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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1885
Page
3
In a moral tale from Abilene Reflector style, Miranda Daggett inherits Ephram Spencer’s fortune and three pauper wards after the book agent flees with funds from townsfolk. She relocates the boys, builds a home, and faces inner conflict about wealth, love, and social duty as the widow ponders the Kingdom of Heaven.
The article argues sleep trance and hibernation share common causes in nervous and organ exhaustion. It notes deathlike stupor can mimic sleep, cites animals' periodic vascular changes, and describes a Bridgewater laborer misclassified as dead after a trance. It highlights the difficulty of distinguishing death from deep stupor in rare cases.
In Welby at the poor farm, Mirandy Dag faces pressure from Miss Bemis and others about marriage after Ephram’s breakup. Old Lady Peaseley, wealthy yet aloof, weighs in as a controlling figure while Mirandy rejects remarriage, insisting she must manage farm life herself without a husband. The dialogue reveals class tension and regional speech as neighbors debate wealth, worth, and independence.
The piece argues two factions misread Ohio results as rebuking President Cleveland. It asserts Ohio was a pure state election, Republican-leaning, with no national implications, and notes Sherman's rhetoric and Arthurian precedent did not drive the outcome. It also condemns the Democratic claim as unfounded and stresses local reform vs national politics.
The New York Sun highlights a conflict in Civil Service where ordinary clerks must pass strict exams to prove fitness while autocratic Commissioners governing the system are chosen without tests. The piece suggests the discrepancy stems from historical political outcomes rather than merit, citing unnamed party lines and editorials from the Globe-Democrat and Chicago Herald.
The piece argues Republicans revived bitter war issues for political gain, claims North and South are now united with intertwined economies, and denounces sectional agitators. It notes Northern and Southern capitalists collaborate on railroads, canals, and mills, while urging an Ohio constitutional change to hold elections in November and shorten presidential campaigns. It critiques Cleveland actions in New Mexico and ends with patriotic sentiment from a Memphis appeal.
T S Barton proprietor invites Athlene citizens to visit the bakery at the old Keller stand on Third street. He offers constantly fresh bread cakes and pies in the city with special orders promptly attended to.
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