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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1887
Page
8
The late rains revived pasture lands boosting cattle feed, lifting values by about a dollar per hundred pounds and offering relief to farmers long hit by low prices. The note adds predictions of higher prices ahead and cites broader Kansas agricultural and political observations from diverse sources.
Wheat is never shipped in bulk but always in bags. When bulk shipments settle and shift, a ship loses balance and can capsize in a gale, risking total loss. Law now prohibits bulk grain shipment to prevent such disasters.
A tiny New England anecdote recounts making wine from tomatoes for Prohibition states and a cautionary tale where a four year old Edith explains rain as angels’ tears. The story ends with Edith on the roof with handkerchiefs to wipe the angels eyes, saying she is naughty so it won’t rain awfully.
A Washington Indiana Critic column condemns G A R members at Wheeling for refusing a portrait of President Cleveland. It argues the act shows narrow patriotism and political influence, warning it harms the elderly veterans and Congressional support for veteran benefits. A Virginia bloody flux report and a Chamberlain remedy endorsement follow, with local attestations from Des Moines and Lynchburg merchants.
An advertisement touts Boschee's German Syrup as a cure for consumption and lung diseases. It claims rapid relief after three doses and urges druggists to promote it especially to the poor. It notes 80,000 dozen bottles sold last year and offers 10 cent sample bottles and 75 cent regular bottles nationwide.
The leading Republican organ in the city calls for raising iron and steel duties to a prohibitory level to cut the surplus. Critics warn it would transfer funds to monopolies, raise consumer prices, and empower trusts while harming workers. Democrats urged to curb surplus by cutting taxes.
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