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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1886
Page
3
Poem fragment describes a mother's reflection on aging and a daughter's sweet questions about God. The speaker recalls a fading face, loves of her bonny child, and the child asking if angels exist and if she knows God. The piece ends with the child whispering Mother's Girl. Julia HL May, Goal Murisekeeping.
A lively slice of small town life as Florinda drives an elderly trio to catch the Midland train at Slamborough. The stout servant steers the group through platform farewells, parcels, and a final brisk push to ensure Miss Roberta boards the car. Florinda’s deft handling and the sisters’ banter highlight daily routines and neighborhood bonds.
Miss Roberta, a pampered Southern debutante, travels to Ohio with anxious misgivings. A series of cultural clashes and a mistaken confinement aboard a passenger train leads to a dramatic crash of nerves, a chorus of misunderstandings, and her eventual reunion with her aunt after a comic crisis in which she was mistaken for a patient of a mental asylum.
Nordic observers describe bark bread as an improvised staple in Norse regions during famines. The piece traces bark bread origins from 11th century poems to 18th century notes, detailing pine and elm bark use, fern roots, and mixed meals in Sweden and Finland, highlighting nutritional concerns and regional dependence on bark substitutes.
A detailed look at hand and machine made cigars from Havana tobacco filling to Sumates wrappers, with steps from moistening and drying to rolling on stones, biniler use, and binding. It notes binders, molds, and “hand-made” versus cheaper machine methods, plus a New York reference to opium labeling and safety requirements.
The article touts the county’s strongest abstract service and notes that insurance is underwritten by dependable companies. It emphasizes reliability and local market strength, aiming to reassure residents about policy options and financial stability.
Old T. GC. Henry Building advertises loans and trade options. It invites readers to visit to borrow money and swap city land for city property or vice versa, urging an in person consultation.
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