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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1884
Page
2
A fragmentary verse voice laments leaving home for love and life. The speaker pleads against marriage and leaving a mother’s heart, claiming independence and a desire to stay where happiness and the world beyond offer freedom. The tone is rustic and protective, with rustic imagery of home, cats, milk, and bright days.
A young man staying at a faded seaside town befriends a pale mysterious lady seen on a long pier. He bonds over walks and a kitten, learns she is watched by her maid and believed to be in danger, and faces a chilling storm and a final hint of a hidden burden.
A New York scalp surgeon predicts a cure for baldness within a year. He explains a blistering process to remove outer skin, loosen follicles, and revive hair growth, insisting hair roots never die. He notes many bald men exist and jokes about bald women in ballrooms. An old Roman coin sold in New York for seventy-one.
The essay compares Wall Street turmoil to a brutal battle, detailing failures, bank runs, and the collapse of brokers during a panic. It notes the roles of confidence, speculation, and leadership, citing Ward and Grant & Ward, and ends with reflections on prudence and luck amid financial chaos. It also includes a Toledo anecdote about Miss Nevas Johnston and a note on Ulysses Grant Jr.'s family finances.
The piece argues energy and contentment can coexist in one person. Energy propels duties and ideas, while contentment provides calm in success or failure. It cites the Savior's counsel to avoid worry, notes the value of daily tasks, and urges balanced, purposeful effort. It concludes with practical nursing advice on fomentations and costless methods.
A royal court official recounts the Circumlocution Office episode where a shaky chair underwent repairs after a formal requisition. Inspectors visited twice, a cabinet-maker fixed it in minutes, and later a door-breaking mishap led to a terse reply from the Board of Works. A separate note mentions Lord Justice Fry’s robe cupboard key incident and a bear hire in Yellowstone County.
A private account describes trenching and plowing deep soil, heavy barnyard manure, precise row spacing, and careful plant placement from a two year old seedling bed. It details annual cycles, including late June cleanup, straw mulching, ash mixing, and a yearly market harvest with brief cultivation.
A collage of brief suggestions from multiple sources on cleaning glass with pumice and alcohol, orchard pest control, boiled ham served with lettuce, lime-wash tree blight notes, cleaning pipes with hot potash solution, cramp remedy using cork, and corn root cultivation advice. Multiple items attributed to Prairie Farmer Troy Times Exchange Scientific American and Olio Farmer.
An 19th century discussion notes the vast number of agricultural and domestic patents, arguing farmers benefit yet face misuse by crooks selling fraudulently patented items. Authors urge shifting infringement liability to makers and sellers, not purchasers, while acknowledging overall value from inventions. The piece cites counts of patents across tools, housing, and household devices and laments profiteering at farmers' expense.
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