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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1887
Page
6
A fragment from the Abilene Reflector recounts a street scene where roses are offered to a poor girl. The poem muses on pride, charity, and the true value of gifts, contrasting material wealth with compassion as the narrator recalls the sorrow of selling beauty for pennies.
Fin McGonigal a New Yorker, arrives at Bullopolis school where he jeers and fights with Frank Wolf the half breed Cherokee. Teacher Bessie Wheeler struggles to maintain order as Fin uses a banjo mimicry and a hair rope. A flood from a water spout forces a rescue when Wolf saves Fin by lasso, ending their feuds and forging an uneasy pact of friendship.
Gould notes varied farm silage practices, shifting from ungainly green fodder to grain rich silage. He describes reducing daily silage amounts, increasing grain via seed corn, and achieving higher feeding value with well-developed ears. Guidance covers storage, airing pits, timing, bran mixing, and practical feeding tools for dairy herds.
A Boston Budget sample notes a safe maker’s summary of burglary techniques. Tactics include wedges to force tenons, drill use on drill proof metal, Harris stripper for rivet removal, Barton pulling wrench to draw spindles, Mason ripper on iron safes, powder pump and dynamite around jambs to lodge bolts. Pennsylvania leads post offices with 3,248.
A gentleman skilled in machining fashions a nickel plated iron collar for a young setter and trains it with neck pressure to move. An electric station mishap follows as the dog is drawn toward a dynamo and a dust pan is magnetically fixed to the field. A German worker and a dinner pail tale end the episode with a humorous caution about station order. The tale appears in the Electrical Review.
A Boston Transcript tale profiles Mrs Hartmixum, a match-maker whose zeal for pairing couples consumes her life. After marrying off her brother George’s prospects, she turns relentless, turning lovers away at every turn. Her oddmission ends with her death, leaving a tongue in cheek reflection on marital meddling.
A collection of anecdotes and observations on temper and behavior from periodicals and travelers. Highlights include cautions to youths about fiery dispositions, remarks on a Boston girl’s denture mishap, a Pittsburgh inventor's steamer propulsion model, and a Philadelphia statue project for Columbus.
A nineteenth century home remedy advises rubbing oil on a baby’s feet and back, warming by a fire, and keeping warm to reduce cold symptoms. For hoarseness, a simple remedy uses sweet oil and onions in molasses or onion syrup with brown sugar to soothe the throat and clear bowels.
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