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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1885
Page
2
A fragmentary archaic tale recounts Druids performing rites on a Welsh coast. Amid autumn rituals, a priest declares the fate of a stolen maiden as the crowd grieves and the sea keeps watch. The legend ends with a bleak prophecy and the Cromlech stones standing steadfast.
In a New England village Miss Jane Cary sews a new cashmere dress for an upcoming outing, plans her trip to visit brother Jacob, and endures family talk of duty and thrift. A telegram derails the journey, prompting care for her injured brother Sam, and from nurse to fiancé Dr. Crawford, a quiet courtship grows as Sam recovers.
A market oriented piece advising households on selecting quality beef veal pork and fowl. It explains signs of tenderness flavor fat color and age for various meats and fish and offers tests for freshness. The article covers beef cuts ribs rump and sirloin, veal age indicators, mutton lamb kidneys, venison pork, fowl tests for age, and fresh fish checks including oysters clams and lobsters. It ends with seasonal fish guide and fruit vegetable freshness tips.
The article recalls early settlers in timbered lands facing hard clearing, noting crops, prices, and livestock. It traces shifts from 1850 to 1861, the advent of farm machinery after the war, and continued wool and sheep changes. It also covers needle manufacturing history in Birmingham and global trade, with details on processes, types, and notable costs.
The article argues against overreliance on commonplace books and quotes Daudet on originality. It critiques novelists who imitate others and praises Shakespeare Balzac and Daudet for living characters. It also notes Russia’s vast empire and rapid population rise with a rough death rate.
Describes sewing aprons with hemmed edges and drawn threadwork, using contrasting color ribbons in open spaces, plus tips for attaching borders. Mentions aprons of ticking and cage red crash, with waist bands, rounded corners, and hand holes for hanging or easing clothing. Demarest notes conclude.
Colonel Frary of Bridgeport Cutler Company imported forty Sheffield workers and families, plus sixty men from Germany and Hamburg to boost U S razor production. English workers demanded a separate room and shut doors to visitors, but Germans cooperated. The piece notes that American workmen are the best in the world.
A compilation of household hints and recipes from the Philadelphia Press, including ginger cookies, starchy shirts, mountain pound cake, milk soup, crispy potatoes, buttermilk muffins, sore throat remedies, and general home-cure advice with step by step notes and old-fashioned measurements.
The piece contrasts English dining etiquette with French and German customs, recounting a Royal Highness’ left handed eating and a humorous coffee scene. It then shifts to carpet history, detailing how Brussels carpets inspired English makers and the 18th century origins of axminster and Brussels looms in Kidderminster through John Broom’s travels and secrecy.
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