30 Sep 1886
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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1886
Page
1
The yard east of the Cottage Hotel in SA offers the largest and best selected stock in the state west of Topeka. Contact V. B. Cosad, manager, before buying elsewhere.
The Democratic slate lists Thomas Moonlight for governor with Leavenworth and S. G. Isett Neesho as lieutenant governor, W. F. Petillon Ford as secretary of state, and L. B. Birchfield Jewell as state treasurer. The World notes Lamar’s rumored marriage plans in Georgia and recounts press defenses of Moonlight, Connor and Pomeroy, plus Kansas electoral tactics and railroad influence in a splintered 19th century political scene.
A Portland reporter recounts a bizarre scene of tormenting mosquitoes in a glass jar, counting about one million insects as punishment while onlookers fear the setup. The tale blends macabre curiosity with innuendo of menace and cruelty in a fog of sensational rumor.
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