14 Sep 1889
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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1889
Page
1
The note announces the Paris Novelty Dress Patterns sales event starting Monday, featuring high class French dresses with no middleman profits. It promises great preparations, a fall season go-off, and highlights the upcoming Millinery department expansion and Miss Lowe’s return home.
The notice urges readers to vote on trade questions and highlights the September express sale. Emphasis shifts to wraps and dress goods as the season turns, with anticipation built for tomorrow morning’s public event and early bargains along the line.
Local retailer boasts the best selection and lowest prices with seasonal, well-made dresses and suits. Aimed at quick sale, the shop advertises remaining stock priced at 35 to 100 dollars, urging buyers to hurry and inspect the goods before they’re gone.
An old newspaper page reports a funeral procession and services for Samuel Ivan Ceax. The crowd filled the church before doors opened and floral tributes marked the solemn ceremony. Also noted are legal notices and various regional items, including land securities and patent disputes.
The big reunion day drew crowds as Hon. J. W. Perkins and State Auditor Tim McCarthy spoke. Governor Humphrey rode in, praising veterans, with veterans and Wichita and Kansas groups parading by river, and the event hailed as a historic southern Kansas gathering with strong turnout and spirits high.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a senate hearing with numerous witnesses, debates on irritation and testing methods, and references to various individuals and committees. It mentions Senator Pliny and other named figures, with scattered phrases about property, banking, and political processes, all in a late 19th or early 20th century tone.
A Kansas dispatch outlines a Deep Water party call for conventions with mayors of western cities as delegates and authority to appoint extra delegates per population. Also notes defects in the state house dome and entrance structures, with architects recommending removal of overhanging brickwork and weight reductions.
Washington reports detail Major Warner and George Merrill amid pension commission talks and secretary Noble’s noncommittal stance. Alger comments on Terner’s nomination while Western matters note postmaster appointments and pension grants. Weather and maritime notes close the digest with regional clashes over Creek-Cherokee land cases implied.
New York news reports a dramatic shooting at 1 Jobin Street where jeweler F W Gesswein was killed by Christian Theyble after a quarrel over a patent dispute. The assailant fled, leaving a revolver. authorities and witnesses describe a swift, violent confrontation ending with Gesswein collapsing. Police pursued leads as arson and other crimes were also noted in the densely packed dispatches.
The readable text shows garbled notes with scattered words like Avvente Mk, Po OS, Gilet, spomonnd, Le owkied mas, and a stray reference to gases. No clear event, date, or identifiable entities emerge to form a coherent summary.
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