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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1886
Page
2
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A worn glove stirs memories of a faded romance, linking the speaker to a past beloved through a faint lavender scent and tear stained fabric. The relic, once worn by the speaker’s mother, evokes deep affection, longing, and reverence for days now gone.
Elizabeth Mouat, longtime resident of Shetland, recounts her perilous journey aboard the Columbine. Struck by disaster, the vessel failed to reach Dunrossness and Fair Isle as weather worsened. Mouat describes being tossed by waves, clinging to a rope, and enduring a solitary night afloat while her captain and crew disappeared.
An elderly passenger aboard the Columbine endures days of cold, hunger, and terror trapped aboard a sinking vessel in the North Sea. She survives by improvising heat, signaling land sighted north of Aalesund, and is finally rescued by local fishermen who haul her ashore and arrange medical care.
A plan offered to pay a woman ten pounds weekly plus expenses to visit the aquarium and receive visitors was rejected immediately, per the Chicago Tribune.
In Drake’s Traveler's Magazine a passenger recalls lodging with Deacon Rogers in Red Wing Minnesota. The strange four post bed with an adjustable ridge led him to fabricate a nightmarish tale, later exposed when a visiting woman identifies him and calls him a born liar.
The Blair Education bill moves through Senate debate as a national need surpassing strict constitutional limits. It argues illiteracy in the South and among Republican voters threatens democracy, urging universal education as a basis for universal suffrage, with Democratic statesmen urged to act despite constitutional objections.
The article contrasts President Cleveland's earnest defense of his pledges with the peevish Senate posture. It argues the minority report exposes perceived lawlessness by Edmunds and allies, and condemns the Republican stance as dangerous madness for the nation. It also discusses Cleveland's China indemnity stance and calls for Congress to reimburse Rock Springs victims, framing it as a test of national honor.
Secretary Whitney writes to Henry R. Low amid New York Senate probe into Broadway railroad consent. He describes ties among Roosevelt, Warren, Haven, Ives and others as they opposed Me Sharp and sought public sale of property. The letter notes negotiations, stock transfers, and Philadelphia investors involved in a complex franchise arrangement with uncertain outcomes and political risk.
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