27 Oct 1887
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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1887
Page
1
Eastern men scout ranch sites in Abilene while local figures format plats and promote parcels. A pirogoft amputation on Cris Johnson’s left foot is reported as surgeons preserve the Achilles, enabling walking and running. Freights, licenses, and Democratic candidates appear amid town social notes and Masonic gatherings.
Solomon Valley Democrat notes Miss Junken will retire from the county office with broad respect. It highlights female suffrage supporters as influential in her administration and suggests Mrs. Cowles benefited from the election experiment. It observes loose party lines and a trend toward voting for individuals, with Harnish and Cowles expected to receive strong support.
The council’s canvassing board announced the bond election carried by a 439 vote margin. They instructed the mayor to issue bonds and subscribe $5,000 to the Abilene Natural Gas Company capital stock. The project aims to explore for treasures beneath the earth with work starting immediately and continuing until potential finds or funds are exhausted. City leaders express strong faith in the venture’s potential to aid Abilene and Central Kansas.
The Lutheran church at Cedar and Fourth streets is undergoing a major interior redesign with modern paper decorations and new electric chandeliers. J. C. Walker supplies over the pulpit lettering and Harvey Shadinger handles the paper work as the project nears completion. A fine pipe organ has been purchased for use once finished, promising to make the church’s interior highly attractive in the city.
F B Lillie of Woodbine visited the city to see Dr Barker while Liberty township booms after the Rock Island railway. Prices ease for butter and corn, coal prices rise. John Isler to haul corn to town with hundreds of bushels to spare. Miss Carrie Coverdale injured after a fall. Dr Hammond attended and saved potential complications. Sheriff candidate Henry Harnish and Hotel Ball proprietor H Haxton in town. Judge Nicholson travels to Council Grove for Sunday with family. Misses Paul and Rockwood to winter with Rev Christian’s family. P Wilson and Ms Enma arrive from Longmont. Minnie stays several weeks. Barns your blankets 25 percent off at Spangler’s.
A mixed set of notices includes Abilene Investment Co offering farm and city loans at low rates with prompt closing. coal prices urged by M. T. Goss & Co. Spangler’s harness shop on Spruce St features a large assortment. job notices for a housekeeper in the country. cash paid for poultry and eggs at Z. Densmore’s office. poetry-like ad urging poultry, butter, and hens to yield. D. R. Gorden seeking Pennsylvania trade for a Kansas farm. Jos. Spangler notes horse blankets stock and low prices. D. G. Smith promotes paints and drugstore supplies. J H Brapy and Barnes & Northcraft advertise money to loan and medicines.
M B Nicholson announces candidacy for judge of the 8th Judicial District Kansas serving Davis Dickinson Morris and Ottawa counties. He appeals for votes regardless of political opinions, citing his past record as his pledge for the future.
Citing dramatic cures for consumption and lung diseases, an appeal urges doctors and druggists to spread Boschee's German Syrup and Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It touts 80,000 dozen bottles sold and recommends trials with sample bottles at 10 cents and regular bottles at 75 cents. Also promotes real estate trading and the Palace Barber Shop under Citizens Bank.
A collage of notices advertises real estate loans from Kirby's Bank and First Nat. Bank with promises of quick closings, abstracts of Dickinson County lands, coal, farm products, and cheap rooms to rent. Also promoted are St Patrick's Pills claims and Haas Hog and Poultry Powder. Several small business notices urge land loans and property appraisals, with a railroad-tinged Kansas setting.
An advertisement promises a free liberty organ valued at $140 with every $1 of purchases. Each buyer receives a ticket, drawing held New Year’s Eve, with the chance to win the organ for nothing. The seller highlights daily arrivals of Nations and Holiday Goods and offers a 25 percent saving on every purchase along with a free ticket.
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