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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1888
Page
4
A dense Irish and Illinois political column notes Chicago charity to Mt Vernon tornado relief, GOP leanings in Illinois, and a Senate vote on a dependent pension bill amid sharp partisan rhetoric. It mocks Democrats and praises Republican figures like Ingalls while lamenting Cleveland vetoes and campaign tactics.
The article outlines Mr. 8. J. Randall's substitute tariff bill to rival the Mills bill, and notes upcoming Republican club state convention delegates. It cites President Cleveland’s record on civil service, pensions, and other actions, and discusses the Postal Telegraph bill with attacks on the Western Union monopoly and calls for government intervention.
Circular from the Red Mens Beneficiary Fund instructs Kansas delegates to back a service pension bill at the National En campment in Columbus Ohio. It calls for mass meetings statewide, petitions, letters to Senators and Congressmen, and newspaper editorials to secure urgent passage.
Local notes from Abilene include council actions on contagious disease measures, a new two story stone store project east of the bank block, and social events like a Thurstin residence party. I. Tonkin and family plan Cleveland Tenn. as a future home. Ex-Mayor Henguenet eyes France trip for business and pleasure.
The Union Pacific will sell round trip excursion tickets to the G A R encampment in Cheyenne on March 13 at one fare. Tickets go on sale March 11 for three days and must be used the day of purchase. Returns valid to March 5 with six months for return travel and stopovers. Tickets also cover trips to California cities and to Portland, with sixty days for going and six months for return. Certificates from G A R officers or Women’s Relief corps verify discount. Agent W N Hendricks and C B Maxwell provide details. correspondence possible with J S Tebbetts in Omaha.
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