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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1889
Page
1
A Wichita store promotes a free distribution of Dante and Gustave Doré art publications to customers. With purchases totaling $20, buyers may select one of four Core Bible Gallery sets featuring 100 full page engravings, drawing crowds and promising strong sales for the venture.
AT COLH JONES offers stock from two to seven feet tall and wo to five feet read. They emphasize honest goods and fair dealing as prices are cut on winter underwear. They market Stein Block Co. suits and overcoats in boys', children's and men's sizes, claiming superior quality and lower prices than rivals.
An advertisement touts 50 Milton Paradise Lost engravings, 75 Dante Inferno Vision of Hell, and 60 engravings for Dante Purgatory and Paradise. It emphasizes a guaranteed gift-worthy opportunity rather than a one in five thousand chance.
Bargain shipments arrive daily from New York and Boston. See new goods including blankets quilts and flannels at unusually low prices. Linen novelties look especially pretty. Our prices are around bargains.
Philadelphia retailer warns of approaching winter and promotes a full stock of blankets and comfortables in white, scarlet, and natural colors. Emphasizes low prices and special early purchase incentives on warm underwear as nights turn cold.
An advertisement proclaims red twilled flannel at 25 cents a yard and plain flannels at 15 20 and 25 cents with other discounts. It mentions the One Thousand Dollar Music Box raffle with dollar purchases, plus a long market note on trials in Ireland and Chicago newspaper changes and a Norfolk and Western train wreck with fatalities.
A Chicago & Alton sale to the Vanderbilts for 15 million dollars is claimed by a bank syndicate figure. Morgan is said to have engineered the deal with Union Pacific funds, and papers may be signed in a few days. The Alton resisted aligning with the presidents' association and faced pressure to fight for business or sell.
Great Bend Kan Oct 2 Trials winds down with a dramatic fall in the initial course injuring Judge Green of Colorado and prompting medical aid. Rider Bo Waters suffers a broken thumb after stepping in a hole but remounts to finish both courses. Lady Barton defeats Reno in the derby with multiple titles claimed by imported dogs in a landmark American meet.
Cattlemen fear dissolution as the government offers a buying price seen as paltry. Interviews suggest Chief Mayes was misquoted about accepting government terms. Pan American delegates favor closer trade, while Cherokee Live Stock Association members warn the industry could suffer drastic losses if lands are sold.
The All American delegates led by Tuwas arrive at noon after a late train due to poor coal. They tour smelting works and discuss commerce with officials, with speeches in a festive reception at the hotel and city tours continuing through the afternoon.
The article outlines Franco British and Italian positions on Tunis, with references to Bismarck, Beaconsfield, and Salisbury. It discusses Turin and Tunis relations, potential Italian unity, and warns against colonial frictions that could threaten Mediterranean balance. The piece also notes a Chesapeake case about Riparian rights and a monument unveiling for Caesar Rooney in Dover.
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