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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1888
Page
3
A fragment from the Abilene Reflector portrays a solitary figure content with his own hill and hearth. The speaker emphasizes a dream of roaming never taken, with a plain life and quiet desires. The lines hint at a restrained promise growing within the lone man under a simple, introspective mood.
An unnamed narrator recalls the tale of Nancy and Luke Golden set near Purgatory in Colorado. Nancy refuses marriage despite Luke’s pleas, tests his devotion by a dangerous ride over Parzatory’s edge to claim a bundle of valerian stalks, leads to Luke’s fall and Nancy’s spiral into delirium. Luke survives but remains crippled. Nancy dies of heartbreak, branded “Old Hopeless”, with the Colorado House hotel and Parzatory as grim backdrops.
Lieutenant Charles Rogers reports in Popular Science Monthly that completing the Panama Canal hinges on time and money. He cites estimates of up to 2,090,000,000 francs and potential costs around 375,000,000 dollars while noting varying excavation rates and mixed local opinion at Colon including opposition from Americans and Englishmen.
In a Bloomington area train, a man holding a crying baby faced loud scowls from fellow passengers. A tough confrontation erupted when a man accused of stealing the infant from a woman burst into action, wrestling a hard-featured man and forcing him to the floor before the mother reappeared to reclaim the child. The scene ended with embarrassed passengers and red faces as order was restored.
A Baltimore Sun report describes Dr HL A Rowland of Johns Hopkins University building a water cooled ruling engine for spectrum analysis. The device achieves up to 40 000 lines per inch, with precise temperature control, a diamond point, and a register counting mechanism.
A humorous exchange from the Omaha World about a man finding his hat on the chair and his boots on the hat rack after a late night. The husband mentions balancing his books past midnight and noting the odd placement of items in the household.
Practical guidance for newcomers to beekeeping detailing start small with two colonies, expected honey yields, and cautions about season failures. Advises on combining beekeeping with poultry, locating apiaries away from horses and public squares, and choosing sites near water and shrubbery to reduce stock risks. Includes aphorisms about patient skill growth and personal property care.
A collection of quirky lines, pithy wits, and brief quotes from archival publications. Items include stray jokes about strawberries and quartz, notes on widow’s bonnet weeds, gingham marriages, and Alaska real estate myths, plus fragments of dialogs and a parable on debt.
The London Spectator recounts ancient views of elephants praising their intelligence memory and virtue while noting their use in war by Carthage and later emperors. It cites Pamphiles and Pliny on religious instincts and even feats like rope walking and writing though war and expense limited their practical military value.
A compact page offers farming advice on drainage, underdrained land, and timely plowing, plus practical notes on pig pens and weed management. It includes sugar drop cake and coconut cream pudding recipes, guidance on woody ashes around young trees, marrow ball recipes, and a decorative catch-all sewing project.
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