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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1887
Page
2
Fragmentary lines describe someone returning home, with imagery of apple trees in bloom and thoughts on time for work and play. The text appears to be a poetic or reflective brief from the Abilene Reflector published by L H Litts & Co, but most content is incomplete and non-specific.
A family tale set in Missouri as Civil War tensions ignite. Richard Kirby, a Southern suitor, enlists after a dispute over a letter aiding enslaved people. Jane clings to hope amid battles that split neighbors, and Richard dies after a grim farewell, leaving Jane bound to the Confederacy and the memory of their love.
An era of affordable timepieces is described with brass mantels, nickel plated time-keepers, weather clocks, calendars and chimes. The piece notes export demand to Europe and the Americas, offering dozens of styles at low prices to suit any East-side flat.
The article profiles Eim and Clarence Stedman the Wall Street banker at his Newcastle Island New Hampshire summer home. It describes the Queen Anne cottage sea views stone walls a Venetian loggia and driftwood hearth. It notes his literary work in New York at night and leisure activities including boating fishing and visits by authors savants and travelers at Jaffrey Point.
In a Boston Globe piece the writer visits Sterly near the Quincey market and learns from a dealer that blood oranges are produced by grafting pomegranates onto ordinary orange trees. He notes Sicily as a major producer and mentions other curiosities like pineapple and navel oranges, sweet lemons, and the lime versus lemon taste divide.
A collage of humorous vignettes and curiosities from 1880s newspapers. Notes on fashion mishaps, clever thieves, a horse struck by lightning, a German violet study, a bank cashier judge exchange, a lamp post design, and a puzzle prize offer. Includes humorous anecdotes from Harper’s Bazaar and Drake’s Traveler. Entrepreneurs and inventors feature in imagined devices and real wagers.
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