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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1887
Page
2
Fragmented OCR text describes a dispute over post office takings and payment responsibilities. It mentions subscribers, court actions, and potential evidence of intentional wrongs, but the fragmentary source limits precise details or full context.
The piece discusses why women fence and how they train with foils, noting beauty and health benefits. It highlights European practice, actress participation, and a master’s view that women excel in grace and cool judgment, with the Empress of Austria cited as exemplary.
Regis Senac, fencing master at the New York Athletic Club, notes a surge of women seeking lessons after Mrs Langtry became his pupil. The article describes her morning routines at a West Twenty third Street home, her buckskin attire, and the discipline of fencing that improves her stage performance and physical conditioning.
Marylebone police court revealed methods to alter inferior yellow stones to look like white diamonds. The inquiry showed a Frenchman once sold £4000 worth of chemically improved diamonds in London. Prisoners were committed for trial.
A reflection on completing tasks from a grandmotherly standard. Beginnings waste time if unfinished. finish four of ten started projects to turn effort into profit. The piece urges decisive completion, noting life is short and one should stop starting many tasks and finish meaningful ones. A defeated candidate recalls politics as making him a fool of himself.
Julian Ralph surveys odd livelihoods lining New York, from organ repairmen and hanging felons to lapidary doctors and wreath makers. He notes coin collecting scammers, a punch and Judy vendor, waste hauler selling soil to sunken lands, coat of arms peddlers, and a baby safe deposit operation, all highlighted with pointed irony.
Hemlock spruce and arbor vita provide shelter yet fail under strong exposure with wind. Dense hedge planting causes fatally injured plants from exhaustion and pruning while single trees may survive. Norway spruce withstands conditions better with careful trimming, but remains vulnerable in harsh sites. A Nashville Union note highlights a candidate for funds to educate her husband at a southern university.
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