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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1886
Page
5
A cluttered Abilene Reflector column reports local happenings from a cold wave signal and bridge repairs to new pastors and social events. It notes births, travel plans, drugstore moves, hunting trips, Christmas card displays, and a Thanksgiving ball idea, with assorted local personalities and business mentions.
The new assistant night watchman is hired for protecting public property but struggles to protect his own. Rev. Thos. i. Vail, Bishop of the Diocese of Kansas, will lead communion and confirmation at St. John's Episcopal next Sunday morning and evening. Mrs. H.W. Mills and Mrs. H. Meriam, sisters of S. J. Wright, Buckeye Avenue shoe merchant, returned to Kansas City after a pleasant visit of a few days.
Local bettors seek stake holders for future wagers and reference an elegant pelican mounted in a show window of J. E. Kelley earlier in the week. The issue also notes an advertisement for A L Geauque & Co promoting their contracting and real estate services as up to date and deserving public patronage.
The M E Church ladies will hold an oyster supper tomorrow evening in the Haas & Sons store room on Second street. The late burglaries remain unsolved despite a larger police force. R. K. Jeffries, ex Montezuma Hotel proprietor of Solomon City now in Ellsworth, visited town Tuesday. Bob has many friends here and they were glad to meet him.
L Strother departs Sunday noon for Siloam Springs and Clayton Ill to rest from his journalistic duties and visit old friends for a few weeks. B L has been in poor health recently, making the trip a needed recreation. The Henry House hosts dog men with abundant dog talk and pedigreed animals tracing back to Noah in the famed menagerie.
A letter from Bishop Fink warns that if Abilene does not back the Mother's School plan, the offer may move to Junction City. Citizens are urged to mobilize quickly to secure the project. The piece also notes local tidbits about Ed Thisler, Dr. A. H. Phelps’s Turkish baths project, a coming female baseball club, and improvements at the Henry House under C. D. Brewer’s management, including new waiters from St. Louis.
District court ended its labors on Saturday with several sentences handed down. Frank Givens awaits February term after a 60 day jail term and a $200 fine for one beer conviction. Orr Decker and James Bottomly each received one year for false pretenses. Gus Hansbrough’s liquor case deferred to February due to his ill wife. A Bonebrake Opera House war drama Blue and Grey opens tonight for three nights, led by Major James T. Burton for Armory Fund support. A list of cast members follows along with local attendance hopes. Also notes Gol den Horse-Shoe shop ad and Abilene Fire Department meeting.
A turkey sheet fundraiser for the fire department is planned at the fair grounds on Thanksgiving Day. J M Wallace of J C Bender's ticket office departed for Kansas City on business. Wahl & Son lost about 500 dollars in a slaughter house fire Tuesday morning. Hansbrough to move his photograph gallery to new P O block quarters. Mr Jas Henderson and Miss Rose Regnier wed in Garfield township on the 9th.
Dr. H. C. Mann his wife and young son arrive en route from Newton to Genoa Junction Wis. The Dickinson county Sunday School Association holds its third annual convention in the Baptist church and the paper promises a full report next week. George Huffman predicts a boy and plans to stock up on beef for winter to buy sheep before prices rise. Barnes and Northcraft offer a Christmas drawing with 40 prizes including a $65 music box and bronze vases. 400 tickets at $1 each, prizes on display at the store.
A mixed page lists grain prices for No. 2 red winter wheat and other cereals with modest figures. Toward local commerce there are ads for silk hats at Buckeye Avenue, hay carriers, buggy sales, and a harness deal. Several businesses offer barber, dye, embroidery, and tailoring services, with mortgage money and a new hat line highlighted by A W Hargreaves.
A grocery department advertises high payouts for poultry and produce and invites customers to join a growing list. It highlights coffee offerings such as Pure Arabian Mocha Royal Java Combination Coffee including Golden Rip Old Plantation Java and Maleberry Java as appealing options for daily use.
A Tea Department advertises a headquarters on Teas offering Gunpowder and Uncolored Japan blends plus Combina tion Tea, described as choice and delicious. Also mentions Ladies Delight May Blossom and Workbasket Teas as stock on hand.
A reader listing shows stick candy mixed candy fancy candy in all varieties cake candies colored sugars oranges lemons nuts lemon and vanilla extract available for purchase.
An advertisement lists leading brands of smoking and chewing tobacco with cigars described as mild and delicious. It asserts a pleasing odor to ladies and a satisfying effect for gentlemen.
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