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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1887
Page
4
A poem from the Abilene Reflector recounts a suitor pledging lifelong devotion and restraint to win a wife. The verses describe vows to quit smoking and drinking, share money, and honor domestic life, yet true fidelity proves elusive as the couple marries and tests the promises in daily life.
In the Mimbres mountains of New Mexico a lone prospector tells how he and partner Charley Burke pursued a rich ledge after finding an old claim. A masked rival threatened murder, but a windlass accident hurled a bucket into the attacker, who died later in Silver City. The mine later pinched out and was sold.
The funeral of John Quincy Adams was held in Washington on February 26 1848. Minute guns fired and offices closed as vast crowds gathered at the Capitol. Parliament and public officials attended with military escort while Webster and Davis led mourners and the coffin bore a silver heart plate inscribed by Daniel Webster. The service included a prayer by the chaplain and a solemn dirge, followed by a procession to Congressional Cemetery and burial at Quincy Massachusetts.
The piece warns against taking chloral hydrate without physician advice, noting risks of the chloral habit and mental physical debility. It promotes natural sleep through exercise baths and diet, and cites St Louis Globe Democrat and Bradstreet statistics on six month strike records with counts across industries.
A collection of wry quips and humorous observations from various periodicals. Notable lines critique matrimony, appetite, pride, miscommunication, and everyday quirks. Includes snippets on humility, money, writing dry jokes, and a Belgian portable telephone aimed at wartime use.
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