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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1889
Page
1
The station announces the Paris Novelty Dress Patterns sale as autumn enters the season. The event highlights French dress designs with no middleman profit and promises demonstrations of the store’s preparations and advantages. Miss Lowe to lead the millinery department soon.
A late summer trade question prompts readers to vote on a sizable offering. The piece highlights September morning stock loaded with wraps and dress goods, noting a strong year with bold bargains and a pivotal go off event tomorrow to showcase wraps and related items.
We offer low prices on stock that is new and seasonal. Limited remaining stock includes suits priced at 39, 20 dollars with drastic discounts. Fifteen suits for ten dollars and ten more for seven dollars. Come in to see and buy before they are gone.
Report from the department of agriculture for September notes late season yields and moisture impacts on cotton. Gray, red, and heavy soils show varying effects across the Atlantic states and Texas with abundant moisture early, but drought and heat reducing bolls in affected areas. Hog crop updates discuss expected yields, with hog health stable though slightly below last year. A road purchase near Fraville and a Flint Glass strike are also mentioned, reflecting broader industrial and infrastructure news.
Storm wrecks near Lewes and Atlantic City leave multiple vessels ashore or sunk. Survivors include a colored seaman and the mate from a sunken brig. reports detail masts cut away, ships ashore, and lines washed out as winds ease from the northeast.
The Moran steamer Elmas completed its first round trip from New Orleans after weathering a brutal storm off Cape Hatteras. Captain Horton and First Officer Benson describe waves washing over the vessel, with salt covering the thirty-five foot smoke stacks as reports from the crew detail the fierce gale and near-disaster.
Serious differences between Tanner and Secretary Noble push resignation as price of tenure. Osciary discusses the corporal abolition and a new position under Quasid eration. Pool of New York and Brown of Ohio emerge as prominent figures, with a successor named.
The massive storm grips from Cape Hatteras to Maine with high winds from the northwest and widespread coastal impacts. Officials report ship, rail, and telegraph disruptions as the system lingers off Cape Henry, with flooding and rough seas along the Atlantic seaboard and warnings extending into New England.
Wassiveres September 11 shows that as of June 3, 15 percent of pensioners on the rolls. total pensions issued reached 499,75 with increases from the prior year. The report details appropriations for pensions, disbursements, and highlights misapplied sums tied to wartime allowances.
An OCR heavy record recounts a complex race meeting with many named people and organizations, including references to firms, officials, and attendees. It weaves in public notices and scattered names like Korea Hina and various individuals, hinting at a national meeting and legal or civic proceedings.
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