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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1887
Page
4
A vintage advertisement lists wide ranges of fabrics and garments including ribbons 1c and up, lace in various widths, ladies collars cuffs and sets, ladies hose, lisle gloves, and children's apparel with prices from a penny to several dollars. Also promotes velvets, grosgrain silks, bed spreads, seersuckers, calico prints, and table oil cloth.
Reports from Abilene Chronicle note Canadian violence against Mr. O'Brien in Toronto, condemning Lord Lansdowne and Orangemen actions while praising justice for Ireland. The item also mentions a St. Louis Grand Army encampment reunion for surviving loyal war governors and lists numerous named politicians and governors associated with the era.
A Washington article in the New York Herald, cited by pension advocates, praises General Black and the Pension Bureau for higher productivity, lower costs, and fair treatment of claimants. It argues that every case is promptly examined, with drug cases specially noted, and calls on Republican papers to publish this news.
In the anthracite coal region a surplus of labor is described as an evil with 60 percent of the workforce idle. A leading coal official cites “twice too many miners” and questions how to reduce numbers. The piece notes tariffs, pauper labor from Europe, and political threats amid regional unemployment concerns.
Willowdale Township Sabbath School Convention met May 19 1887 at Chase school house. Devotions led by W I Keifer opened the day. Reports from five schools and essays by Mrs Lucy J Ridings and others sparked discussion. Dinner served by local ladies. Afternoon sessions featured lessons and debates on vital needs dangers and attendance. 77 members. Concluding benediction by Rev Hutton.
Read what Sterl and Zahner say about low prices at their Mammoth Two Floor Dry Goods Clothing Boot and Shoe House. The Exceptional May Sale runs this month with attractions for the remaining days. Many items are well below regular value and readers are urged to act now before prices rise in June.
Advertisement lists lower prices on black grosgrain silks and rhadames fabrics. Highlights include 671-2c for a silk, 931-2c for grain silk, and 1.18 for black grosgrain 22 in wide. Also features 72 1-2c uniform gros grain, 12 1-2c to 20c dress goods, white goods from 8c to 18c, plaid dress ginghams at 10c, and lawns from 2c to 10c per yard limited to the month.
Full comb pins three for paper and three for five cents. Hair pins one per paper. Ladies linen collars six cents each. Embroidery at one cent per yard. Skirt braids five cents per roll. Pencils ten cents per dozen. Cotton gloves multicolor up to twenty cents per pair. Fine silk mitts twenty five cents. Indigo blue prints seven cents per case two thousand yards. Standard dress prints four cents per case two thousand yards. Come in and compare prices not quoted here.
Readable list shows available goods including lamps fruit jars wood and willow ware silk plush goods and wall pockets offered by the shop.
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