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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1887
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR reads like a lyrical reflection with archaic diction about a distant beloved, sorrow, and a sudden regal imagery. The text’s mood centers on doubt and longing, juxtaposed with a dramatic, ceremonial scene referenced by a queenly sweep and a distant festival.
In Blue Posts New York 1836 a mysterious visitor named Harry Willard charmed every girl and impressed the town. He spent a week sketching and socializing, then vanished leaving engraved cards reading No. HARRY WILLARD Exat Fifteenth Street New York. The village book club debated the letters while Fanny White prepared for marriage to Willard, to the shock of peers who never saw him again.
A Sioux Falls resident calmed four frightened women during a country windstorm last week. He entered their isolated farmhouse, urged calm, checked for a cellar, and helped shield them as the wind battered the house. After the danger passed, a local resident charged him for spoiled butter, fruit, and eggs before he left toward town.
A fashion note filled with New York millinery trends and the season’s novelties. Gold lace, Langtry bustles, shirred mull muslin bonnets, amber ornaments, and celluloid ivory appear in stylish accessories. White lawn frocks, parasols, and embroidered textiles are highlighted, with outfits for weddings and travelwear described in period tone.
A Cleveland editorial rips recent protests over the Gettysburg flag incident as partisan mischief. It praises the President's letter to the Philadelphia Brigade and condemns Fairchild, Tanner, and editors who push bitterness. The piece argues the nation seeks national unity and warns voters not to reward political treachery.
A historical piece discusses a major false claim used to influence the 19th century election. New York papers reportedly admit to embracing the bogus credit to Hayes’s rise, with debate over whether Bill Chandler or Zach Chandler led the wrongdoing. The piece notes the Republican Party's eager adoption of the fraud.
A St Louis Post Dispatch critique argues negro suffrage failed to keep the Republican Party in power as white voters resisted. It notes Senator Inglis’s claim of failure and contrasts with John Sherman’s Gettysburg invitation and Foraker letter, framing Sherman’s platform as “Now or never.”
A compilation notes unanimous Democratic reluctance to reopen war fights while commentary from St Louis Republican and Chicago papers debates war's end. It cites Sherman remarks on victory, contrasts with Senate pallor, and recalls Sumner 1873 proposal to remove Civil War victories from military flags. Washington Post notes increased patent issuances in Land Office with fewer clerks.
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