New York Democrats win big as Kansas leans Republican
The dispatch notes New York state favors Democrats by about 20 000 to 25 000 while Dickinson County Kansas leans Republican by a small margin. President Cleveland casts a straight Democratic ballot in Buffalo as local politics weigh on the Hill. A Salina Journal item highlights William Gaines, an 86 year old veteran said to be the oldest soldier in the U S, who served in multiple wars and was honored in Washington before settling in Salina.
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New York State
Dickinson County
Kansas
Salina
United States
William Gaines
Wilson
Kan
Ordinance Department
Washington
Trayes
South-east Dickinson Institute program at Union Valley
School event on November 21 1885 at 10 o clock morning offers welcome by W W Day and numerous classes led by A W Crosby Miss Jessie Weller J G Wine M M Crary J W Whisler Ch G Bear Miss Clara Essay Miss Barbara Bassler W H Wagner L C Baker Miss Olive Day A L Biesh Education A M Crary with music by M M Crary and J B Hatfield Evening program to be announced.
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Dickinson Institute
Union Valley
W. W. Day
A. W. Crosby
Jessie Weller
J. G. Wine
M. M. Crary
J. W. Whisler
Chas. G. Bear
Clara
Barbara Bassler
W. H. Wagner
L. C. Baker
Olive Day
A. L. Biesh
Local Chapman Items Reflect Debt Struggles and Market Ahead
In a Chapman column residents discuss debt pressures in the county, a need for economic tightening, and plans for new storefront space at Russel and Fancher. The piece notes a busy dry goods front, a new meat market, and hopes that the 18 cent corn crop will ease collections as hog prices dip to 2.50 per hundred. It mentions Halloween mischief and abundant wild game before country fowls are expected to be slaughtered.
Lyona News Briefs Highlight Local Goings On
Weather clear as geese fly south. Mr. Vaneleaye visits his sister Mrs. Cornwell and praises Kansas over Indiana. Shoemaker Nince travels to Herington, buys land, plans to move. F Timm joyfully expects a boy. Landis begins Walnut Grove school. Henry Asling returns from Batesville. Lyona school advances under Detwiller while Muenzenmayer continues Cary Creek term, signaling teaching success.
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Vaneleaye
Cornwell
Kansas
Indiana
Nince
Herington
F. Timm
Landis
Walnut Grove
Henry Asling
Batesville
Ind
Lyona
Detwiller
Muenzenmayer
Cary Creek
Miller Defeats Malice in Sheriff Election Probe
A late 1800s Abilene case details charges against J J Miller as city marshal for concealing a prisoner and stealing items. Jury verdict finds the prosecution a malicious political plot to defeat Miller, praising his integrity and condemning the schemers behind the circular.
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J. J. Miller
Miller
Abilene
Alliies
To'chook
Huntington
Mr. Miller
Mead
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Ereormme
Henry Litts Strother , Litts
New York
Virgin
New Jerney
Connectics
Lee
Virginia
Connecticut
Davenport
Cleveland
Buffalo
Teacher's Institution
B. Goopstrep HB. AckEnsate
Chapman Items
Russel & Fancher’s
Express
Alwas
G. A. Talbot
N. B
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
Abilene, Kas
State of Kansas
J. A. Spangler
Foreman
Phillip Bosler
William Hutchinson
R. B. Harkness
G. W. Stewart
J. M. Vroman
C Tlan Bessey
William Geist
O. L. Bates
N.C. Reed
Wm. McMerrifield
Wm. Elwick
C. FP. Mead
New Coods
Chas. H. Seiler
Corner Spruce and
3D Street
Barstain
T. C. McInerney
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