians over a tulnagatty incident linked to Campbell and Joe 1. The violence began three months earlier when Campbell brought Saxbonta home. The girl and others were taken into the woods and harmed before her body was recovered in a mutilated state.
The late E B Washburne was honored in Chicago at Unity Church with a floral funeral, a note from the German consul, and remarks by Prof. Swing on his career as a statesman tied to Lincoln and Grant, plus reflections on his service as minister to France. In Ohio and Michigan reports cover theater incidents and local political events, including a Detroit election and Associated Press notes on Western Union Masons.
News from Baltimore reports Latrobe's victory in the mayoral election by a 4,205 vote lead amid a tense campaign with strong Democratic support. Concurrently, steamship reports from Hong Kong and Yokohama relay notices of Chinese vessel losses and a proposed China American Bank treaty outline detail a major 5,000,000 world bank formation and governance, including article provisions on bank branding, capitalization, and leadership.
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