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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1887
Page
2
A lyrical prose piece published by L H Litts & Co. reflects on evening gardens, night shadows, and celestial imagery. It contrasts silent celestial order with human longing, invoking dawn, flowers, and dew as symbols of renewal amidst poetic musings.
A frontier county sheriff Josiah and his wife Prudence defend a jail from Wild Cat Jim and a dozen desperate inmates. Prudence bullets a killer, orders coroner and undertaker, and locks down every cell after a dramatic standoff ending with three prisoners dead and the jail secured.
A report from American Magazine describes the ascent of Popocatepetl with breathless detail and peril as climbers endure numbness dizziness and nosebleeds before reaching the summit. It follows with a discussion from Epoch on hospitality decline in cities, tracing causes like travel pressure housing costs and hotel living sway, and laments the strain of hosting in modern New York society.
A humorous roundup of misused phrases and malapropisms from several nationalities. Examples include a deaf aunt asking a doctor to “open my head,” a Paisley pub landlord complaining of a servant who vanishes “twenty times for once she’ll come in,” and a New Haven station woman with eight cross-eyed children. The piece showcases playful miswordings from Ireland, Scotland, and England alike.
A druggist finds a fine string of trout and brings it to the editor and Tompkins. They scheme a morning fishing trip to claim more fish, each touting the other’s catches. At the shanty and river bank they trade stories and money, ending with a visit to the druggist to show off their haul.
F. Mail and Evpress describe new dress fabrics and shades for women, noting lilac inia and plum tones supplant heliotropes, two toned velvets paired with plain velvets, and rich toilettes using faille with beaded passementeries. Velvet moire antique dominates, with leaves striped patterns and extensive passementeries in colors. Morocco shale deepens browns, moss greens and Goblin blues pair with striped and plaited velvets, while streetwear favors tailored loths.
A rambling reminiscence on 19th century fashion shows cats worn in baskets and muff pockets as furred accessories. It recounts ladies in Lachow and Lounles adopting cat baskets, dogs in muffs, and portraits of intent figures like Mule, Selmeiter and the Duchesse de Bauthremont, plus a glimpse of Michelet with Angora cats and cat sleeves.
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