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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1885
Page
4
The piece notes the Republican majority will elect a speaker from their ranks with Logan likely favored. It warns that if President Cleveland dies or is disabled, the defeated vice presidential candidate would become acting president, shifting control back to the party rejected by voters.
Thanksgiving morning in mourning over Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks who died at his home in Indianapolis Wednesday afternoon November 25 at 5 o clock. The funeral was held at 12 o clock the following day with a large attendance. Pallbearers included Gov. Isaac P. Gray and Mayor John L. McMaster among others. The article laments Hendricks career and role in the Democratic Party and quotes verse on his death.
Lead items note the death of Vice President Hendricks with a biographical sketch inside the paper and the death of Alfonso King of Spain. A battle in Atlanta ended with Prohibitionists winning by 226 votes, prompting jubilation. A Kansas City Times report mentions a new railway charter clerk and notes a Hope Dickinson county office hosting a 100 mile line from Hope to Concordia with capital stock of $1,000,000.
The discussion questions whether tariffs protect workers or merely shield foreign capital. It argues two thirds of factory investment is foreign, questions if higher tariffs would raise wages, and asserts protection should aid honest goods while avoiding shoddy production. It urges lowering tariffs on staples for the poor without harming domestic industry.
Obituaries report Mrs Abraham Neisley dying at 23 with funeral at A M Engle home and burial at Bert graveyard. Death attributed to heart disease. Also notes Mrs Brechbill’s sudden death around age 80, a 5th anniversary for Mr and Mrs O F Ankefer, remarks on hospitality, a fine corn crop, a marriage of Lizzie N Engle and Jacob L Brechhill in Abilene, and a Sunday School note on growing attendance and singing.
Solomon Splinters reports a Thanksgiving event devolved into pandemonium with heavy drinking. Damage to the room costs twenty five dollars. John Sullivan, armed, shot through the hand during the disturbance. Marshal Bannon arrested him Saturday evening. A sermon urged thankfulness with a church relief collection organized by multiple church ladies and local officials. Mr. W. V. Smart returns home to Wisconsin for his health.
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