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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1887
Page
2
A disjointed meditation on loneliness amid prairie life. A gaunt man gazes at a distant train and reflects on wealth, family, and simple labor as sources of true happiness, contrasting luxury with humble sustenance and contentment. The scene blends memory, nature, and hopeful resolve.
A brutal sunrise scene in a Cherry Street slum room depicts a sleeping husband, a disabled boy, a wife, and three children amid squalor. The boy, missing a leg, swipes a tart while the baker’s wife mocks him, revealing poverty and harsh street life in New York’s slums.
A crowded morning in Brooklyn and Manhattan follows Corkey, a crippled street urchin, through a day of theft, mischief, and urban danger. He basks in small triumphs, aids a crook Mulvey, rides the elevated, sells papers, and is knocked to the gutter. In the chaos a fire engine barrels through, and Corkey is crushed. The tale closes with the child's death, a stark portrait of New York's slums.
A Christian at Work essay discusses wifely submission to husbands as a social issue. It argues wives must maintain personal identity and individuality, even when a husband is selfish or unjust, and that a wife should not be compelled to ruin her life to support a sinking marriage.
The land office policy discourages European investment while defending public lands for American settlers. Reports note fraud, expanded grants, and alien landlord concerns as Congress acts to curb vast foreign estates. The piece cites Dorsey and Scottish ventures, linking recent law to market impacts in England and South Africa. It argues for honest investment and opposes foreign-owned estates.
The piece argues the Republican Party has lost the Treasury, Pension, post offices, and the “bloody shirt,” needing a barrel candidate. It suggests Blaine is the strongest, fears rivals may unseat him, and predicts a tense, dramatic struggle ahead to avoid Chicago-like scenes of 1889. The author notes a year remains to shape events and contemplates mutual truce or renewed conflict.
A newspaper drift notes Republicans’ cautious stance between Blaine and Sherman as crucial for the party to avoid defeat. In Washington, civil service reform is praised for stabilizing government operations and protecting workers. The Cleveland administration is cited as considering fair burdens in trade and fisheries policy amid debate over Canadian port access.
Reports of Blaine praising Jefferson spark protests over Lincoln remarks and republican debates. Sherman’s oration at Cincinnati and later praise of whites’ reform mark a shifting political tone in the South and a reshaping of his public image.
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