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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1884
Page
5
Those seeking furniture in suits should visit Spickler Meek and Co for bedroom and parlor sets of quality sold at lower prices than elsewhere. Hurry to buy land now as price advances may continue. Trexny and Co adds a note of best bargains.
Abilene newspapers publish notices about a pocket book found on a street and another item lost with description required for claim. Democratic meetings are called in Dickinson County August 9 to pick delegates, and in Abilene Sheriff Miller’s office August 1 to discuss Cleve lawl Hendrickslab and Democratic representation.
Mrs. Malin hosts a small gathering. Miss Lottie Levi and Eliza Litts visited Salina. Oscar Merrill and wife tour Chicago. A J Pratt visited Russell. Clergy concert planned at Baptist Church. Several locals travel to Clayton and Marshall counties. land buyers from Iowa prospect in Ellsworth and Russell. Public works remake sidewalks. remarks on weather in Rochester. A large Democrat gathering at the REFLECTOR sanctum. Memorials, obituaries, and local society notes fill the page.
Dickinson county teachers gather at Abilene school to begin the sth annual county teachers institute with 79 enrollments to date. Prof Jewett commends conductor J. M. Greenwood as an educator as delegates from across the state attend and plan visits to observe work.
The article notes strong support for Sr. Joan among women and daily city journals in Cleveland, while only three back Buar or Logan. It brands Cleveland and Hendricks as likely winners, with Miss Fraxers Wit Lamp praising Sr. Joan in lofty terms, though Kansans show less enthusiasm among prohibitionists.
Baptist church at corner of Stn and Spruce streets led by Merriam offers Sunday services at 11 00 am with Sunday School at 9 45 am and Thursday prayers at 7 30 pm. Presbyterian services at 10 45 am and 7 30 pm with 9 80 am Sunday School and Wednesday prayers at 7 30 pm. Episcopal St Johns Buckeye Avenue holds 11 00 am services on the 1st and 3rd Sundays with P Wacen as rector.
Market items include wheat oats hogs and trade prices. Local merchants advertise firearms furniture gas stoves painting services and a summer concert at the Baptist Church on Friday evening August 5th.
An advertisement notes the Flying Dutchman plow as superior and light, Berry Bros Mercantile Company features, Dr G A Crise to visit Abilene monthly from Manhattan offering medical services to Dickinson county, and promotes gasoline cook stoves as economical, safe, and comfortable for frugal households amid local lake use.
Official notice from Dickinson County Clerk regarding a road project in the southeast corner of section 12 township 2 range 6, describing a starting point along the section line and related county board actions. The text is garbled but references a road proceeding and county officials.
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