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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1886
Page
7
Abilene Reflector prints a tribute poem praising printers and their art. It extols the printer as the unseen binding link between thought and public life, giving voice to truth and sustaining literature through ink and toil. The verse honors the craftsman who builds without seeking fame.
A long survey of jewel frauds details paste gems, doublets, and mock pearls used to spoof real stones. It covers methods from backings and mixing glass to counterfeit diadems, with examples involving gamblers, actresses, and lapidaries, plus notes on detectability and market impact.
A historical note traces the origins of the electric telegraph from Strada’s 269 year old idea of distant thought transmission to later developments by Joseph Henry and Samuel F. B. Morse. It covers Henry’s early EM telegraphy at Albany Academy, Morse’s experiments, Congressional demonstrations, and the 1844 Washington Baltimore line. It closes noting vast network scales worldwide and in the United States.
A mosaic of odds and ends from several papers notes predictions of snowy January, New York housing counts, Indigenous legends about catfish, a carpet seller’s mishap, a Birmingham mine escape, a Waycross marriage proposal, Pittsburgh population hopes, a mountain lion chase near Antelope Valley, vandalized The Girl of the Period rock, James Neville seeking his sister at Home the Good Shepherd, Adirondack bears described, and a Southern jury reform call. Nearby items cover a Deming escape of Geronimo East, a Va. farmer’s tragedy and insanity link, and autograph collectors pressing clergy with requested signatures.
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