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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1887
Page
1
A brief notice reports a sales event described as a great special sale adopted at the start of the month. The readable fragment signals a promotional period and retail focus without detailing products or locations.
Berry Brothers Mercantile Company announces a sell off of a mammoth stock to clear a large pre holiday surplus at New York wholesale prices. The sale aims to reduce excess inventory before the holidays.
About 175 of Abilene's society crowd gathered at J. M. Fisher home for an elegant evening with a substantial supper and musical program by Arion and Thalia quartettes. Separate notes describe a failed mob attempt to seize prisoner Reynolds in Hope and a liquor-house disturbance. Local officials Kirkwood and Sheriff Miller handled the situation with no injuries.
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