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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1885
Page
2
In Stoke bourne a young woman recounts a year tangled with Dr Browne the handsome physician who befriends her family and unravels a web of palmistry rumors a fiancé’s fraud and a deepening bond. Ernest vanishes amid financial deceit while Browne quietly aids in uncovering truth and seeking the rightful future for Beatrice.
Instructions cover sowing in fertile ground, weed control, and July to August planting. Guidance on bed preparation, spacing six inches between plants, four feet between rows, and deeper rows for winter use. Describes banking, earth training, and timing for harvest in October followed by cellar or trench storage methods. Includes New Jersey market gardener techniques and safety notes on cold weather handling.
Postmaster General Brown died suddenly in Washington on March 1, 1859. Days earlier he warned Third Assistant PMG Marron to “come in and see me” and to “set your house in order.” Marron died three weeks later, Brown fell ill soon after, and Brown kissed his wife farewell before dying, in a tale recounted by Sen Perley Poore.
A Sail and Express piece discusses Japanese marriage norms with early betrothals declining, parental arrangement via intermediaries, and limited divorce. It argues wives and mothers hold high status, social mixing limited, and family discipline strong, contrasting with Western views. Names and dates unspecified.
A sensational piece outlines a cheap method to burn churches using a hollow timber structure, false walls, via a furnace and air boxes to force hot air through a hollow door. It claims success in Boston areas, warning readers of a deadly technique. The report also notes the Afghan jazail firearm and its unreliable fuse, with London News summarizing the wartime joke about a marksman timing his blast.
A lighthearted essay advises newlyweds on managing home life and hospitality. It contrasts confident entertaining with budget limits, urging careful shopping, fair weights, and direct communication with butchers and tradesmen. It stresses economy without sacrificing quality and encourages prudent, hands-on management of meals and provisions.
Washington correspondent of the Cleveland Leader reports ex Justice Davis advised a Chicago lawyer bound for the Supreme Court to stay calm under interruptions. If a judge interrupts with questions, say respectfully that the point will reach it later. If the point isn’t reached, it won’t matter.
A collection of domestic hints and recipes including corn bread with butter milk and molasses, cheap rice pudding, and nut cake with walnut frosting. Also notes on feather bed care, fodder for cattle, moth control with salt, and poultry feather pecking remedies. Mentions Prairie Farmer Philadelphia Press Chicago Herald Albany Journal and Rural Home as sources.
The writer notes that profitable farming can come from concentrating manure and labor on a smaller area. A Rochester area dairyman on two acres earns a living through fruit, raspberries, cereals, potatoes, and a cow with fifty hens, showing that diligent cultivation on half the land can yield substantial profit. The essay praises farm writer Professor L B Arnold as an authority on daily matter.
The fashion notes describe shower thin wool fabrics suited for midsummer dresses with thirty white wool weavings imitating canvas, grenadine, bison cloth, and more. Styles include plain or striped skirts, bouretti stripes in colors, and white basques with narrow vests. Evening options feature wool gauzes and scrape wools, with trims minimal.
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