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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1887
Page
6
Nora Derry in New York reports a dramatic confrontation where two former friends exchange harsh words until a crowd witnesses their break. The scene ends with their anger dissolving as death looms unseen, leaving onlookers to ponder their fallen tempers.
In Filstone, Old Smith, a quiet regiment member, is linked to milliner Gracie Clough sparking gossip among peers led by Bob Topsham. Topsham's rival appears as tensions rise between old friends and a noble heir eyeing a shop girl, threatening barrack harmony as testimonies unfold.
In a regiment a milliner’s shop girl and nobleman’s son face class barriers and honor. Gracie loves Bob Topsham but Smith intervenes guiding a surprising twist revealing Gracie as Smith’s sister and securing a marriage arrangement that settles the rivals.
A Detroit Free Press anecdote describes a Alabama railroad town store where a father and son divide pricing duties. William sells coffee pots at forty cents while the father handles calico at eighteen pence, illustrating rigid shop ethics and bargaining dynamics observed by travelers.
The piece outlines how the 1873 crisis emerged in Germany and the United States. It notes Germany’s postwar boom and vast joint stock growth followed by a rapid collapse, while the US faced price rises, prosperity, and railway mania that led to a banking and 1873–1875 wave of failures. It cites Weiss in Popular Science Monthly and closes with a quip about Dakota girls and the brass bands serenading a newcomer.
A San Francisco firm makes pressed bricks from coal ashes and cinders, claiming strength without baking. Uranus appears elliptical per Grand Ducal Observatory observers. Russia has 488 cotton mills, 4,165 looms, 0 workers, and goods valued at 32.5 million annually. Athens: liner production in 87 factories employs 25,500. Polar ice theory posits a wedge destruction of Earth. Carbonic acid may have served as anaesthetic in ancient times. Professor Thomson foresees electric heating aiding welding and forging in factories. Augusta Georgia has 12 cotton factories worth 6.67 million, employing 4,285 with 212,336 spindles. water-power cost noted. Paper yellowing traced to oxidation from light. moisture accelerates. Dr Topinard presents eye and hair color classifications to aid traveler observations. A new neighborhood darner system gives women weekly routes repairing family garments including lace work.
A collage of humor and gossip from odd remarks and misread snippets. It lampoons social foibles, with brief quips about Boston New York and Western speech, ending with a vignette of a Boston broker and a rewarded newsboy.
A collection of短 notes from periodicals including Prairie Farmer and Cincinnati Times on farming practices animal care and kitchen recipes. Topics cover mole control pig housing floor materials chicken coop dryness veal scallops and quick pantry remedies with practical tips and brief culinary instructions.
A Nat ional Live-Stock Journal article argues pigs fatten best on pasture with a moderate grain in warm weather, not in cold quarters. It presents an experiment showing grass plus bran and meal yields heavier dressed hogs than grass alone or grass with heavy winter feeding, and estimates substantial feed savings by shifting fattening to summer.
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