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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1887
Page
6
Fragmentary verses describe weather shifting with rain and sunshine and a meditation on life. The poetic lines mention trees, apples, and a journey through time, ending with a line about a burdensome past and freedom from sin. The piece evokes seasonal imagery and moral reflection.
A narrator recalls waking in Doctor Bertram’s hospital after a near death experience. He recounts a nightmare, a murder in a hidden room, and a perilous escape from a stormy night terror. The tale ends with the doctor guiding him to identify the house in Lower Abbey Street and a grim aftermath.
A collage of mini items and oddities: electric fishery notes, city fire department stats, quirky misreadings, a dramatic train platform incident, a Bayside gutter flood rescue, a parrot and cat friendship, a Boston travel tale, a miner's grave injury and recovery, a traveling mother with a French font of wit, and miscellaneous local curios.
A collage of witticisms and quips from Beecher Heston and others, lampooning marital trust, neighbors, and women, with jokes on patents, Indian debts, and Central Park swimming rules. It includes light criticism of editors and literary fare, ending with a macabre Central Park drowning quip.
A frail elderly woman near St. Oven in Louerie was declared dead after illness and was buried. Moaning from inside the coffin revealed she was alive, prompting authorities to review premature burial concerns. The London Telegraph notes an undertaker offering an air safe device and signaling system for future cases.
A Kansas City Times report describes questions to an elderly colored juror candidate in Wyandotte County. The man admits limited legal understanding, says he would convict if evidence shows guilt, and would not be bound by an oath or by other jurors if necessary. The exchange highlights juror bias concerns in capital case deliberations.
A wounded social scene is described through a child’s naive questions about names and home. A younger child asks a visitor her name and where she lives, then the visitor departs as the child bids farewell with affectionate words. The vignette reflects casual social neglect and frank speech.
A New York Mail and Express report describes a German Cornan School of Clothing Reform advocating woolen underwear over cotton or linen. Physicians claim wool improves skin function, temperature regulation, and perspiration drainage, reducing heat or cold stress.
A London Court Journal summary details clothing trends for lingerie and nightgowns. It highlights chemises with short sleeves and lace inserts, new guipore and Valenciennes laces, lace squares, and elaborate petticoats with three inch lace insertions. Parisian influence shows in yokes, ruffles, and veining, with hand embroidery on white gowns. Also notes practical trim shifts for daily wear and a poultry remedy and a ten thousand key lock invention.
A historical survey of ocean lore recounts legends surrounding fish such as skate, plaice, herring, salmon, pike, and oysters. It notes mythic origins of species, moral omens, saints and folklore from Brittany to Scotland, Normandy, and the Caucasus, with connections to Saint Corentin, St. Leven, and Pliny’s Natural History.
The article notes 16 monopolies by four American firms and rising use of wood carpet. It explains cheap ingrain-like options or costly woods selling at over a dollar per foot, with oak ash and maple ranging eighty to ninety cents a yard. Describes the simple yet exacting process of making wood carpet from sawing to inlaying, gluing, sanding, and oiling, and the high costs of design.
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