16 Sep 1886
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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1886
Page
1
A brief notice states that paying with cash affords customers greater quantities of lumber and higher quality goods, implying a promotional incentive or pricing offer. The item emphasizes value and material quality for buyers seeking cost efficiency.
Chicago Lumber Company touts the largest and best selected stock west of Topeka. They urge customers to call before purchasing elsewhere. Located east of the Cottage Hotel in Shawnee, the yard is managed by V. B. Cosad.
Abilene Reflector names the slate for Associate Justice A M Whitelaw Kingman County the governor Thomas Moonlight Leavenworth County the lieutenant governor G Islet Neosho County the secretary of state W F Petillon Ford County as part of the ticket.
The piece argues that the Republican Party favors monopoly, high tariffs, and pauper labor, while the Democratic Party seeks tariff reduction to revenue, opposes cheap foreign labor, and defends worker rights. It contrasts Germany and England with American policy, praising the Democrats as the party of the people and labor against capital. It notes local support in Topeka and mentions Frank Prouty aligning with the Democratic ticket.
The Cloud County Republican Convention on the first of the month, all 104 delegates, pledged to support John A. Anderson for Congress amid a split with Wilson supporters. Resolutions condemned six delegates who violated instructions at the Concordia convention and urged party unity against monopolies and machines.
Closing-out sale offers 25 to 50 percent savings on boots and shoes at Merrifield & Co. Also notices: 400 bushels German Millet at Bonebrake & Rice. stray black pony about 700 pounds missing since Friday. reward offered. Berry Bros. Mercantile Co. received a carload of Sames cultivators.
Perch offers six percent loans and invites calls. Ed Weigiard runs a tin shop on Sixth Street near the M E Church and can handle job and contract work. J H Braby & Co promote land trades for stock or city property and solicit trades and inquiries. Stevens Co appears in the ad.
To the Ladies. We now have money to loan on farm property at 6 Per Cent. Interest. Don't fail to see us. Sebold, Fisher & Co.
Prohibitionists pin Blaine between two stools as he wavers on liquor taxation and revenue distribution. A North Berwick speech cited shows him favoring tax and revenue sharing, complicating his Presidential campaign and party stance amid anti and pro prohibition pressures.
The Washington Post notes with surprise that the Republican party, which claims to be the negro’s friend and protector, should oppose a respected black man’s appointment to a good Washington office, calling the stance passing strange.
A domestic scene reveals a mother's belief in her husband's abstinence shattered by a boy discovering coffee in his father’s vest. The tale centers on deception about drinking habits and a child's observant memory exposing hidden truth.
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