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Abilene Weekly Reflector Archive

Abilene, Kansas

18831922

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The Abilene Reflector, founded in the latter half of 1883, was an eight-page newspaper published every Thursday. Abilene is the county seat for Dickinson County, and by the early 1880s it had shed its rough cowtown image of the late 1860s to become a thriving commercial center with a rapidly growing population. By 1884 the town boasted a new public water system, an opera house seating nearly 1,000 persons, a telephone exchange, several banks, and three newspapers, including the Reflector. In March 1888, the Reflector became the official paper of Dickinson County, seizing the title from the Abilene Gazette. The Reflector retained this status throughout its tenure. In its own words, the paper was “conducted in the interest of the Democratic party, believing the party in its wisdom in the choice of candidates, from county offices to national, is greater than personal feeling or prejudice.”

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21,322

Abilene, Kansas

1883 - 1922

Source Information

Abilene Weekly Reflector, 1883–1922 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2023. Last updated: March 13, 2018

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Archive Info

21,322

Abilene, Kansas

1883 - 1922

Source Information

Abilene Weekly Reflector, 1883–1922 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2023. Last updated: March 13, 2018