Abilene Reflector 1887 News Roundup and Opinions
A wide collection of editorial comments and anecdotes from Abilene Reflector and other papers. Topics include medical elixirs, San Diego land sale, a skeptic Brenham editor, a Cheyenne tribal relic, private post offices, veteran politics, Cleveland’s renomination, white slavery in Pennsylvania, postmaster appointments, Prohibition battles, Santa Fe fares, a West Virginia tale, Texas Prohibition defeat, penalties of crossing railroads, and Mormon church leadership proxy duties amid Edmonds Act issues.
Kansas crops report shows declines and low corn yield
The July summary from the Kansas State Board of Agriculture details wheat sowings at 1,372,028 acres down 28 percent, with 744,526 acres harvested. Corn prospects fall as drought and chinch bugs hit, yielding state totals far below five-year averages. oats rise to 1,495,903 acres sown with about 28 bushels per acre. Other crops and livestock show varied conditions and forecasts, while local notes mention road bonds and community happenings.
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Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Kansas
Geo. P. Orr
Kansas City
Manitou Springs
Col
E. E. Lewis
Gem Drug Store
Sheriff Miller
Dewar Bros
Foster
Carlton
James Strachan
Garfield Tno
Stevens
Prof
Cook
Baker
Garfield
W. V. Smart
Riley’ County
Miss Hughes
Beloit
Anderson
Abilene
Junken
Sinee
Robacker
M. P. Shearer & Co
Rambo
Dickinson County
Presbyterian Church
Will Sutherland
First St
Burnett
E. J. Griffith
The Fall of Tuttle and Army Scandals Revealed
The piece exposes Gen. Tuttle’s military record amid a flag controversy and accusations of disrespect to President Cleveland. It cites Gen. Farrar’s claim that Slocum removed Tuttle over cotton rumors, a confiscated landau incident, a gunboat pursuit, and alleged hush money totaling about $74,000 while he commanded Natchez.
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Tuttle
Cleveland
St. Louis
B. A. Farrar
Tutte
Department of Natchez
Farrar
Slocum
Fort McPherson
Department
Natchez
Hart
Lawrence Business College Ad Promotes Short-Hand Arts Education
All who seek thorough business, shorthand, academic music or art instruction are urged to contact the Lawrence Business College and Academy of English and Classics in Lawrence Kansas, described as the leading institution of its kind in the west. The shortest line to the college is implied.
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Lawrence [Business College
Academy of English and Classics
Lawrence
Kan
Noted Doctor Oakwood Dominates Central Kansas Surgery
Describes Dr. Oakwood as uniquely successful in Central Kansas with many remarkable operations. Claims expertise across cross eyes, club feet, tumors, piles, skin grafting, hare lips, and radical cure of hernia. Also notes treatment of women's diseases, throat, ears, skin, kidneys, ulcers, catarrh, bladder, and nervous disorders.
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Kansas
Oakwood
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K. C. Times
John G. Carlisle
House of Representatives
Democratic Party
Russell Democratic Review
Grand Army of the Republic Post 46
Philadelphia
Washington
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United States
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Gettysburg
New York World
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Free State
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Washington, D.C
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Santa Fe Railway Company
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Ben Davis
West Virginia
England
Atchison
Chicago Journal
Abilene Chronicle
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Author
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Wx. Srus
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Chas
M. Tay
Chandler
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Billenie
Plains
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Andone Real Estate
Aly Volo
Chicago
New York
Simon Roteschild
Palace Clothing Store
Broadway
Abilene, Kas
Sterl & Zahner
Penang
Micinerney
Schwaner
L. Piste
C. H. Oakwood
Buckeys Avenue
Rock Island Depot
N. Blevins & Co
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