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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1887
Page
2
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In Brentwood a grieving widow, Mrs. Escott, finds hope after a chance meeting with a farmwoman who shares her brother Reverend Barr’s struggles. Moved by the tale, Escott funds the minister’s sabbatical, hosts his family, and donates to a Sunday reading room, transforming her life and a community project.
The article profiles Prince Kropotkine a Russian nobleman living in London who claims a claim to the Danish throne and has long opposed the autocrat. It recounts his youth scientific studies in Siberia Geneva and St Petersburg his role as a fiery platform speaker his capture and daring prison escape from St Peter and Paul prison his Lyons trial and subsequent exile in London now a noted revolutionary figure still opposing the Russian regime.
The Press defends President Cleveland after his refusal to visit St Louis for the Grand Army encampment. Across papers including Washington Critic Syracuse Courier Elmira Gazette New York Times Peoria Democrats Philadelphia Inquirer Detroit Journal Detroit Free Press Allen Observer and Albany Argus reflect on national unity sectional tensions and the President’s dignified stance. The Albany Argus notes the Gettysburg reunion and Lincoln’s call for peace as echoed by Cleveland's letter.
Veterans denounce Fairchild and Tuttle and their followers for sowing discord and seeking political power. They report a surrender of their crusade against peace as war veterans vote down censure resolutions, uniting under symbols of Honest Abe and Little Mae while marching together.
A Chicago Herald opinion piece argues Western veterans groups in Des Moines and Topeka threaten to insult the President if he attends the Grand Army of the Republic reunion in St Louis. It condemns the actions as malevolent and notes the President’s absence will separate loyal veterans from Ishing voices. The author urges honorable G A R members to repudiate the ruffians and uphold duty.
An Indianapolis Sentinel opinion piece criticizes John Sherman and the Republican Party. It argues Democrats prevail, cites Dorsey and Robeson as former party symbols, and calls Sherman ignorant while predicting GOP defeat unless reform resumes. The piece portrays Republicans as street beggars seeking favors.
A machine is described that sews 3,000 buttons daily. 1886 steel rails total 1,350,000 tons valued at $40,000,008. A 25 ton chain shipped for a five masted schooner needs two cars. Solar system speed estimates range from 10,090,009 to 525,000,000 miles per year. A Birmingham firm for steel blades claims superior strength and thinner blades. Boston ice works capacity 1,000 pounds per hour with ammonia evaporation. Solar activity last year showed minimal sunspots per Prof. Tacchini. Colored photography advances enable color images without brash. A push to establish a New England coast biology library and biology facilities follows Penikese. Women possibly first produced sewing thread in England in 1722, with Nun's thread from Tasley noted as the origin.
A collage of pithy quotes and quips from multiple newspapers. Items touch on debt, editorial vanity, education, Goethe, gold, social pretenses, and everyday foibles. Includes snippets from Fort Worth Gazette, Hoxton Journal of Education, New Age, Arkansaw Traveler, and others with brief exchanges and wry observations.
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