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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1887
Page
5
The Abilene Reflector notes fourteen hundred six women registered in one area and 1419 in Wellington with 513 women. It reports women voting for candidates and a tangle of views on suffrage, politics, and party shifts. It mentions lawmakers and local officials, unions, editorials, pension costs, and the push from Republicans to defend tariffs for labor.
Critics claimed the president moved slowly to name Interstate Commerce Commissioners. Once announced, praise followed for a commission seen as fair to the law, not biased against roads, with the people supporting deliberate choice and steady progress.
The piece accuses Sam Randall of wearing Democratic livery to aid the Republican party and of supporting high taxes through import duties. Cooper, head of the Republican state committee, argues Randall should stay in Congress, while the author endorses Carlisle’s view that taxation should be kept low to fund government and debt repayments.
The World argues for a early extra Congress to stop unnecessary taxes and a growing treasury surplus. Waiting risks a $60 to $70 million surplus by regular session and over $100 million before superfluous revenue could be cut, risking currency lockup.
Humorous monologue parodying real estate woes in Abilene. The speaker riffs on buying and selling land, dodging bills, and chasing risky deals while imagining a move to Denver. A stray Kansan joke about women voters and bachelor settlers closes the piece.
The sixth annual G A R encampment and third annual W R C convention met March 8 to 10 in Abilene Dickinson county. Delegates enjoyed elaborate decorations, speeches, and tributes to Civil War figures and war work by women, with a welcome address by Mrs Bowman and remarks by Mrs Wickens.
The programme for Newbern township Sunday-school convention at Lively Hall No.111 eight miles south of Abilene on Thursday April 7 1887 includes morning afternoon and evening devotional exercises miscellaneous business reports music and temperance sessions. The Probate Court issued several marriage licenses with couples listed by surname and residence in Abilene Solomon City Council Grove Hope and nearby areas.
On March 24 1887 at East Fifth Street residence of E R Collins by Judge J P Quinn E C Dickerson and Mary M Bennett both of At the residence of Judge March 27 1887 John M Welch and Dora Simons both of Abilene were married Judge Quinn officiated in elegant style.
Voters are warned of an Ist Ward meeting at 7 30 Saturday night in Hall to nominate city officers. The page promotes Dunlap and Youman derbies, Bonebrake and Rice water pipes, a large line of stoves and ranges, and Berry & Prendergast and Berry Bros spring goods. Real estate, pastures in Ottawa county, cattle stock trades, and St Patrick's Pills are advertised along with Druggist V Baxter and J H Brady & Co.
An advertisement page lists B O Hay's offering the largest stock of cigars and tobacco with cash or time payment options. It includes references to abstract services in Dickinson County by Charles Young, fruit-tree orders from Cutter and Son, loan offers by Lombard Investment Co, and various local notices, sales, and product recommendations.
An advertisement touts a Cedar Street house and lot with outbuildings and fruit for $2 per number, listing the lot size as 50 by 175 feet and inviting inquiries to Ames Adams in Abilene Kansas. Additional notices promote livestock sales by Miller Bros at Junction City Fair Grounds on April 6 1887 with a catalog available by mail, and a Garland Stove display at Berry Bros Mercantile Co. Also mentions farm loans, sorghum seed, double barrel shotguns, and other goods with local business promotions and common product pitches.
The Atlanta Constitution extols Senator-elect Reagan as kind and humorous at home, noting his calm demeanor and lack of swearing. It argues his temperament and policy stance will broaden Democratic appeal by prioritizing national welfare over sectional interests.
Local store advertises Batiste cloth wash gloves 15 inches long for 25 cents and real Kid Gloves five button in new shades at 50 cents, urging customers to buy now as stock is cleared.
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