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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1888
Page
3
Abilene Reflector presents a lyrical verse by J Roche about a seafaring beloved believed dead but returning in dreams. The poem recalls a youthful sailor with sunny hair and brave laughter, detailing tides, waves, and longing as the speaker awaits a reunion despite seeming absence.
A weary Potsville woman recounts a flood of doorstep sales and social etiquette hustlers. Corset salesmen, mop vendors, a Garfield chromo man, and a corset and hose advocate invade her day as she resists and retorts with sharp humor, ending with a stiff neck exchange between a girl and George.
In a joke drawn from European royal military culture, Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria commands a regiment during a maneuvre. After a general criticizes the troops, the Prince returns with attaches, surveys the defile, then publicly praises his own regiment while denouncing the others. The episode ends with the Prince’s amused dismissal and the General left astonished.
A Washington Post Office letter explains a two cent stamp was sent to the Conscience Fund after a cancel failed. The saga traces the stamp’s careful routing through Postmaster General divisions, a cross-marked cancellation, and formal recording before filing. Life humor closes the excerpt with a rainy quip from De Spoonville.
A compilation of domestic horticulture and cooking advice from magazines like American Garden and Farm and Home. Topics include pot sizes for bloom, seed sowing, pruning roses, soil for carrots and parsnips, geranium care, protecting seed corn, poultry behavior, farmer insight on crops versus horses, improved broom design, Telegram Pudding recipe, cider pomace benefits for cows, and soup making guidelines. The items present practical tips and home craft notes.
Orchard and garden advice promotes plum production by using curculio resistant varieties Ogon and De Soto to secure abundant crops. Ogon bears large golden fruit with crescent damage but remains productive. De Soto, a hardy American plum, yields bright red fruit and superb pollen production. Plant mixed varieties with Ogon and De Soto to ensure annual abundance.
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