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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1887
Page
2
A factory girl endures long hours and fatigue as the ferryboat mooring and urban bustle press around her. Worn by hunger and forced labor she clings to work, dreams of rest, and ultimately dies in hospital after a quiet plea to stop. A sobering vignette from John P. Lyons in the Observer.
Three sisters Iris Prim and their younger sister discuss their hopes and doubts about a wealthy ideal suitor Poindexter and the pressure of social status. They note his wealth old family ties chaperonage and the allure of his knightly image while fearing the mumma driven social ritual and whether he will truly connect with them.
In a Harper's Bazar piece, Prim Iris and Sue recount their mother, a youthful beauty, catching the eye of Mr Poindexter. He rescues Prim from a runaway horse and proposes to the mother, shocking the daughters who fear losing their companion and status to Poindexter Place.
The Indianapolis Sentinel argues President Cleveland's administration favored veterans. It cites private pension acts, increases in widows and orphans pensions, and higher pension rolls and disbursements under Democratic rule versus Republican periods. It claims 187 more private acts than Grant and Arthur combined and urges all veterans to see the record.
A dated critique notes Sherman Foraker linked push in Ohio and cites the Philadelphia Bulletin on Southern black votes shaping electoral power. It argues Republicans should have faced the issue when suffrage for negroes was debated, now questioning remedies as blacks vote in the South not for Republicans.
Fragment from a political column attacking the Republican Party for alleged rebellion and disloyalty, citing Ingalls on negro suffrage, Blaine and Sherman criticisms, Foraker hypocrisy, and various editorials from multiple papers. It portrays the GOP as mired in past wars and disunion while praising Democratic unity and current reforms.
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