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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1883
Page
5
Local ads tout Northcrafts lamps and Spectacles at J S Kelley as well as Ward Electrofying Soap and Mason jars. Irion and Armitage lure customers with extensive home furnishing floors and inventory. Shops from McInerney to Berry Bros advertise hats wagons and holiday stock as dealers prepare for the season. The Gazette notes a Chicago buying trip and a Dec 165th opening.
Abilene Reflector reports strong holiday stock at 99 cent and 49 cent counters. Local residents including Harrison Bonebrake and W. P. Seeds appear in town while others relocate to new homes on Sixth and East Fourth streets. Stockmen Otis Thisler and O. L. Thisler plan cattle purchases in Kansas City. mining interests and land opening near Durango receive attention. Thanksgiving memories, upcoming Knights of Pythias ball, and bustling building activity mark the season.
Subscriptions for the Rebecron include R. J. Tonkin W IL Lowe Newbern C Keller D W Ross Hope J C Bricker Abilene Johm Flaherty Mr Sterling Wis Thos Hanley Werley WI among week’s readers Western Home Lodge No 60 elected officers Jenna Wning N G W P Leeds V Ge Ti Canning R S A Davidson Sec W W Merr Treas Dr King Med Ex Dr Austin AI Med Ex Last Friday J Kelley sold 2400 worth of diamonds and 200 of gold watches to Abilene buyers Kelley boasts a large jewelry stock and attracting prices. McPherson and Dickinson counties lack jails Salina jail serves McPherson Junction City jail houses Dickinson prisoners. Eicholtz of Abilene showcases a 53 by with gilded frame. Litts and Huffman form hog buying partnership shipping cattle to Kansas City. Thanksgiving day observed with closing businesses and a fine Dr Bowers sermon. Complaints about missing Rebecron issues rise. readers urged to report. Lutheran basket supper draws fair prices above 30. Stambaugh auctioneer. Abilene church attendance near nine hundred last Sunday showing city’s moral tone. Southeast Dickinson County Teachers Institute set for Dec 15 at Barrie Creek Schoolhouse with agenda items including geography grammar school exam and debating.
County correspondence notes pleasant weather and visits from W F Chapin of Plumwell Michigan. Miss Motlie Comack and Mrs Knapp improve after illness. Em Kirkwood home for Thanksgiving. Presbyterian Indies hosted a sociable at Geo Baker with next at Mr Kirkwood's. J F Bolster digs a well plans windmill. Lyceum at Sunny Side and spelling at Independence attract crowds. Mike Lizzie Stein and Anna Keonig get new organs. Mrs Jacob Keonig returns from Baltimore. Cnock.
Herrington remains booming with lively lot sales drawing buyers from various points. J J Miles of Chapman reports a productive I M Rish well at thirty six feet and plans another public well for town use. Mrs Herrington sick with pleurisy pneumonia in Enterprise. recovery hoped. Chas Russel plans a dwelling and stable. new store nearly ready for occupancy, I M Risley and Allen Lincoln proprietors, they left for Kansas City to stock merchandise.
Chapman vlatter reports a singing school at the Church and signups via Prof Connors. It notes the parsonage nearing completion and calls for public donations. Also mentions grain trade, corn prices, local shipments, and people resuming work. Newsstand profit and reading encouragement are urged by F S Lillie.
Thanksgiving was fully celebrated in Hope with a supper and dance to benefit the Hope band. Proceeds funded new instruments. The town reports new houses under construction and hopes for railroad completion next spring. The school term lasts nine months in three sessions taught by Mrs. Morris. Local businesses include two general stores, a hardware shop, a saddle and harness shop, a post office, a livery stable, blacksmith, wagon shop, shoemaker, broom factory, millinery, and a drug store.
Community update from Detroit notes farmers plan to unite against railroads Abilene meeting expected. Reports thefts of coal and corn, praise for the Ref lector newspaper, a 1883 wedding at the hotel, and rumors of a new grist mill and improved shipping point status.
Thanksgiving in Woodbine brought music and merriment with a string band and a thriving social scene. Notable mentions include Morris the Junction merchant, Mr Feck with a fall, Mr Gillett husking corn, and new local fire and building plans. The Solomon high school society seeks funds for an organ, while the Solomon band polishes performances under Mr L Kaylor. Died: E A Souian, beloved by friends as SYKE notes.
James Chew paints his house while Mrs. Bell of Missouri visits daughter Mrs. A Shatty for the winter. Marsh Easter and family visit his father John Easter in Ellis County. Bishop Engle delivers a Thanksgiving discourse at No 10 and calls for larger attendance. Rev Herr of Abilene to preach at Hindel schoolhouse next Sunday at 2 PM. A theft at Hindel schoolhouse clock taken from the district. Col Swigart urged to aid the poor before judgment day. Readers praise the Reform paper as the county’s best newspaper. continuous remarks from A B C.
Industry readers are promised a new Burlington and Newbrasso railroad route via Washington and Clay Center, connecting Industry and Abilene to the Golden Belt, with broad benefits for local enterprise and growth across Kansas.
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