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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1887
Page
6
The Abilene Reflector reproduces a poem lauding the old fashioned kitchen with kettles on the stove, a noon feast, a graceful porch, and a serving maiden. It describes pie crusts, roasts, rosés, strawberry sauce, and a rosy image of domestic life, credited to J. S. Keller in Good Housekeeping.
In a tense tale from a Southern family, Uncle Abe and Aunt Delia care for Noah Peters and his wife Eliza, while Noah’s wish to keep his child causes strain. When Eliza vanishes and a fire traps Noah in the home, Abe’s confession and a daring rescue lead to reunion. Noah survives, bears scars, and Abe seeks forgiveness as the community recovers.
Jane Meade Welch describes Niagara as more than the Falls, celebrating the 1835 freeing of Niagara by New York and Canada. She envisions an International Park extending from Buffalo to Youngstown, Lewiston Ridge villas, and a double boulevard from Horseshoe Falls to Queenston. The piece highlights Whirlpool Rapids, Brock’s Monument, Fort Niagara, and Newark’s waterfront in lyrical, period prose.
Bank records show the U S Treasury women redeem mutilated notes, even ashes from Chicago fire. They moisten ashes to read bill numbers and restore value, as in a farmer's stone jar loss where over $1000 of $1145 was recovered. The process, carried out entirely by women, highlights patience and skilled handling in reclamation efforts.
Washington Cor. Chicago News reports a proposal to form a Joint National and State encampment program to train National Guard and regulars. Aged officers would be retired or reassigned to improve efficiency. Data shows many senior officers exceed fifty and sixty, prompting calls for closer inspection and annual maneuvers.
A pamphlet by Mr. Lewis Appleton discusses Europe’s army and navy costs totaling 3 867 500 000 dollars annually and a national debt near 24 115 057 650 dollars. It argues war sustains heavy burdens on labor while wealth concentrates among the few, urging arbitration and disbandment of standing armies.
A Kentucky grower recounts methods for growing mangels including soil needs deep dry and sandy, seed spacing 8 inches, 40 loads of rotten manure per acre, early spring planting and careful thinning. Harvested roots are stored for winter feed. tops fed to cattle and sheep during summer drought. The piece also includes a Yale education anecdote from the New Haven Palladium.
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