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Newspaper

The Abilene Reflector

Location

Abilene, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1886

Page

2

Various World News Briefs From 1880s Dispatches

A collage of short notes reports on political shifts and legal changes US officials in new roles Denmark's press law impact on editors and newspapers frontier military movements in Arizona and California the Grand Chute gas well disaster theft of a Stradivarius violin and a light social scene with the President, a laborer, and a dignitary crowd. minor notes on San Domingo elections and regional conflicts.

News of the Week Personal and Political

A sweeping survey itemizes political rumors and obituaries, noting ex governors, ministers, and diplomats. It reports shipwrecks, fires, floods, and social unrest, with multiple political campaigns and appointments across the United States and abroad, including Kentucky, Ohio, Liberia, and Egypt. The piece highlights legal cases, accidents, and notable societies amid a broad political and social panorama.

Kansas State News Roundup From Topeka and Vicinity

Kansas State News outlines releases from the State Historical Society, census data for Sheridan County, and local postmaster appointments across Kansas. It notes the third volume of the Society’s Transactions, Wilson’s Creek anniversary events, railroad finance, city notices, accidents, and public-interest items from Topeka, Leavenworth, and surrounding counties.

F. G. Adams The State Historical Society Kansas Topeka Kansas Territory Reeder and Shannon Wilson's Creek Lesrvenworth Deitzler Sheridan County St. Ananias Club Charles E. Monell Kirwin John A. Werner Eustis Grand View Morris County Delavin Henry Kingman Bluffton Ottawa County Dean Reno County Norton County J. N. Anderson Heber Cloud County C. B. Messer Olesbough Pottawatomie J. Spangler Orie Sumner County Penny and Richmond Thomas Love Spencer Station Northwestern Literary and Historical Society of Iowa Glick Denver, Memphis & Atlantic Railroad Register of Deeds Larned Pawnee County Gould Kansas Realstate Association Junction City J. H. Lreas Dickinson County Tue Smith M. Palmer Sallice John M. Hodge Harper Cunningham,ton & Walton Street Railway Company Lane County Shunganunga Creek Board of Railroad Commissioners Missouri Pacific Wetmore Central Branch Kansas, Colorado & Pacific Railway Crawford County Colorado Pacific Coast California Bent Robert Pugh Mount Liberty Hisxr Broonix Leavenworth Jeab Omay Torexa

Washington Waifs and News Notes From the Capital

A compact digest of national developments from Washington with emphasis on Mexican tensions, cabinet deliberations, postmaster compensation, export values for breadstuffs, War Department disbursing concerns, and government revenue gains. The dispatches note Mexico's wary stance, fiscal requisitions, and a sharp July revenue surge.

Wasurxerox Palaccia Spain New York Mexico United States Wasutsatos Ang Treasury Department Bureau of Statistics Wasi E. M. Lawton War Department Secretary of War Washington

Wholesale poisoning case tied to eleven deaths in Sommivinur

A mass case in Sommivinur reports Mrs Sarah Jane Robinson and Thomas R. Smith charged with poisoning eleven people for financial gain. Mrs Robinson’s son William died of convulsions. stomach analysis pending. Both accused remanded with high bail and held in jail awaiting trial.

Sommivinur Mass Sarah Jane Robinson Mrs. Robinson Smith

Mexican Court Convicts Cutting for Cross Border Libel

The official Mexican diary publishes Judge Zubia’s ruling that Cutting’s defamation began in Mexico and continued in Texas and Mexico. It holds that distribution on Mexican soil fulfilled the crime, with prior Texas publications read aloud as part of the same offense. A U S envoy report is denied by state and department officials.

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General Joe Johnston on Railroad Inspection Tour

General Joseph E Johnston United States railway commissioner arrived in Oreana Nebraska for annual inspection of Union and Central Pacific lines. Officials Walker and Warne with his office have examined books. twenty five percent of rail tolls go to the government under the act. Also notes Count Usagi of Japan and a violent incident near Memphis with two dead on the tracks.

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