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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1888
Page
2
An unreadable OCR fragment discusses who is responsible for a newspaper page origin and delivery practices. It mentions Werthers and The Portodior with references to readers, subscribers, and delivery actions. The legibility prevents clear names, dates, or places from being established.
A damaged OCR fragment appears to imitate a wartime poem or chant with irregular spelling. It mentions war, hope, endeavor, and urgency, though many words are garbled, obscuring precise meaning and attribution.
In a snowbound room, two men recall a winter tale from 1865 at Johnson's Island prison in Lake Erie. One, once a celebrated Kentucky skater, recounts escaping guards while prisoners mocked their ice safety during daily exercises. The anecdote blends nostalgia with a dangerous chase as the speaker reflects on youth and fear.
A Civil War prisoner recounts his ice bound escape from a guarded lake. He fights frost, evades pursuit, and reaches land after a perilous glide. A pursuing officer, who turns out to be his eventual ally and later husband, survives in the narrative.
The piece notes many leading statesmen are French scholars with Edmonds and Hoar reading French, Thurman mastering it early, and Sherman’s library filled with foreign finance books. A French professor’s daughter leads to Thurman’s French lessons and a nickname tied to a “Knight of the Rea Bandana.” It then shifts to dairy farming, stating a cow’s value hinges on her second or third calf and warning buyers to avoid first-calving cows.
The piece rails at the Republican party as dying with no issue left to rally behind. It mocks Blaine's quids, the Bloody Shirt, and free trade, praising President Cleveland’s honesty thrust. It cites insults from Julianapolis Sentinel and Chicago Herald while lampooning civil service reform and party demise.
Senator Hale of Maine, Blaine's ally, attacks the President on civil service grounds. He argues against one party monopolizing offices, questions Democratic vs Republican appointments since Grant, and contends for fair division of offices. The piece analyzes party bias and the employment of Democrats in federal posts.
Harper's Weekly surveys Mr. Sherman's public life and the 1884 defeat. It argues the GOP must reform to fit the times, citing Ohio's reform year, Foraker’s win, whisky ring scandal, and Sherman’s shifting speeches from Nashville to Springfield to the Senate. It contends party financial recklessness and election regulation would undermine national confidence.
The report claims Iowa favors Allison over the Plumed Knight, hinting at a swift return of the absent leader. Voorhees accuses Sherman of a bungled blast, while Blaine’s tariff boom competes with a still-living tattoo issue. The Cincinnati Commercial blasts Ohio Republicans with a string of criminal accusers and underground ties.
Norwich Conn Letter describes Connecticut laws against killing eagles enacted in 1883 and the effect on local eagle hunting in the Thames valley. It notes the handsome captive eagle on display in a Norwich store window and compares it with a gallex eagle captured for stealing poultry, highlighting ongoing conflicts between law and wildlife predation.
A party visits Tongatuba to pay respects to King George of Tonga. They witness a two story sea-front palace, a royal buggy in the veranda, and the tense moment when guards halt intruders. After an apology, a formal interview is arranged with the king and an interpreter present.
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