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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1883
Page
2
The Abilene Reflector prints a nostalgic farewell poem by Eugene J. Pind of Chicago News. It laments the passing of a long trusted stamp, recalling years of use from daily life, gifts, tears, and memories. The piece humorously marks the end of the friendship as the stamp is “licked” no more and bids goodbye to hundreds of small moments shared in malls and letters.
A veteran engineer Bob Jennings recounts a perilous night running the Portland and Ogdensburg express through a blizzard and a fatal fright on the Frankenstein trestle. A premonition from his wife and a blown-down switch avert disaster. directors reward him with praise and a gold watch.
A collage of home arts and farming notes including butter storage in stone jars, salt fish soaking in sour milk, cucumber and milk to remove tan, care for farm implements, horse shoulder care from mane plaiting, cautious remarks on pickles and digestion, a cabbage pudding dish, cream candy recipe, and a beefsteak pickling method with herbs and vinegar.
The article explains timely digging when stalks die and soil is dry to avoid rot and greening. It covers storage methods from cool sheds to pits and cellars, with raised bins, ventilation, and temperature controls. Lime sprinkled on potatoes helps prevent rot, while potato rot is a parasitic fungus.
Ex senator Sharon boasts income of 100000 a month while pianist Hans von Bulow enters a lunatic asylum. Publisher Spur claims to sell 33000 copies of Joke Jonghman’s Talk. MacVeagh to write six months’ sayings in Gat eld Cabinet. Mrs Langtry called “dear America” by Louisville Courier-Journal, hinting at acting renown. Seven year old Jennie Scott lectures across Texas. Miss Leslie Ayer attracts Parisian attention with 35000000 dot. Happy Polk County reunion: Nancy Liggett and three sisters aged 75, 70, 69, 67. Brahma missionary recalls John Bright’s breakfast, and a widow Oregon rider keeps her plains saddle. C. H. Walker noted as oldest white person born in Oregon.
A collage of witty quotes and anecdotes from newspapers including Detroit Post, Aer thant Traveller, Norris town Herald, City Derrick, Rochester Post-Express, and Har ver's Bazar. Items joke about shrill ads, peach-raising feats, schoolroom quips, a road agent, a neck-tie sociable, and a country child misnaming cow horns.
The Court, in a decision delivered by Justice Bradley, holds Congress had no authority under the Thirteenth or Fourteenth Amendments to enforce the Civil Rights Act of 1877. Justice Harlan alone dissents, preparing a separate opinion. The ruling affects only U S states, not territories or the District of Columbia.
Two men drowned when a Colorado River ferryboat broke a cable and drifted toward a dam near Austis Texas on October 15. Rescue efforts saved Mrs Renn and two children, while others aboard were picked up by small boats.
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