03 Jul 1884
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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1884
Page
1
An offer announces a sale disposing of furniture and carpets worth 20000 dollars in 60 days. The announcement asserts no advertising dodge and presents plain facts for shoppers seeking to beautify homes at minimal cost.
A local carpet house advertises a sweeping clearance of large stocks including 5000 yards of Tapistry Brussels and imported Body Brussels at deep discounts. Hartford and Lowell all wool lines, stair carpets, rug stock, and an extensive window shades collection are discounted, with prices ranging from fractions of a dollar to several dollars per yard.
A local retailer advertises a large new stock of parlor furniture featuring latest designs and patterns. Full, mixed, odd, and even suits are available, with a promise of first class workmanship and no shady home made goods.
A Pittsburg Dispatch recounts Neal Gillespie, Ephraim Blaine’s father in law, facing a court hearing over alleged mental incapacity as relatives seek control of his estate amid sharp cross examination. It also covers Blaine’s supposed Protestant Democrat letter in Maine politics, alleging anti Catholic bias, and notes praise for Gen John M Palmer from the New York Sun and Philadelphia Record regarding Democratic prospects.
In Coffeyville Kansas a Cherokee sheriff with an Indian squad is removing wire fences enclosing more than fifty acres amid tension from a Cherokee council act. The piece also questions whether Kansas Republicans will endorse prohibition in the presidential year amid German backlash over Blaine’s stance.
A New York Truth editorial urges the Democratic Party to nominate Sam J. Tilden, insisting he consent or not, as the only Democrat who can win. The piece argues electing him would rebuke past Republican scheming and vindicate popular rights, urging immediate nomination.
The Irish vote will be drawn to the tattooed candidate who is charged with defying his mother’s faith and whose political record sullies the Irish race’s honor. He may also rely on the Republican Party’s alleged anti Irish bias and past actions toward Irish Americans, Yorktown salutes, and the diplomacy of James Russell Lowell.
The Leavenworth Times lauds Governor George W. Glick as a clean fair capable leader. It credits his handling of land railroad and immigration issues and notes his nonpartisan approach, appointment fairness, and overall progress under his term despite prohibitory law turmoil. It also contrasts ages of political figures like Blaine Logan Butler Tilden and Hendricks.
Readers are informed of a large Topeka meeting where Kansas women organized the Kansas Woman's Suffrage Association. The constitution outlines aims to secure political equality, membership terms, dues, officers, and an October annual meeting. Officers listed include Mansfield, Waite, Ellsworth, Daniels, Millington, plus a long executive group. The note ends with a commentary on tariff protection and textile market issues.
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