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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1887
Page
10
A humorous verse piece compares life at home between a weary wife and a breadwinning husband, claiming the wife endures constant chores from dawn to night. It playfully critiques the double standard of effort and praise in domestic life and the wish to swap roles. The Detroit Free Press attribution notes the fragmentary publication context.
A humorous local tale recounts William Henry Jon Jones narrating his fall for Medora Budderill, her return from Madame Crinklem's school, and a sedate store setting in Tarragona. A staged Pocahontas play leads to a comic scalp loss, a dramatic outburst, and a sly revelation that Medora loved him, culminating in a wedding a month later.
A broad survey of global eating habits contrasts forbidden foods in ancient and modern societies with regional preferences. It notes pork bans for Jews and Muslims, exotic meats from Africa and Asia, and how climate and tradition shape meat versus plant based diets, ending with a reflection on taste as culture. The piece, from The Argonaut, underscores species, places, and centuries in a provocative panorama.
Dr Kovaleffski, a Kharkoff University professor, states Russia has at least 100000 lunatics with only one tenth housed or cared for. Wealthy patients receive attention while the indigent suffer. Few skilled doctors in asylums, rationed treatment, and corrupt keepers. Nourishment is poor. thousands roam free and are ill treated, sometimes causing arson in revenge.
A humorous essay by Bill Nye warns Mr White that this is no place for train robbers. It recounts absurd anecdotes of would-be thieves, notes the dangers and uncertainties of robbery, and ends by contrasting crime with lawful work in Congress and the surplus debate.
Toledo Blade recounts a vivid encounter with three thousand Ute, Montana and related tribes marching past an observer in Cadette Pass. The scene shows painted, rifle-bearing warriors, women, children, and dogs, sharing a lively march and songs as buffalo stories echo from the Saskatchewan Plains.
An artist finds a wealthy, appreciative customer who values the work as art. A widower reacts with tender emotion, saying the subject’s nose is the sign of goodness and requests a larger nose, crying that she was so good. The fragment hints at a sentimental anecdote from Youth's Companion.
A Carsoft mint workman learns heated drill points bore through steel and glass. stray notes describe a glowing soil path in Albany, deer skins sold in Oregon, and Ahmed ben Ahmar lion slayer. Reports cover lions, knee-breeches praise, royalty orders, a measles death from feathery sleep, and a note on cocoa consumption worldwide.
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