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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1887
Page
7
A feature on bootblack stands, mostly crafted by an Italian inventor in New York. Stands range from basic pine to brass-mounted mahogany, priced from two to thirty dollars, with three-chair models under construction. The maker, about fifty, notes rising imitators claim he sparked the trade, amid designs of camels, ponies, and a cavalier in iron.
A notice describes a new lighting method called Lucigen claiming costs one-tenth to one-twentieth of gas and electric light. Demonstrations at Crystal Palace show its diffuse daylight-like illumination from oil and air, with safety and efficiency advantages for outdoor and works sites.
A terse report notes Elie ascends as the latest advocate amid darkening times. The piece labels his role, location, and impact while hinting at rising scrutiny and public interest in his actions.
A Berlin area report describes Otto Schreiber a German corporal with no blood in his veins. Doctors found no pain or bleeding after a knife was driven through his mouth to the neck. He plans to reveal himself in major European cities next year.
A collage of curiosities and oddities including a sea carpentry head from the Gulf of Mexico, a cedar bush growing from limestone, an eighty-ton flat car built for a New York Bethlehem haul, and a prairie yacht made from a wagon. anecdotes on birds preferring colored glass, a Missouri prairie traveler, and notes on forests, oils in candy, confidence men, absent minded hotel patrons, interlocked deer and buck horns, misaddressed mail, Indian arrowheads, sealskin economics, hotel soap safety, and traveler hygiene advice.
A collage of moralizing notes on child development urges gentle upbringing and warns against harsh medical forcing. It cites Dr Pierce remedies and Scott's Emulsion as trusted aids, while advertising Health tonics like Hostetter's Bitters and Gage's Catarrh Remedy with period’s promotional flair.
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