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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1887
Page
7
A sequence of fragmented, archaic verse lines reflecting on mortality, the afterlife, and the value of human deeds. The speaker questions praise, fate, and the usefulness of others after peril and achievement, with scattered imagery of snow, stars, ropes, and runners.
A domestic tale from the Phrenological Journal follows Mrs Brownie Smith as she debates becoming a home missionary to save neighbors from self destruction through overwork and vanity. She observes Mrs Wilkins and others, contrasts healthy plain living with fashionable excess, and weighs reforms against social pace while Mr Smith counsels measured example over precept. The piece blends moral reflection with light humor and period social critique.
A Philadelphia News item reports a physician wearing shoes crafted from African skin, sourced from dissected cadavers. It notes tanneries in Womelsdorf and a French shoemaker, with further mentions of other grisly leather items linked to medical dissections. The piece uses a sensational tone to describe the practice and its social reactions.
The article notes a rising craze for unusual home decor by men with hunting tastes. Rooms feature fox heads, trophy trimmings, and brash marble walls. Cane collections bloom in bachelor apartments with world-spanning canes and weaponized signs. Japanese and Chinese boudoirs appear, while rare objects fill walls and shelves.
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