Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-16
About Abilene People.

I
! Abilene. Kansas, are here visiti
their son and daughter-in-law, N
o. and Mrs. b. L. Etrother. N
/ Strother Is one Of the Oldest prints
y in the United States, having been 9
. gagged in the business over 20 year
{ He commenced to "stick" type ct d
age OF IA years and is now So yea
d old. -[Galena Times.
nj Miss Mustard Of Abilene has gol
a to Nome, Alaska, where she will ii
: doubtedly be regarded as war
proposition. Estate Journal.
Abilene has very benevolent cit
> zen in the person Of 3. M. White {
that place. Here is part Of the thing
Mr.. White has done for Abilene 1
the past couple Of years; He place
in the hands Of the cemetery associa
ton $1,000 for identifying the GENE
terry; placed $1,000 pipe organ ii
the Presbyterian church; planned I
large addition to the Presbyterian
church, bearing $1,100 Of the ex
pense himself; and paid half the cos,
for pipe organ in the Reformed
church. For several years Mr.. White
has been using his money for the
betterment Of the Abilene community
and has done 1t in such q modest and
unassuming way that very few people
there have known anything about it.
III. @. Union.
Earl Bohannon, who is now living
in Oklahoma, has lately"been admit
ed to the bar as lawyer. His many
friends here will be glad to hear that
he is prospecting.
The Rev. DR.. Blayney Of Abilene
delivered the address to the high
school graduating class, which was
listened to with great interest. DIR.
Blayney is one Of the most interest
ing takers who ever spoke in Hope
and the people here always enjoy
listening to him.-[Hope Dispatch.
B. L. Strother's printing Office at
Galena was entered Monday night.
Twenty-four cases Of type about one
thousand pounds-wers scattered
about the floor Of the compos-
ing room, and other property was
strewn about. Not satisfied with
"pieing" all the type, the low lived
towards entered the editorial depart
ment, seized a brand new Remington
No. typewriter, carried it into the
rear Of the building and smashed it
all to pieces, leaving only a few
twisted and broken pieces to show
how they destroyed it. The damage
is $500 and a reward Of $3.50 has been
offered for the depredators.
The W. r. Kaffer crockery store has
been sold to A. L. and W. F. Duckwall
of Abilene. This store has been one
of the best business houses in the city
for the last fifteen years. After today
the store will be known as Duckwall
Brothers store. For the past three
years Mr.. Kaffer has been travelling,
and the store has been run by Miss
Olga Carlberg, as manager. The
Duckwall brothers have a similar
store in Abilene. W. F. Duckwall
will reside in Salina, as proprietor Of
the Salina store. His family which is
N Cincinnati, O., will arrive in the
'ity this summer. The stock will be
Enlarged. Miss Carlberg will remain
With the new irm.-[Salina Journal.
Dickinson county to the front again.
)harlie Parker Of Abilene is now cred
ted with having the biggest show on
arth, and what is more everybody
las to admit it. Il Herington Times.
The pastor and wife had, the privi-
ege Of having DR.. Blayney with them
t supper last Friday. OF course 1t
nakes some work but it pays big to
ONE into intimate contact with q
IAN Of large thought. He ought to
ave had dozen invitations and the
uccessful bidder to have been the
nvy Of all the rest. The pastor
lakes use Of every opportunity to
onverse with great man, when it
an be done without impertinence.
y the way. it may be well to remark
hat all the truly great can be readily
by the most humble. II
Gu doubt that, try and see.-[Pres-
Vterian church notaa in Hona Dis