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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1887
Page
5
Local items announce candidacies for constable and justice of the peace, upcoming Easter registration, visits, sales, and community notices. Reports include church events, lectures, business openings, deaths, and social happenings in Abilene and surrounding areas with multiple named residents and businesses.
The city of Abilene hosted a grand army encampment with extensive decorations and ample provisions for attendees. Knight and Soldier notes the lively display, praising local hospitality by women and boys, and mentions Bonebrake & Rice's offering 300 bushels Sorghum Seed and a sale of double barrel breech loading shotguns.
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