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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1883
Page
3
A rural tale from the Abilene Reflector recounts a summer romance between a city visitor and a maiden named Susy. The gay young man from town confesses love, reveals his conflicts with his father’s expectations, and the pair plot a future away from town. The poem ends with a lighter note on choosing love over wealth and status.
A Geneva notice retells the life of Andre Franjoli a Russian revolutionary and his wife Eugenie Zadadary as they endure poverty imprisonment and danger. They join Narodnaia Volia in St Petersburg and convey a radical martyrdom through a doomed bond. Eugenie dies beside him after his death and they rest together in the communal cemetery.
A compact critique of Republican leaders after the Civil War arguing that Reconstruction policies and actions by Johnson and his Cabinet shaped the South’s political stance. It traces the sequence from Lincoln’s era to 1884, naming McCulloch, Johnson, Stanton, and later figures, and argues that punitive or partisan measures caused long term alienation of the Southern states from the party while detailing historical missteps and alleged corruptions.
Abraham and Joshua attend a dinner where Joshua hides a silver spoon in his boot. Envious Abraham plans a trick and declares a magic trick, pulling the spoon from Joshua’s hood. The misplaced spoon is found, ending the gag with a comic flourish.
Ex Senator Tabor praised as a shining light of Republicanism. He touts Arthur as 1884 standard bearer and criticizes Chester A. Arthur as a fitting nominee for a fraudulent party. The piece paints a scathing, partisan view of 19th century political maneuvering and party figures.
The writer surveys 1861 to 1865 era dissent among Democrats and Republicans, noting Peace Democrats denouncing the flag, Greeley's stance, Vallandigham and Sumner critics, and General Scott opposing the income tax. It argues Democrats were sizable in Union ranks and veterans, and cites Northern and Confederate motives before concluding with a humorous Niagara Falls anecdote and pun about a stove.
A Detroit Free 253 item notes a South Carolina pistol user chiding about using common soap to soften a gallows rope. He asserts victims should not complain and complains the pay is not enough to buy scented soap.
A collage of society notes and literary views. Tax tales surface from New York and California while Miss Chamberlain returns to Cleveland. John L. Stoddard earns $22,000 yearly as a European travel lecturer. Rev H Root sues the Times for 30000 in Dakota. jury returns six cents. Bill Nye resigns as postmaster of Laramie City to publish Baled Hay. Rosa Bonheur, age sixty one, urges artists to ignore world opinion. The Christian Commonwealth editor weighs novels as moral instruction yet warns against weakening taste for substantial reading.
A mosaic of brief cartoonlike quips from various newspapers. The piece links jokes about money, primates, fashion, and social scenes with snatches about reporters and public figures, reflecting late 19th or early 20th century wit and parody. Diverse named outlets and writers appear in quick, punchy snippets.
The Austin Recorder rails at a neglectful father who claims he only whipped a neighbor’s boy. The judge condemns him for harming another child and leaving his own with no sympathy, fining him ten dollars plus costs.
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