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Newspaper

The Abilene Reflector

Location

Abilene, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1884

Page

3

Diverse Religious Notes From A 19th Century Paper

A compilation notes remarks by Rev Phillips Brooks on foreign missions and college life, Moravian church anniversary, Methodist bishops on church vitality, a Belgian mass book used in Virginia, Tara Trust Fund for lost tribes, Spurgeon on Israelite tribes, and a Detroit News summary of these items.

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Fragmented quips and curios from a curious column

A jumble of short anecdotes and joke snippets from a 19th century periodical. It includes misheard phrases, travel notes from Detroit, a tale of a mother and child, taxicab chatter, and light Q&A about geography and sports terms. The piece preserves quirky language and local tone without full coherence.

Doctor’s blunt bedside humor in a fatal lung case

A patient with consumption asks the doctor to examine his lungs. The doctor retorts to go home and not worry, saying the lungs will last until the patient’s last breath and there will be no use for them afterward. The exchange captures grim humor in a terminal illness context.

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Farm and Fireside and Food Advice Items

Various tips from farm periodicals cover milk handling to feeding calves, including not letting dirt reach milk, gradual diet changes for calves, and the folly of relying on strainers. Also notes on strawberries and chrysanthemums, oat eradication, pre-plant uses, custard baking in hot water, moss removal from trees, and horse feeding varied with work demands.

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Vests and Pests of Sheep in Historic Remedy Advice

The article warns sheep owners about severe parasitic pests especially ticks and a thread worm. It details a tobacco and sulfur dip as a remedy, notes the impact on lambs and flock health, and recommends clean pastures and turpentine treatments to prevent and treat infestations.

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Miscellaneous items from a bygone era

A collage of brief notes on oddities and anecdotes including herring landings on the Northeast River Virginia patent medicines costs, a lenient view of a lazy boy and a wind up watch, a Chattanooga lawn party incident, Savannah’s parks, Calvin Brice’s Nickel Plate success and wealth, electric lighting in Washington, a Norwich man’s money disappearing after broker collapse, a misadventure with a boxed express shipment, a German palace visit, Horace Buell’s express stunt, jokes about Beecher’s sons, and a chaotic steer-and-cowboy scene near a saloon with a table of whist players.

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Don’t Wake Him Early A Critique Of Morning Routines

A Night Morning Journal correspondent argues against forcing six year old children to rise early. The piece cautions that premature waking harms health and development, and that sleep needs vary with children. It notes history and warns against equating early rising with virtue.

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Indian Territory life and law under Haworth chief friend

Government Superintendent Haworth describes Indian Territory with Cherokees Creeks Choctaws Chickasaws and Seminoles about 62 000 people. Tribes govern themselves with a two house legislature an executive branch and courts. Death penalties apply for murder horse stealing and rape. Whites must license to trade. mixed marriages grant Indian rights. land held in common with individual improvements. intermarriage with blacks rising. emigration of negroes noted.

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Her Secret Troubles and a Woman's Struggle

A weary woman near a sweltering home battles exhaustion while caring for a sick child. Rev William Watson recounts his wife’s collapse from overwork and how Warner's Tippecanoe and Warner's Safe Cure restored her health, urging others to seek relief.

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