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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1888
Page
1
A reader note announces a special sale begun at the start of the month. Details are fragmentary but indicate ongoing promotional pricing and a general retail push. The item preserves a local newspaper tone with emphasis on sale timing.
Berry Brothers Mercantile Company announces a large surplus stock reduction sale in New York at wholesale prices before the holidays. The event aims to move extensive inventory ahead of seasonal demand.
A family receives a diamond and opal set from a Philadelphia brother while a Logan township couple mourns the death of their 15 month old son Arthur. Funeral services are planned Sunday. A fire destroys the Holton Weekly Signal office but the paper resumes next issue. Railroad notes, church events, marriages, and local ads fill the rest of the page with timing and offerings across Abilene and nearby towns.
Odessa Missouri resident Mrs Townsend spends holidays with her father J Y Cryderman. Ann Collins age 6 died Thursday from scarlet fever, a severe loss to her parents and siblings. Young Ladies Christian Temperance Union held a Gypsy encampment at the skating rink Wednesday and Thursday with a good turnout. E E Lewis arrived on the U P from Abilene Thursday afternoon. Mr Sanford went to Abilene Thursday Branson visited Abilene Thursday. Palace Barber Shop invites patrons for shave and haircut under Citizens Bank.
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