Notable odds and ends from Abilene 1887
Long column of miscellanies reports events and notes: Barnum plans a Central America trip for pleasure, George H Brander leaves San Francisco for Scotland, Canada's Bernard Melon dies at 110 in Ottawa, a Jersey City turtle born from a souvenir egg, a Cincinnati church scandal over a woman of questionable repute attends services, the Milwaukee exposition shows Old Abe the war eagle with a tablet inscription, a Washington mandarin student with limited English, and Chief Justice Waite at 72 boasting high energy, rejecting a private secretary under a $1,700 salary.
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Milwaukee
Abe
St. Wisconsin
Russian woman jailed for marrying sixteen men
A Russian woman is condemned to lifelong prison for marrying sixteen husbands. In prison she thanked her lawyer and offered him a gold watch and chain as a keepsake, only to have him recognize it as his own stolen gift. Railroads plan to dump $15 migrants into southern California this winter to boost population, regardless of future livelihoods. California’s fruit market and climate are touted to lure East Coast wealth, but the era’s boom may collapse into distress and panic, as warned by the Topeka Capital.
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California
San Francisco
Carefu
Thui
Missouri Valley
Topeka
Quincy Herald
Brussels
Frank KR. Stockton
St Nicholas
United States
Detroit Free Press
Sumner
Senate
Sam Wari
Ami
Arnold Burges Johnson
Tee Commopolitan
Editorial Whittlings on 1888 Republican Rift and U.S. Politics
The piece lampoons party strife as umpire like criticism shifts to the opposition candidate. It notes Blaine’s weakness and exile from the White House, cites Sam Jones’s switch to mugwumps, and reports Wisconsin’s push for Jere Rusk with Fairchild as second choice. It reflects partisan tensions and expediency in the lead up to election season.
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Paris
New York Herald
Blaine
Bar Harbor
White House
Washington
Sam Jones
Sam
Wisconsin
Jere Rusk
Bat
Laucius Tertius Palsius Fairchild
Record Wheat Sown in Kansas Reaches New High
The Kansas crop season saw a record sowing of wheat this fall, with optimism for the state's future. An Iowa inventor introduces a corn stalk fuel, claiming twelve inch blocks yield an hour of heat and cost about 3 dollars per ton. The late Sylvanus Cobb Jr. wills his estate to his wife as sole executrix with safeguards, including no bond and limits on remarriage. A post office ruling tightens packaging text to only name and address, sender info, and return request, threatening higher rates if extra wording remains.
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Iowa
Sylvanus Cobb, Jr
Dedham
Mass
Mr. Cobb
Post Office Department
Pure Unisedness Rages Over Roses and Seldom Songs
A compact meditation on dissonance and chance as questions ponder why unruly forces temper summer blooms. The piece probes human contradictions, noting repeated, almost ritual complaints by a singer and the flirtations of intent versus reception.
Education and women in science across the globe
A survey of women in education notes prominent roles from Ole Bull’s daughter preparing for a Harvard annex to Kin Yamei at New York Women’s Medical College. It highlights women on English and Welsh school boards, university patronages, and new college activities while detailing reforms and achievements in Oberlin, Columbia, and Stockholm. The piece also covers political shifts, labor notices, and military appointments shaping education and society.
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Ole Bull
Harvard
England
Wales
King's College
Princeton
Evelyn College
New York
Kin Yamei
New York Women’s Medical College
Turkey
Oberlin College
Trinity Church School
Queen of
Saxony
Sibyllenort
Anna B. McMahan
Ann Arbor
Mich
Columbia College
Vassar College
Hulda Linden
Stockholm
Thurman on the Surplus in Government Revenue
Judge Thurman warns that the Treasury is piling up about 100 million dollars yearly in unneeded funds. He calls it monstrous to tax people to accumulate money the government cannot use or justify keeping.
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Thurman
United States
Bananas and Culture Mix In Odd读ings Across Pages
A collection of curious notes quotes political aches and literary quips. It mentions congressional corruption concerns and echoes of Somerville Journal on temper and angels. Sir Arthur Sullivan writes a new Mary Stuart opera. A World-Spanish remark praises bananas as nutritious for invalids, with Humboldt figures comparing yields to potatoes and wheat for many mouths.
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Arthur Sullivan
Mary Stuart
Two Measures for Postal Telegraph Controls in Congress
A projected postal telegraph bill aims to curb high rates and monopoly power by government regulation or operation. Support grows for government control with amendments likely. opposition favors modest reforms. The inter state commerce bill may be debated anew, but repeal seems unlikely. Citizens urged to hold representatives accountable for pro‑mass policies.
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Gual
Congress
Cullom
Latib
Alliegiance
Emporia Democrat
Astonishing Success of Boschee German Syrup
The ad claims Boschee's German Syrup cures consumption and all throat and lung diseases with immediate relief. It urges dr uggists to recommend it to the poor and dying and notes sales of 0,000 dozen bottles last year with a sample size offered for 10 cents and regular size 75 cents nationwide.
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Eli
United States
Canada
Sheriff's Sale Promises Sheriff Sale in Dickinson County
Deere and Baker defendants as court orders a sale by the clerk of Dickinson County Kansas on December 17 1887 to the highest bidder for cash of Lot 14 Block 22 in Dickinson County Kansas the proceeds to satisfy the judgment The order bears the clerk s seal and date of November 9 1887 filed by J Miller sheriff and deputy officials.
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Adi
Dickinson
Kansas
Gay
Lota
Dickinwoe
State of Ee
D. J. Miller
Notice of Appointment in Dickinson County Kansas
The state of Kansas announces a court appointment dated October 25 in Dickinson County. John Loy, formerly of the deceased, has been appointed as the person named by the Piceste Court. Interested parties are advised to govern themselves and take notice of the appointment and related proceedings.
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State OF
Kansas
Dickinson County
John Loy
European Drinks Across The Channel And Hungary
An overview of European beverages across England France Germany and beyond. It notes English mixed drinks like shandy gail and dognoe, French absinthe and tea with rum, German beer and schnapps, Hungarian wine and beer culture, and Turkish Rahvay coffee. It cites cultural drinking habits in urban and rural settings, plus a brief, non-graphic European study of food and nutrition.
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England
France
Germany
Turkey
John Bull
English Channel
Monsieur le
Pierre Macelotte
Berlin
Pierre
Munich
Lear
Avenia
Sue
Abe
Hungary
Bulgaria
Austria
Vienna
Danubs
Budapest
Silvonia
Danubian
Balkan Peninsula
Roumetia
Boston
Rocky Mountain
Thomas Stevens
New York Mail and Express
Dancing Turkeys and Cruel Tricks Behind Bar Cages
A Philadelphia News item reports on dancing turkeys confined in a wire cage under a bar. Coals heated the iron floor below, making the birds dance to entertain patrons, while the bartender boasted the trick drew crowds before the cruel method emerged.
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Anes
Phila
Delphia News
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Henry Litts
P. T. Barnum
Central
America
George H. Brander
The
Nevada Bank
Scotland
Scotia
Bernard Melon
Ottawa
Melon
Atlantic
Jersey City
Cincinnati
Legation
Waite
United States Supreme Court
Editorial Whittlings
Frances H. Mitchell
Ofhiladelphia
Zurich University
Japan
Land of Peace
Plenty
Italy
Mer‘ica
Endicott
Asa Gardner
Army
War Department
Endiecott
Taylor
Adams
Engineer Corps
Department
English Church Congress
Los Angeles
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
K. C
Rock Island Railroad
Kansas City Express
Morris
Ill
St. John
Rock Island
N. Y. Star
Pitchor
Somerville Journal
Adam
Humbolt
Soeam Berwij Attar
Europe
Moe
Respiratior Aprertus
Cad
Astiste
Surveyor General of Prisons
Mer
Loni Michel
le Jeft
New York Sun
Edward Everett Hala
New York Tribune
West Indies
Pravitestvennyi Vestniks
Scruzzi
Coney Talend
I7l
Philadelphia Times
Siena Seaton
Vanderbilt
Barnum
Buffalo Courier
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