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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1887
Page
2
Abilene Reflector presents a verse lamenting the burden on fathers at home. It questions the cost of raising a family, the endless chores and financial strain, and the loneliness of toiling without relief. The poem laments the sacrifices of husbands and fathers who bear daily strain.
In a rural drama, a mortgage deadline looms as Nichols moves to foreclose. Dick Ferris and his parents face ruin until Susie’s stamp collection yields rare values. A vault of letters and stamps is appraised with astonishing sums, funds accrue, and the family retains their home and plans for a future wedding. The tale blends loss, love, and thrift into a hopeful ending.
A Colorado Farmer article urges farming wives to cultivate small fruits like strawberries raspberries gooseberries currants and grapes on small plots to earn extra income. It cites healthful out‑door work and adds about packing jams jellies marmalades for sale, noting two California women earned 15000 from such efforts, plus possible bee stands for added independence.
A collage of brief witticisms and anecdotes from various papers. It notes social manners, love poetry myths, and humorous exchanges about baby names, roads, and a Quaker in a bookstore. It blends humorous quotes on life, wealth, and newspapers with sharp cultural observations.
Glycerine is described as a safe inexpensive cosmetic with medicinal value for skin and hair care. The piece extols its cleansing and healing properties for cuts ulcers and wounds, notes use in hair tonics and soaps, and advises on mixing with water alcohol rose water and carbolic acid for smooth skin while warning against overuse and noting limitations in whitening. It claims no harmful effects and notes a whitening caveat for certain skin types.
In Arkansaw Traveler a survey of enduring myths shows the Norwegian whirlpool is a tidal run, daytime stars from wells are false, Esquimaux winter life is active, hair snakes are insect larvae, crocodile tears are a myth, mummy pits do not germinate grain, and moon influences weather lacks basis. An anti slang club has many members in Fort Worth Texas.
Satirical tips warn swimmers about drownings and unsafe rescue methods. The piece mocks sensational reporting and offers farcical, dangerous advice, citing examples like squeezing water from a victim and inflating lungs with a bellows, while lampooning common rescue missteps and foolish cautions.
A Youth's Companion note laments overused resort names like Sunset Hill Willow Brook and Mirror Lake. It urges villages to form committees to craft unique, meaningful toponyms, avoiding Devil's Den Elfin Grotto Lover's Lane and similar clichés. A light Pittsburgh joke follows about Johnson's greeting style.
The Norfolk News reports a Charles charged with stealing fifty-two dollars from his widowed mother, with no examination yet. A geyser erupts near Mammoth Hot Springs, blasting 150 feet high. Quips about Blufkins, buffalo sightings near Garden City, and a bee sting death in Pike County. Copying methods, fare reductions, and humorous exchanges fill the page. A strange inflated chick in Florida and a sand cloud near Americus are noted, plus a reservoir water quip from Nellie at the Boston Transcript.
The article discusses Abb Mulhall's table of annual earnings by nation for 1880, noting the United States as the leader in gross national income. It traces U S growth from a fledgling colonial economy to the dominant global income producer through enterprise and labor. It contrasts past export modesty with modern prosperity, underscoring national achievement in income.
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