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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1885
Page
5
Call on R F Russell for low prices on all kinds of harness. Located on Cedar Street south of the railroad in Abilene Kansas.
A collage of local notes from Abilene mentioning John Gleissner Drug Store on Broadway and 3rd Street, travel to Topeka, St Louis visits, a new editors wallet story, Christmas festivities, school registration, armory meeting, and notes on clothing, pets, and recipes. Mentions Capt Reagan, J I Speer receiving a gold watch, and Christmas greetings. Also reports on railroad bond debates, the Fire Co No 1 election of foreman, and a Christmas cracker joke exchange.
Local notes report a new law partnership of J J Burton and O L Moore, discuss a North South railroad for Dickinson county, and recount a fatal torpedo incident near Herrington. Fire department responses, a horse accident in Newbern township, and community events at Walnut Grove school house are noted alongside Masonic chapter installations and calls to unite for regional development. Funeral services mark Julius Gabour’s stepson death, with community memorials in Detroit.
Moffet visits for the railroad, Hendricks named agent at the town, and Wm Kapp weds Minne Rose at the bride’s parents home. Ruth Miller dies in Scranton aged 83, sister of Sheriff Miller. John B. Bennett buys Sammons’s Cedar Street store and will occupy space after the new brick block is finished. Christmas toy boxes for the Poor Farm, generous gift mood, and warm local wishes for a merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
Abilene residents report a steady Christmas trade despite wheat crop failure and hog cholera. Merchants say holiday sales were strong across all lines, with early shopping valued. Santa visited via bay windows and trees as schools held seasonable exercises and gifts, aided by a community drive for turkeys for needy families.
The United Brethren Sabbath School held a Christmas celebration at their South Cedar Street church with music recitations and presents for children. Episcopal Sunday School children gathered around a decorated Christmas tree that featured gifts funded by the church. Trinity Lutheran showcased a dialogue Caught Napping and a large gift tree. several model scholars received presents. Grace Chapel's Christmas night program was packed with evergreen decor, a tree, and gifts for all attendees, with praise for Rev. Stauffer and family.
The Christmas service at Grace Sunday and the Presbyterian and Baptist churches brought cheer, with children happy and workers urged to sustain effort. Local news covers health trips, school vacations, new ownership of the Montezuma, nearby construction, road bonds sentiment against RR bonds, Bridge Christmas festivities, Cantata by the Solomon Choral Union, a junior editor winning a music box, and ads for heating stoves.
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