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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1883
Page
3
A fragment from the Abilene Reflector echoes a warning to stay on the foot-path amid life’s dangerous marshes. The speaker counsels Jennie to avoid straying into bogs and marshy moss to reach life’s end with daylight.
Frederick Davys Storey profiles Adolphus Heintzlemann, a mentally disabled inventor who fights a decades-old patent case in New York City’s courts. The piece paints a vivid gallery of eccentric characters amid the courthouse, highlighting Heintzlemann’s delusions that his suit remains before the courts and his relentless, ritualized motions.
The article reviews dramatic volcanic events from Vesuvius disruptions near Herculanum and Pompeii to Cotopaxi rockfalls nine miles away. It discusses eruptions, lava flows, ash clouds, and the formation of new craters, plus historical notes on Ta mboro and Mauna Loa, and explains how underground lava and water causes drive eruptions. It also covers non volcanic phenomena and the general science of volcanoes with examples and expert observations.
The article warns that by next year a presidential contest will be underway and accuses Republicans of seeking to divide the Democrats to gain New York in 1884. It claims Roosevelts resolution serves Republican interests and cites rumors of a county democracy aligns with Republicans to run a united “citizens” ticket to defeat Tamany.
The St Louis Republican laments the GOPs chronic failure to punish abuses within its ranks. It cites Credit Mobilier whisky ring Belknap and Star Route reforms and derides the Pendleton Civil Service act as ineffective. The piece argues officials shield offenders and voters grow disenchanted.
The New York Sun prints correspondence from 1880 campaigns revealing Garfield and Arthur aware of funds and schemes to buy votes. Letters from Blaine New and others describe a plan to destroy popular sovereignty and steer elections with money. The Boston Post notes further incendiary activity and a Conn. carriage factory fire provoked by a torch and turpentine.
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