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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1886
Page
5
A playful verse traces a boy’s vow to stay single and with his mother until Cupid’s arrow changes plans. He bursts with a sudden confession for Bessie, then amends his stance, only to realize love’s pull is stronger than firm resolve. Sweet motherly imagery threads through the lullaby tone.
In a stormy evening tale from Donegal, a shoreline village near Ballyroughan reveals Innismurry island used for illicit distillation. A local named Mickey Mehaffey explains the island’s small fishing community relies on smuggling with no police presence during storms.
A Ballyroughan officer pursuing a smuggling ring intercepts a night landing at the Smugglers Pier. With Mickey Mehaffey and coastguard boatmen, three hidden kegs of supposedly illicit cargo are seized on shore after a high speed chase, revealing only salt water in the men’s kegs and leaving authorities with three prisoners.
California has sent another million aire Mr Hearst to the United States senate to replace the deceased Mr Miller. The coast would be represented by a millionaire, a strange standard set by politics. No felon can know how this happened but guesses are offered.
Dispatch from Shoals Indiana details Samuel Archer's forthcoming July 9 execution for multiple crimes. In interview he accepts the sentence, discusses Lynch's testimony, and recounts gang killings at Saltpeter Cave and the involvement of Matt Archer. He reflects on his crime plagued life and plans to tell the truth in a final letter.
The audience heard Moncure D Conway discuss The England of To Day covering politics monarchy democracy and social change. He argued England is a torso with a head and arms removed and warned the House of Commons risks devolving into improvised governance amid rapid democratic pressures.
A Chicago physician assured a patient he would be entirely unaware during anesthesia and then tried to ease payment by joking the fee would wait until a growth was removed. The patient began counting his loose change, replying he would not pay until Sam through.
A Richmond to Petersburg train tale recalls a bridal party occupying a seat next to a reader. An earnest suitor confesses hopes of marriage, but the lady says their paths may diverge. The train stops and the reader departs as the couple remains together.
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