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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1884
Page
3
A fragmentary poem reveals a tale of a Trojan wife whose sweetness contrasts with hardship. Lovers, wealth, and a firm founded amid debt and credit winds weave through images of pots, jars, and a marble house. The piece evokes classical themes and the era’s moral reflections without explicit modern context.
A storm wrecked voyage aboard the Eagle from Monmouthshire to Cape Town. The crew rescued a dead mother and her infant, cared for a lone orphan, and buried the baby at sea after a touching act of mercy. Captain Blackett, Mr. Roband, and crew showed human resolve amid terror and loss.
A reflective piece urges strict accounting of farm acres to identify unprofitable land and underused assets. It champions acting on knowledge to boost returns, improve soil work, and finish tasks methodically for real farm success.
The excerpt critiques the Republican call to the national convention, arguing it overpromises elevating American labor and free education while opposing Chinese labor, convict labor, and protectionist tariffs. It links these positions to hypocrisy and warns against paternalistic schooling schemes, urging a shift toward genuine reform and civil rights. The piece condemns the party's promises as hollow and emphasizes the need for sobriety, honest suffrage, and a broader reform agenda.
The piece contends that Republicans use two issues the ly shirt and threats to business as a campaign device across elections. It argues these tales inflame fears about Southern violence and harms to colored people to motivate voters, but notes real disruptions have not occurred after Democratic gains and predicts the tactic will fail next cycle.
The Washington Post notes General Mahone’s political trajectory as he loses influence within the party. It cites November voters in his state rejecting his claims, a lopsided balance of favors and penalties with the Administration, and a caucus that moves past his leadership.
The South Carolina election cases collapsed for lack of evidence amid accusations of a biased jury. Judge Bond, a Republican, presided as trials failed to convict any defendant. The report questions Republican claims of Democratic intimidation and notes broader political costs. Also noted: a Carlisle boy’s nicotine poisoning death and Yazoo County demographics.
An eyewitness account details the Honolulu leper detention hospital on Oahu and the forced relocation policy to Molokai. It describes the facility, its harsh regime, and the emotional toll on families as leprosy patients are exiled to death on the island, with a poignant scene of a wife swimming to reach her husband aboard the steamer.
Frits Bormann a longtime San Pedro resident returned from Puget Sound after being drugged and shanghaied aboard a schooner bound for Engel Sound. He worked aboard until the vessel reached its destination and returned home without complaint about mistreatment, but condemns the method of removal. The passage hints at a gang of haentioes aeimoken and calls for action to deter such incidents.
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