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Newspaper

The Abilene Reflector

Location

Abilene, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1888

Page

3

Wool tariff debate warns of ruined American industry

A veteran congressman's critique of a wool on the free list bill argues it would ruin U.S. wool enterprises, raise imports, lower wages, and shift production abroad. He cites foreign steel rails, labor costs, and revenue impacts while urging protectionist policy aligned with the President's message.

Sbros Amereas Leas Chen Hels Vo Elen Congress Pli Uber Tery Mary American Industries Sterl Ral Pacific Wis Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe Railroad Company Ins Iately San Diego Cal Ossi Pen Hin Timea Ee United States House of Representatives Minerity

Bismarck Faces Resignation Rumor Amid Marriage Talks

Reports from Berlin and Vienna swirl around Prince Bismarck amid pressures over a potential marriage between Prince Alexander and Princess Victoria of Prussia. German officials deny health claims while noting the heir’s crucial political role. observers say resignation rumors persist despite denials.

Ache Cologne Gaze‘te Bertin Bismarck Alexander of Battenburg Victoria Prussia Alexander Queen Victoria Berlin Germany Reichstag Frederick Tam Prince Bismarck Cologne fFacette Vienna Fok Cologne Lospos Reuter the Times Emperor Frederic

Smells to Heaven and Murder in a Wild New York Letter

Jay Gould releases an open letter to James Gordon Bennett of the New York Herald denouncing the editor as a libertine and recounting alleged past debaucheries. The piece sits alongside a report of a brutal Clearfield County murder in a rural schoolhouse and other incidents including a bank official’s sentence and a French cabinet formation.

Jay Gould James Gordon Bennett New Youk New York Jierald Herald Gould Bennett New York Theo Gould Sam James Gordon Benne New York Heralds George Washington The New York Herald

A False Wife and a Chain of Fatal Vengeance in Wisconsin

In Stevens Point Wisconsin on April 5 John D Curran shot Willis Hazeltine killing him after years of a scandal linking Hazeltine to A B Morse and Mrs Hazeltine. Curran surrendered to police with conflicting accounts of who fired first amid a town stirred by the murder. Also noted are a rescue by President Cleveland saving Mrs Marie Wright on a horse near Oak View and a major factory fire in Amesbury Massachusetts destroying Babcock works and forcing 1,000 workers from employment. A violent wind and hail storm in Minnesota caused property damage and injuries in Farmington with a man struck by a falling scuttle.

Stevens Hazline Hazeltine Morse Daniel Voorhees Indiana Curran Joan Curran Hazelttine John Henry Curran Marie Wright Cleveland Oak View Fairchild Amesbury Mass F. A. Babcock Company Babcock Minnesota Fanimmaci Minn Kauwas

Visit to Juan Fernandez Island Goat Hunting Adventure

A narrator describes reaching the cliffs of Juan Fernandez by whale-boat to hunt goats, firing at distant animals with Winchesters but failing to get a shot. They fish successfully, supply details of water, provisions, and island prices, and exchange gifts before departing with friendly quarrel over spoils.

Juan Fernandez Belisarius Crusoe Juan Fernandeze

Comically Awkward Eye Removal Plot in Chicago Tale

In a Chicago Tribune recount, Bardolph Kiljordan tries to impress Irene’s mother Mrs. Pinhook by offering to remove a speck from her eye. He claims expertise with a new method involving the other eye, while Irene’s eye remains in question and his embarrassment grows.

Mr. Kiljordan Irene Chicago Tribune

Libel signing and odd notices mix in city crowd

The page blends a cracked tale of signing a libel over a debt with marketing blurbs for religious papers and patent remedies. It cites Ferguson’s alleged pleasant pressure, then shifts to ads for Rev. Spurgeon notes and a family paper, plus healers and tonics for rheumatism, digestion, and asthma.

Ferguson Arkansaw Traveler Amet Sp Bible House New York City

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