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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1884
Page
2
Partial OCR reports a court decision about a lease and news notices. It references a trial court weighing prima facie evidence of an international fraud claim and questions liability for payment. Names, dates, and specifics are garbled in the source.
A Chicago Advance poem contemplates a distant, sorrowful city where ordinary labor ends and eternal calm replaces toil. The speaker contrasts a burdened world with an idealized place of bliss, calling for faith that suffering grants release while asking whether such peace can still be found in earthly life.
A veteran educator recalls guiding a large town school through an honesty test after chalkboard mischief. He challenges the class to name the culprit, but when no one speaks, the entire group is implicated. A hands on lesson using a harsh but fair approach follows, teaching accountability without repeated punishment. The piece also recounts snowball discipline with Jim Higgins and a confrontation that ends with a quiet, lasting peace.
The article describes jet black gros grain and ottoman silks for spring dresses featuring self-pleating pulls, gathered frills, jet galloon, and lace. It details basques, bouffant drapery, collars, jabots, and beaded accents, with varied lower skirts including pleated, box-pleated, and kilt styles, plus apron over-skirts and panier pleating, urged with satin and wool alternatives.
A hostile pamphlet argues Monaco’s prince profits from Monte Carlo gambling. It details ownership splits after M Blanc and his widow, the prince’s rising income, and the state’s wealth reliance. The piece notes clerics, journalists, and loose women aiding the enterprise and cites suicides in the gardens with strict police removals.
The Pall Mall Gazette notes Paris leads the dancing season with a new twist on old pleasure. Hostesses impersonate nationalities from Spain to Poland as guests follow the mise en scene. Salons echo Madrid, Poland, and a Parisian boulevardier vibe, with diverse costumes and music spanning bullfights to Chopin waltzes.
A compilation of farming notes on flavoring puddings with pineapple juice, composts, dairy practices, baking icing with citrus, humane handling of cattle, egg poaching in water, vines on houses, English sheep farming versus American, and careful seed saving methods for peas beans lettuce radishes spinach tomatoes melons squashes cucumbers with emphasis on selecting early prolific plants, drying seeds, and proper cleaning.
A farmer prospers when neighbors succeed and the locality earns a reputation for fertility. A town grows as more farmers thrive, attracting buyers with abundant and high quality butter, wool, apples, and other crops. Community prosperity raises land values and gives homeowners pride in shared fields and orderly farms.
Fox hunting tales recount foxes outsmarting hounds by swimming across ponds and delaying chasing packs. Colonel Seth Lathrop shoots a fox that dives beneath leaves to breathe. Stories feature Squire Harris of Salem and a Franklin farmer’s winter ploy catching foxes for months.
The piece surveys Chinese funeral customs, detailing costly coffins, elaborate rites, and the social pressures of filial duty. It describes elder son duties, water burial practices, Buddhist or Catholic officiants, mourners’ roles, and the ceremonial preparation of the corpse with opulent garments and ancestral tributes. It also notes the public display at the house and the ritual sealing of the coffin before the lamentations begin.
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