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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1884
Page
5
An Abilene newspaper page lists diverse ads for 100 xyles window shades 200 varieties wallpaper borders and decorations at Sewrials plus perfumes toiletries and toilet needs at Nowthcrafts. It also promotes livestock meat at Broadway Meat Market and high price for hides, land sale opportunities with T C Henry & Co, lamp stocks at J G Northcraft, a debt notice, and Wo-ke the Chinaman opening a laundry near the First National Bank building.
Se copies of the HerrxcToR available at Sewell's Book Store and Opera House Book Store. A district superintendent will be away two weeks. Ogden of South Dickinson visited the Ru sector last Friday. Emma Harrington celebrates her 16th birthday. Episcopal social at the hotel de McCollom next Tuesday to fund a church debt. County court yard plowed and sown to corn and will seed to blue grass later. The Refiec tor's first page edited by Berry Bros Mercantile. Gilmore jailed over a revolver incident. Judge Nicholson arrives. district court convenes. Dickinson docket light. two weeks max. Wardrobe remarks on a frame building at Spruce and Second. Rohrer’s twin relics to resemble brick stores. Miss Emma Rhodes visits Dickinson county. returns to Stofferstown. Swigart, Bostwick, and others plan a summer trip to Kansas and Indian Territory. Democratic county convention well attended. six delegates elected to Topeka. Gilbert F. Trask earns 100 percent in graduation from Abilene school. joins Ottawa jewelry store. Other graduates listed.
Abilene news item outlines price offerings at Sawell’s Carpet, local visits from Philadelphia and Pennsylvania guests, weddings, engagements, and a range of social events. Includes Shadinger family visitors, a strawberry festival, church notices, a marriage, a bank panic note, a planned dramatic troupe at the Opera House, and several community updates from Dickinson County.
The Hogan's grove picnic hosted by the C C B drew a large crowd with the Wreford band supplying music. Attendees enjoyed refreshments, dancing, croquet, and a social hop in the band hall. Fire damaged a hay stack and near miss on a Phillips residence, blamed on children with matches. Other items include local store openings, church mission address, ice cream parlor praise, post office changes, and real estate transfers.
The Clay County Democratic convention met at Clay Center at 2 o'clock p.m. with broad township representation and strong enthusiasm. J A Lewis was elected chairman, O M Pugh secretary, and committees were named on organization resolutions and causes. Delegates C E Gifford W Lut J J Reagan and W P Gates were elected. alternates F Thesis Fred Hackey J J Brocky J L Jones. Activities included local visits, school progress, and a stray notice about a short horn bull and a strayed Texas mare pony in Dickinson County KS.
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