25 Dec 1884
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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1884
Page
1
A Chicago Times note reports the Secretary of War says no soldier has fired a musket at an Indian for a year. The item ponders whether peaceable Indian conduct or defenders devoted to poker caused the quiet, implying a critique of wartime discipline.
A bold local sales pitch proclaims stock boots and shoes discounted by 25 percent for 90 days, claiming the offer undercuts every other dealer in Abilene and asserting the statement is straight goods from the shoulder.
In the East Room the President pressed a symbolic electric button as New Orleans signaled from a thousand miles away. The piece urges high public honor at Washington to deter corruption and uplift the nation, contrasting Grantism and Hayesism with a call for Cleveland’s incoming administration to restore integrity and public trust.
Col Ingersoll predicts equal strength for Republicans and Democrats in 1888 politics. He sees conservative caution guiding voters and Cleveland’s likely effort to govern well. He argues religious divides shape support with Protestants backing Blaine except Unitarians and Episcopalians, and Catholics unlikely to back a former Catholic. He cautions against ecclesiastical influence on the presidency.
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