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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1885
Page
7
A tangle of OCR snippets condemns removing newspapers from post offices and notes court rulings on delivery. The rest is a patchwork of poetry about home, memory, mother, and departed days, with garbled lines and stray phrases describing longing and loss.
In a historical romance set during a Crimea era conflict, Weatherley confesses his faults to Leverett and seeks to mend his relationship with Miss Bassett. Mary Bassett forgives Cameron as Weatherley and Cassidy arrange a hopeful plan to nurse him back from injury in Philippopolis, while Leverett orchestrates support and a possible marriage to secure happiness amidst turmoil.
An editorial extols Southern growth and peace, rejecting the bloody shirt tactic in politics. It cites rising Northern investment, railroad and mine development, and crop gains, noting South Carolina and Georgia increases in corn and cotton, with previously unused lands becoming productive.
A political column cites Senator Warren Miller of New York criticizing Civil Service reform as a Republican stance while in Saratoga. It contrasts past abuses under Grant and the spoils system with current statutes, noting Democrats’ mixed views and the South’s loyalty shifts, referenced through a Washington Post and Century excerpt.
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