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Newspaper

The Abilene Reflector

Location

Abilene, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1885

Page

3

Novel Strike Halts US Mail by Pacific and Other Lines

Postmaster General Vilas reports Pacific Mail and several American steamship lines refuse to carry mails after today, in protest over compensation terms. Government contemplates shifting routes to ensure mail flow, with Britain cited as a benchmark. New dispatch rules place Cuba, New Zealand, and Asia mail via Key West, Tampa, and Great Britain, affecting sailings from New York and San Francisco.

Pacific Mall Cempeulrs Parific Mall San Francisco Australia New York Venezuela Clyde New ‘York Turk’s Island Mavana Mexico Cuba United States Vilas Pacific Mail Steauelip Company Congress Pustafiion de Yerbeent Atlantic Great Britain Aaveriah Nea Key West Tampa Havana Mayaun New Zealand Alizost China Japan The East Times

Fell Before Lynchburg Twenty Years After His Death

A Pennsylvania brother of a Union soldier long listed as missing is identified in Lynchburg after a burial mix up. Dr Conway learns a man tied to a recent burial dig confirms the soldier’s body, with a corked vial and note linking the name to the family. The remains are exhumed and reinterred in Pennsylvania.

Lone Hilleck Conway Cetel Theavar Pennsylvania Virginia Solser Lynchburg Carwayl Gromund Commay Durie Beston Bostox George Hutchine Charles River Besa Kansas

Funeral pageant for General Grant to Riverside Park site

New York reports Mrs. Grant favored Riverside Park for General Grant’s tomb with Colonel Fred Grant choosing the site after consulting the family. A formal procession plan includes City Hall to Riverside Park, with G A R posts and retired officers in the escort. A brick temporary vault of 12 by 7 feet will house the body until the permanent monument.

Watch Hill Riverside Park Husson Grant Theg A Rt Tobe Larsels McGregor N. Y New York Central Park Riverside Newman Geant Washington Monument Mie Mim Tener Wheeler Fost G. A Saratoma Wheeler Guard TS. Grant Post Brooklyn Fred Grant Park Commissioners Grants Board of Aldermen Murray Percy Hancock One Hundred and Tenth Street Riversid Park Fifty-ninth Street Sickles Bardette G A. R G. A. R. Poste Grand Army of the Republic Fort Adams U. S. Grant Meade Philadelphia Forty Third Street Fifth Avenue Washington Square Waverly Place Broadway City Hall Mold General Grant Haverstraw McGreave Fred

Judge Thacher Reports Trade Talks With South America

Judge Thacher of Kansas visiting Washington from Liverpool described findings from Mexico and South America tours. He noted broad desire to strengthen US relations, suggested steamship lines as solution, and proposed a convention including Central and South American nations and Mexico to discuss commercial and financial ties.

Judge Thacher South America Wasuixotox Selon Thacher Kansas Mexico United States Washington Liverpool New York Mr. Curtis Brazil England Thacher Teddy Fervisn France Germany Spain United Sis

The Hebrew Hero Some Particulars of Montefiore

Sir Moses Montefiore the great Jewish philanthropist is dead at Ramsgate after a peaceful collapse from congestion of the lungs. He was born October 24 1754 and married into the Rothschild family. His life spanned tireless efforts for Palestine relief and Jewish rights abroad, earning knighthood and a baronetcy for services to his race. His dream was a Jewish Palestine and he labored to realize it. He resided at East Cliff Lodge near Ramsgate and was esteemed by monarchs and rulers for his humanitarian work.

De‘connec Moses Montefiore Leysox Ramsgate Moses Spain Italy Montefiores Nathan Meyer Rothschild London Palestine Palestine Fund Sherif Middlesex Guildhall Ilis Egypt Turkey Damascus Nicholas Lews Philippe France East Cliff Lodge Duchess of Kent Queen Victoria Ee Dee Wasnseren Te Secretary of the Interior Artmeet Pas Tamman Aman Orker Jim Bank of Vigor Warner Kelly Sayl

Farm and farming tips from historical periodical quotes

A collage of agricultural wisdom and anecdotes from 19th and early 20th century sources. Advice covers dairy profitability, pie crust glazing, fruit tree pest control, hive management, corn planting, crop rotation, and a humorous note about blanket-toss exercises for indigestion. Includes quotes from Boston Globe Prairie Farmer New England Farmer Rural New Yorker and more.

Boston Globe Ciere Uned Chicago New England Boston Medical and Surgical Mellor Times John Jacob Astor New Yorker

Market Reports and mixed notes from St Louis and New York

Market prices for grain provisions cattle hogs and butter echo a broad snapshot of U S commodity trading with figures for cash prices futures and shipments. The column lists prices for futures Wheat Rye Butter and Pork alongside livestock values and passing references to school book uniformity debates and odd editorial quips from various papers.

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Label the Little Ones and the Havana Cigar Makers

A concern urges labeling young children with full name and address for safety, contrasting practices with tags on livestock and belongings. The piece cites Havana cigar makers as a marginalized group amid wage turmoil and state crime reforms, then a humorous aside about frostbitten ears and a Thomas concert.

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