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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1887
Page
6
In Abilene the narrator recalls a playful euchre game with Miss May. Diamonds or hearts determine wins as she gathers tricks with flair. The session ends with a confession of being outplayed and changed by love.
Regnier, a French actor who recently died, kept his presence of mind on stage. When his dialogue partner entered from the left instead of the right Regnier calmly remarked I saw you coming in the mirror.
A long analysis argues that farm prosperity should improve as supply tightens and population grows. It critiques past policies that expanded farming, notes overproduction lowered prices, and foresees rising land values and stronger demand as rails and settlements spread. It cites range cattle decline, rail grants, and shifting western expansion shaping future markets.
Omaha reporter recounts the caisson workers who perished during early 1869 Union Pacific bridge construction. Doomed to a rocky fate, about two hundred graves lie under river mud, their names erased when the Missouri shifted, leaving only memory and anonymous plots.
Colonel J St Gondolfo notes how artillerymen move from parade precision to battlefield grime. Uniform jackets shed, shirts and collars off, powder and blood staining skin as fire mounts. By next day, crews restore neatness, revealing the enduring discipline even after brutal combat.
The article describes the eider duck common in Ireland and Iceland. It details nest-building in June, the female laying six eggs, and the drake guarding his mate with intense jealousy. Farmers repeatedly steal nests though the mother and male persist, removing down and eggs while the male helps strip his own plumage to aid the nesting effort.
A vivid Arkansas Traveler excerpt critiques Moorish medicine as a curious blend of skill and superstition. It notes eye irrigation with the tongue, blood-letting via a horn device, and cures like rhinoceros horn scrapings, gold dust, and fatty tonics. Fracture care uses honey-soaked splinters. beliefs blame evil spirits and warded by noises and weapons while European innovations are seen as divine interference.
A Nevada mountain flower, Sarcodes sanguinea, known as the blooded snow plant, rises four to ten inches tall with scarlet leaves and pink white stem. It grows where snow lies deep and shade is thick, is parasitic, and cannot be propagated. Local lore links it to a tragic Indian maiden. the plant appears sporadically from season to season. Fragmentary anecdote from Truckee Republican includes a postprandial tale about Neptune’s discovery and a joke about counting ten.
Olive Harper recounts the opals once owned by Mrs. Leland Stanford and their dramatic history from Empress Eugenia to Bellezza in Philadelphia. The trio of opals, with milky blue fire and a red core, could be worn as pendants or in jewelry, purchased by Mrs. Stanford for 4000 dollars along with a diamond ruby necklace worth about 46000 dollars and a moss rosepin set of pink pearls.
A Brown from West Virginia filed at the Pension Office in Washington reveals a mother who bore thirty three children, among them sixteen sons who served in the Union Army. Sixteen sons, two killed, fourteen surviving, all or most receiving pensions for service-related disabilities. The mother also earns a pension due to the deaths of her soldiers. The case highlights wartime family devotion and the strong war spirit in frontier communities.
A Boston Transcript note recounts two contrasting street incidents on Washington Street showing social contrast. Two elderly ladies fight over a snagged button, then a brown eyed girl and an Irishwoman untangle a similar knot with humor and civility. A schoolteacher discusses her vocation while a suitor awkwardly probes her feelings.
Fashion's Freaks surveys Paris and New York styles for ladies and children. White pique frocks for girls, dotted fabrics, and Norfolk jackets appear in demand. Silk mitts replace gloves for most occasions. straw bonnets with white trimming dominate. Red frocks in scarlet batiste, silver gray cloth outfits with pearls, and white embroidered silks showcase the season. Bathing attire favors blue flannel with short sleeves and attached blouse waists, though bathing is losing fashion. Opera cloaks feature long white brocade with pearls. coiffures center on Greek-inspired updos with jewels, yielding a sleek, close finish.
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