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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1889
Page
1
A trade notice extols a profit sharing push and showcases discounted blankets and dress goods. It urges customers to inspect north window displays and note hot weather price tags. The ad highlights wool and cotton fabrics with marked reductions from 40 cents to 37 1-2 cents, urging notice of deceptive warp fabrics.
A department store touts a closing out sale across stock including lace curtains up stairs millinery dresses and Paris novelties. Madame Smith returns from the east with new ideas as workers busy at the rear creating fashionable garments for shoppers.
A local dealer notes it is unusual for this time of year to cut prices on new in demand goods yet asserts the move is necessary. The note mentions thousands of dollars tied up in elegant stock and signals a broad sale strategy.
A local retailer advertises a clearance of winter underwear in all sizes and descriptions. Prices are marked to move inventory quickly, urging customers to buy quality at a much lower figure than typical prices.
Clumsy OCR from a late 19th or early 20th century Western Railroad deals column notes Sidney Fitton of Ruston arriving. references to Texas and Fort Worth purchase plans, Denver and Omaha frost, and a October directors meeting. Mentions Archot Tapes and Santa Fe railroad hints, with cryptic remarks about con men and a market dullness.
A Philadelphia store located at 5 West Cor Douglas Avenue at the Market corner. The notice notes the shop on the corner of Douglas and Market streets. Local historians identify the site as a long standing retail hub with signage reflecting period commerce.
A Great Attraction offers a $1,000 music box giveaway as part of its promotion. During a recent eastern city shopping tour, the store expanded its stock of dry goods and clothing to present the largest and finest selection yet in the area.
A music box valued at 31000.00 will be given to a lucky Wichita buyer. Each dollar spent earns a ticket, increasing chances to win. The box’s duplicate is at Paris exposition, having won a gold medal. Daily recitals 9 to 12 a.m. and 1 to 5 p.m. The drawing, supervised by local citizens, aims for a Christmas present winner.
The Artesian Syrup and Sugar Company charter filed in Meade County Crooked Creek township with capital stock and list of directors including Job Worth, Allen, Oliver Norman, Albert J. Bernes and DeWitt C. Harper among others. Other names include W. T. Smits, Jered Mitchell, William Jones of Clussa and Wesley McCubb, Walter Pratt.
Sheriff Richardson and posse pursued robbers across Johnson County to a river crossing. Deputies engaged near a railyard, exchanging fire and capturing a slippery prisoner after a water escape attempt. other fugitives were pursued toward the woods as an express company cooperated with authorities.
Five exciting races feature fast stock, bicyclists, and ponies with Gov. Humphrey and staff in attendance. Crowds fill the grounds as drivers, judges, and starters like James He Yanec showcase prompt racing. Early horsepower events highlight trot and bicycle races while spectators note fruit displays and agricultural talks on the event program.
In Torsxs Kansas on September 21 the Christian church convention raised 200 dollars to complete an 8000 endowment for Garfield University in Wichita. Numerous local notices detail county conventions, railroad bonds, and fair events including a Harper county fair and music by the Citizens' silver band.
Special dispatches cover finance debates among delegates with eastern opposition to deep water schemes, usury laws criticisms, and session notes from Maryland Democrats, Pennsylvania Prohibitionists, and Kansas bankers. Also reported are sugar works output, travel notices, and local incidents including a sacred heart sister assault and wheat market growth.
The Maryland Democratic state convention opened with James Stevenson Archer appointed chairman of the state central committee. James M. Mudgee, ex mayor of Baltimore, chosen temporary chair, while committees were formed and platform issues debated referencing the national convention at St Louis.
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