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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1886
Page
5
Abilene readers hear campaign appeals for Joe Lowe with county politics, register reminders, and local notices. Meetings, relocations, and personal updates fill community life as voters weigh candidates and public events across October 1886.
A lost account book with leather cover resupplied at the Reflector office. Also a notice calling readers to meet with the Baptist Chin Abilene executive committee on October 16 to arrange the Dickinson County Convention in November. A new poetry volume by John Preston Campbell reviewed with cautious praise.
Last Tuesday afternoon the Prohibition County Convention convened in the Opera House with John W. Robson in the chair E M Merrifield elected temporary secretary Rev Harrington delivered a prayer and Robson urged firm adherence to party principles A three‑member resolutions and permanent organization committee was named with Finley Ler and Armitage on resolutions while Merrifield Barton and Stewart led the permanent group A collection was taken to defray expenses Gov St John attended and expressed support while complimenting Wilson The platform endorsed national and state prohibitions denounced liquor traffic and attacked the Republican party for alleged hypocrisy The convention nominated county officers and named members for county committees It was described as the largest and most enthusiastic prohibition gathering yet held in the county
Notice of a public sale on Saturday October 16 1556 at 10 AM at the Bon Ton Hotel Abilene. Personal property includes 100 chairs 7 dining tables 2 kitchen tables silverware 18 bedroom sets 300 yards brussels carpet 200 yards ingrain carpet 3 ply range stove stoves mattresses and more.
Voters are urged to register before October 23 1886 as the election approaches. The Abilene Democratic Central Committee will hold a meeting October 14 1886 at 2 pm with Thomas Kiepy as chairman. Fifteen couples visited Solomon City for skating and dancing, enjoying the courteous welcome.
A report covers a Sunday School convention at Union Center six miles south of Abilene with attendees from abroad and a discussion on township organization. It also details an October 14 1886 edition mentioning the North Dickinson Teachers Institute in Detroit and an Abilene Kansas ordinance to extend the city corporate limits including references to the Union Pacific rail line and court findings by Judge M B Nicholson.
All who wish choice on embroidery patterns should call on Mrs. J. M. Hendricks at Cedar Street. Stamping is a specialty and available in all kinds.
We offer the best blankets in the city with visible quality compared to cotton-mixed looms. See elegant scarlet 10-4 blankets and all-wool Indiana blankets priced from four to ten dollars, plus lower grade options. Housekeepers should compare value before buying and avoid inferior shoddy goods.
Our cloak stock is fresh and direct from the manufacturer with new styles. We offer Shorts Wraps Jackets at lower prices than elsewhere, including a black diagonal long Newmarket at 5 dollars versus 6.50 or 7.00. Boucle Jacket also 5 dollars. A larger Misses and Children's line is available at reduced prices. Visit us to save on winter cloaks.
Good goods and low prices attract shoppers as the department promotes Ladies' Marino Vesta at 50 cents and scarlet all wool Vests at 1.25, with a selection of men's merinos scarlets camel’s hair and a full line of children's merino underwear available to call or visit.
Cloth retailer announces fresh stock of flannels of high quality available now in town. Customers urged to visit and compare prices, with claims of being the lowest in the city.
Boots and shoes stock touted as second to none in the city. Good honest goods and low prices are promised to draw customers to the department for a look.
A city store advertises best values including 85 cent Kid Glove, 1 cent spools of Basting Thread, 12 cent children’s embroidered collars, 624 cent silk per yard, 25 cent shoulder shawls, 25 cent damask towels, 5 cent crash towelling, 25 cent linen damask, 1.50 dollar grey blankets, and a range of Ladies and children's wool hose. Also markets Velvets and Butterick patterns.
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