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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1889
Page
1
A 96.00 bound, non sectarian illustrated Bible volume from Atwell. It presents one hundred full page Dore illustrations with descriptive explanations and a compact, durable binding in fine English cloth with full gilt.
An edition of Paradise Lost presented with fifty full page engravings by Gustave Doré edited by Henry Walsh. The volume features lavish typography and binding designed to appeal to English education aims. Price noted as two dollars, bound paper or leather options available.
A historic praise of Dante's Inferno with Doré illustrations described as a grand artistic pairing. The publisher notes superb mechanical execution binding and special paper, presenting the oval quarto volume with an emblematic design and gold edges priced at $0.10.
A detailed mockup praising Dante’s Purgatory and Paradise and Gustave Doré’s illustrations. It extols the poet’s divine inspiration, vivid imagination, and the masterful engraving work. The piece advertises a Royal quarto edition and a buyer’s incentive program offering multiple volumes for specific spending thresholds.
One purchase of indigo prints, the best quality known to us, will be sold at this level while they last. Come Monday.
At 5 cents a yard a lot of the best known makes of apron check ginghams are offered with a promise that value is clear. A $6 gift is received when aggregate purchases reach $20.
A local ad touts ladies all wool skirts at 70 cents each. Skirts measure about 2 1 2 yards wide and 40 inches long, described as an extraordinary bargain not previously seen.
A newspaper classified listing offers heavy all linen crash at half price and damask towels at 15 cents a pair. Purchases of 20 dollars earn a 6 dollar gift. Men s blue mixed shirts and drawers in sizes 30 to 44 at 86 cents. 33 inch wool flannels 29 cents a yard, 40 inch stay and brown flannel suitings 25 cents, Persian bands 25 cents, 100 dozen embroidered handkerchiefs 2 for 25 cents, 100 dozen wool hose for children and adults at 50 cents a pair, and more hosiery in stock.
The Philadelphia store touts a comprehensive stock of blankets and comforts with deep discounts for early buyers. It highlights warm underwear in white, scarlet, and natural colors and urges customers to prepare for the coming icy blasts.
A local ad promotes red twill flannel at 25 cents a yard and unbeatable pricing elsewhere. Plain flannels in 15 20 and 25 cents, cotton flannel deals at 7 and 10 cents, with the heaviest cotton flannel at 10 cents. Woolen hose for ladies and children, plus a One Thousand Dollar Music Box raffle and tickets with each dollar spent.
A Connecticut charter seeks to create a large combined transport concern linking the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Wheeling Lake Erie and several connecting lines. Prominent financiers including Mr Lake and Mr Sage, with George Gould and others, aim to control major rail routes from Chicago to Louisville and beyond. Rumors tie C F Huntington to the scheme. officials anticipate a November decision amid anticipated rapid consolidation. Judge Arthur T. Reeve, chief of the agricultural department’s hard division, dies after illness at his home in Massachusetts.
The Kansas Academy of Science members toured Kingman salt wells and a salt mine, praised local efforts, and enjoyed a banquet at the Hotel Brunswick. Resolutions were adopted thanking Wichita and Kingman citizens for hospitality, with remarks by J. P. Mead and Gillett.
Reporting from Kingfisher Oklahoma a substantial railway push boosts the town with a large Rock Island depot planned and freight traffic rising. The piece notes hotels crowding and a promising winter and spring business outlook driven by government shipments to Fort Reno and ongoing railroad improvements.
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