06 Oct 1887
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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1887
Page
1
Hazlett and Co announces latest novelty goods on counters and invites customers to compare value. Prices cut to attract buyers with limited means. The firm urges visitors to drop in any day to be convinced by goods and figures backed by solid facts.
The store advertises ten thousand dollars worth of overcoats at drastic reductions to clear excess stock. Customers invited to inspect at Corner Second and Broadway and judge the value for themselves. Nearby notices report a Volunteer Fire Association meeting in Athlene, a breast surgery case in West Fifth Street, and assorted local business changes and a small assault case verdict.
The report highlights Chapman's rapid growth with a growing Lutheran convention in Kan sas drawing visitors. It notes the town’s expansion from a dozen houses to hundreds, plus new schools, churches, elevators, a creamery, various stores, a bank, and busy businesses. It also mentions railroad depots and the upcoming county high school project, framing Chapman as thriving and poised for prosperity.
Thursday social notes list Dr McMahan and J G Landis visiting Abilene, W H Austin traveling from Solomon City, and Mrs Kate Crane’s October stay with friends. Ads promote loans, real estate, Haas hog cure, abstract services, pianos, sewing machines, and Jolly and Chanston partners offering mortgages and policy services.
A vintage ad notes Castoria for children with J. H. Braby credited as the contact or sponsor. The brief item presents a medicine pitch typical of early 20th century newspapers, highlighting a safe remedy for upset stomach and teething pain.
Scarcity of cobs boosts demand for coal with higher prices possible. Ads offer low price coal from M T Goss Co Manchester Kansas and cheap real estate loans at Kirby Bank. Money to loan on farm or city property 6 percent. Hiring help for farm work and domestic duties. Local firms include Jountz & Rice Mint Co Densmore and Lebold Fisher & Co.
Abilene shop advertises a vast hat and cap department with over two hundred styles and shapes. It promotes silk hats and stiff hats from brands such as Youma's Dunlap's Miller's and Knox's, claiming all new stock and satisfaction guaranteed.
The ad promotes an extensive line of flannel shirts in Abilene with all styles and colors and urges customers not to miss the deal. It also highlights a large selection of cold weather underwear offered at hard-time prices to prepare for coming cold weather.
Chapman lies midway between Junction City and Abilene, Davis and Dickinson counties’ shire town. The Smoky Hill river forms its south boundary while Chapman creek borders the east, flanked by cottonwood and forest along the riverbank. Lush uplands and rich bottom lands surround the town with tilled farms and homes nearby.
George Ogden learned of a pending ordinance affecting coal office location within fire limits. He rushed his building to the ground to avoid brick construction, thwarting passage of the measure and gaining de facto possession by a freehold arrangement.
Patronize the Palace Barber Shop for a first class shave haircut shampoo under Citizens Bank.
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