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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1888
Page
5
From Monday's Daily the Reflector notes Mud Creek flood effects and rain, calls for alley cleanups and shade trees, and reports water mains request on West First street. City hall construction progresses, and a youth fined $5 for disturbing the Salvation Army meeting.
Doings of Former Dickinson Coun tions reports several residents leaving for Winfield via the Santa Fe to attend the G A L R Encampment. Names include B F Nelson and wife, Jaco Schopp, Mrs O L Moore, Mrs M McClaren, Mrs A Fry, Miss Kate Hubbard of Gilasco, and W Ball and wife of Bever ly. Also present on a special last evening were Tom Davidson Ed Thister David Mattison Jeff Miller and B AL O Hay. County Treasurer Dryer visited Grainfield to watch the leap year dance. W Adams traveled to Soler City due to his wife’s illness, while Capt Spencer debate and J W Benson along with Mrs Spencer start for the state encampment at Winfield Grove County Graphic.
Philadelphia retailer John Wannamaker, famed in U S retail, declares he never uses posters dodgers or handbills after fifteen years of newspaper space. He would not advertise in a paper even with 40 circulation for 5,000 dodgers and would not insult readers with handbills even for cheap goods or lottery schemes.
General Supt Sands of the Santa Fe inspected the Concordia Minneapolis and Salina branches yesterday. He was accompanied by assistant superintendent I. R B. Nickerson. A special Winfield train drew strong patronage as Santa Fe slashed south and southeast fares. Fares to Wichita Winfield and Wellington drop to about 2.61. Station Agent Lyeth earns local thanks for obtaining the cheap rates to the encampment and other southern points.
Dickinson County Teachers Association hosts its third meeting in Abi lene High School on March 3 1888 with a program including music papers and discussions. D P Shirk J H Nicssey and C M Barger present papers and chair discussions on narcotics schoolhouse design and dom teaching. Rev Dr Bishop of Salipa preaches at Presbyterian church as J H Landis noted.
The article notes prominent pedagogues in town on Wednesday and a bustling northwest quarter with new houses under construction. It mentions revival meetings at the Presbyterian church, various local visits, and temporary newspaper reform. A band concert is planned and a skating rink ball is upcoming with K P ball preparations. The piece blends local social activity, travel, and commerce with political jabs and weather notes.
The notice lists weekly service times at St. John's Episcopal Church with Wednesday and Thursday sessions at 4 15 p m and Friday events at 7 30 p m, outlining the church’s midweek and weekend offerings.
Francis Berry formerly of Berry Bros Mercantile has bought into Sumner Bros jewelry store. The new firm are first class, substantial young men with many friends and they intend to build a successful enterprise.
Geo W King superintendent of the poor farm took today a boy named Carl Keining to Winfield to places him in the Idiotic Asylum. The child has been an inmate for several months and is described as hopelessly idiotic.
Miss Lizzie Wilson daughter of the late Samuel Wilson of Buckeye township died at midnight aged 18 after several months of consumption. She was esteemed by many friends. Funeral services will be held at her residence tomorrow at 11 o'clock a.m. Burial will follow in Livingston cemetery.
The Uniform Rank of K P will travel from Salina to Abilene by Rock Island at 12 30. About twenty bank members and other order members plus a few citizens will attend with nine members planning to bring wives. The Fourth Regiment band may join as the parade, installation, drill, and ball are planned with many business men to close shop during the event.
Rock Island to surface the line between Herington and Salina next week deploying a large crew. Time between Herington and Abilene to be shortened by nearly an hour. Extra passenger train to Kansas City and east. chair cars added to all trains. G A R veterans prominent among passengers aboard Santa Fe trains.
A bizarre legal comedy unfolds as attorney C Bitting moves a case involving a steer. The animal is roped into court settings, branded, and hurled about, ending with the steer lost from view and the case indefinitely postponed as Bitting buys St Jacob’s oil.
The New York Herald’s investigations expose frauds in California land schemes and the Los Angeles bubble. It cites its long record of exposing speculative humbugs and warns investors and immigrants who were drawn eastward by inflated reports.
A Houston Texas Post summary of investors and sharpers guiding immigration to Southern California. It describes inflated land values in Los Angeles and the overheated real estate market with barren, dry land sold as fertile. Trains bring crowds, hotels charge high rates, and fruit growing is minimal beyond distant citrus.
District Court under Judge Nicholson convenes at nine as grand jurors J B Lundy J Spencer John Dief tenbuck James Ames and others report. Foreman G Hawk appointed. Many locals and officials arrive from Solomon Wichita Hutchinson and nearby towns. No cases today. jurors and attorneys listed. several residents depart for distant cities.
J. M. Exuiorr on 8 Vine Street advertises cleaning and repairing wells and cisterns. The fragment ends with a child’s cry for Pitcher's Castorin.
Furniture, Carpets Upholstery announces the largest and choicest stock of carpets ever brought to the city. Designs and prices abound, offering a wide range for shoppers.
Elegant lace curtains offered from $1 to $35 per pair. Store boasts extensive stock of lace goods unmatched in the state.
ESPECIAL ATTENTION highlights a ready stock of window shades in every width and quality. Includes upholstery, covering, and rug materials all on hand for immediate purchase.
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