Blaine labeled Knight of Labor debate stirs Abilene scene
In Abilene Kansas on June 3 1886 a controversial exchange questions if James Blaine is a Knight of Labor or merely courting political leverage. The piece ponders party loyalties and labor affiliations while praising Democratic resilience as 1888 prospects loom.
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Blaine
Powderly
Order
Knights of Labor
Great Organization
X. of L
Burchard
Labor
Knights
Legal Notice of Sheriff's Sale in Dickinson County
A legal notice notes attachment and sale action in Dickinson County. The 1886 sheriff sale is ordered by a district court under John P Quinn, with William Ham Plaisor and others named as defendants. The sale is set for Saturday, June 16, 1886, at a specified location with a bidder to appear for real property.
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Abilene
Jackinson
State of
Kansas
M. B. Nicholson
Dickinson
Lote
Geo. W. Carpenter
Union Pac Railway
Court House Grout
Court House
Carpenter
City of
G.w.brilinakt
George Scuerer
D. L. Pisxe
Tt. A. Brown
L. P . L. N. Larts
M. H. Bexr
D. G. Sutra
F. City Council
Dickinan County
State of Kansas
Dickinson Gousty
R. N. Smith
Dickinson County
State of Kan
D. Barnes
W. A. Zahner
James & Zahner
Z. H. Evans
Barnes & Zahner
Jy C.S. Crawford
Attormer
Eit N. Smith
Allons
W. Hi. Austin
H. Evans
W. H. Austin
C. S. Crawford
Dickmenn
Rana
William Ham Piaistir
George Jee Manan
Mary E. Mahan
Ead
Tariff Reform Petition From Philadelphia Textile Workers
Forty thousand Philadelphia textile workers petition Congress for free raw materials and a graduated duties scale tied to labor input. They argue tariffs lower goods prices, widen wage differences with Europe, and reduce railroad extortion and raw material taxes while noting wage disparities between American and English mills.
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Philadelphia
Texile
Congress
Huddersfield
England
Working Men Speak Out Against Tariff Injury
A Philadelphia textile workers convention representing 40 000 seeks removal of tariff on raw materials and general tariff revision. They argue wages alone don t explain competitive gaps and show American wages lag only where raw material costs offset labor productivity. The piece labels the tariff a fraud harming workers and predicts broad public opposition.
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East
Philadelphia
Ways and Means Committee of Congress
Huddersfield
England
U.S
New Jersey
A Lively Fight Over Kansas Governor Nomination
The Kansas Republican ranks show murmurs against Governor Martin, but the Leavenworth Times and Junction City Union doubt a real challenge. Despite surface harmony at the state convention, an undercurrent may rise before election day, with Topeka Democrat and Atchison Globe opposing a renomination.
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Kansas
Martin
Topeka Democrat
Leavenworth Times
Atchison Globe
Junction City Union
Prof Fennimore to Examine Eyes in Abilene
Prof Fennimore of Johnstons Optical Co will be in Abilene at our store next Saturday June 5 to examine eyes with the Patent Scientific Dioptric Eye Meter. The device measures focal number and detects defects such as myopia presbyopia hypermetropia and astigmatism, concave or convex lenses. Free eye examinations offered.
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Johnstons Optical CO
Abilene
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