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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1886
Page
3
Abilene Reflector prints a poem exhorting “girls of brain and heart” to be eager workers. It calls for strong, willing, honest girls who will join in communal effort and shun weak or selfish behavior. The verse cites mind, might, truth, and duty as the desired qualities.
In London and Florence the wealthy Valletorts drift from debt to social splash. Captain Valletort schemes to steal his wife’s diamonds but she outsmarts him by staging a fake burglary. She reveals paste copies in Paris and plans a public restoration. The ruse ends with a sharp moral about shared plans.
A Detroit Free Press narrative tells of an elderly couple urged to welcome a foundling child Tot into their desolate farm home. Tot grows frail and dies, leaving the couple alone again as loneliness and sorrow reign supreme.
A Chicago business leader urges repeating earlier drowning guidance to save lives. He cites his daughter’s near drowning on Lake Michigan where the instructed method of locking hands, inflating lungs, and closing the mouth helped her stay afloat until rescue. He notes rising drownings this year and urges parents to teach the technique to youths and even strong swimmers for safer rests and quicker rescue.
The article notes nine living Spanish monarchs or claimants including the infant king and Queen Regent, ex-Queen Isabella with King Francis, ex-King Amadeo, and four Carlists led by Don Juan III and Dona Beatrix. It recalls Amadeo visiting Isabella in Paris when Carlos was announced. It also mentions rising female university graduates in England with over forty women earning degrees this year.
The piece rails at Republicans for failing to offer a unifying issue as Democrats gain ground. It cites Bayard’s calm handling of foreign policy, Democratic gains in the Senate race outlook, and internal GOP strife in Ohio. It notes the country prospers under Democrats while Republicans scramble for an issue ahead of fall elections. Community debates persist about party leadership and strategy.
Augusta dispatch notes Maine gears for a presidential year style campaign to boost Blaine for 1888 while distancing the party from past caution. The piece cites speakers from multiple states and predicts Blaine’s renewed prominence as key to Republican strategy amid calls for a new name.
The Knoxville pension agent Mr. Taylor was urged to run for governor by Tennessee Democrats but faced the President's order not to engage in politics. He chose duty over ambition, stayed home, and was still nominated, hailed as a model of public trust and integrity. The Buffalo Times notes Tennessee will elect a man devoted to duty. A second item reports the Navy’s creation steps under Secretary Whitney, with plans for two cruisers, a dispatch boat, and six new vessels to strengthen armament.
The most reliable set of abstracts in Dick inson County. Insurance written in reliable companies.
An office in the Old T. C. Henry Building invites inquiries for loans and financing. It promotes trading land for city property and city property for land, urging readers to call and visit.
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