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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1887
Page
4
Board names include Boardman director Boulais treasurer M Wricht clerk. Regular meetings set for the first Saturday monthly at 4 p.m at Fred Fisher's office. Teachers and others with business urged to note time and place.
Public notice lists post office hours: Sundays from 7 30 to 9 p m and daily from 8 am to 6 30 pm with evening hours until 9 pm at Covurs branch. The garbled text confirms standard weekend and weekday service times for local residents.
The Warner Sun serves Brown County as the official paper published in Warner Dakota. It is distributed as second class mail through the local post office.
A town urges residents to secure a flour mill and a bank to boost prosperity. The piece cites high wheat production in Dakota and large elevators, urging funding and a local subscription if needed. It notes county attorney Wells cannot defend the county commissioners in a suit over the county seat election.
Notices record settlers filing intention for final proof on various lands in North Dakota. Entries name Fasncorick Walter, Orin C. Lamporn, Anton Jurcenson, F. Ritay, Louis FameMann, Joux Carr, and others, with witnesses listed across Aberdeen Warner Rondell Mansfield and surrounding towns. Dates set for September and August hearings.
Minerva J Dawes has filed in Brown County Probate Court a paper claimed as the last will of William F Dawes deceased and petitioned for its admission to probate and appointment of executrix. A hearing will be held Monday September 5, 1887 at 9 a m for interested parties to appear and contest. Probate Judge J BR Bane dated August 4, 1887.
A portion of the St Anthony elevator wall in Minneapolis collapsed last Wednesday morning, killing six men instantly and injuring others. In a Friday night 10 round glove contest between Patsy Cardiff and Pat Killen in Minneapolis, the bout was ruled a draw with gate receipts totaling $10,000.
Notices list exam sites Warner Aberdeen Frederick Columbia Groton with exams starting at 10 am. Candidates must attend two days with ink pens and cap paper and may not miss time or stray from the regular order. Only certificated or renewing teachers should attend this county examination.
Final proof notices list settlers filing to prove residence and cultivation. Amna L M Corps sole heir of Lauren Merriam seeks support for Homestead No 5051 in Watertown series for southeast quarter section 15 town 121 north range 64 west before September 14 1887. Louis Saul and Maria Forkner notices follow with witnesses named in Warner Rondell and Groton areas for multiple townships and ranges across Aberdeen Dakota.
Nashville tremor rattled the city Tuesday evening as residents felt a strong quake. A separate note mentions Jobo Sherman planning a visit to Alaska this coming period.
A 16 year old girl nearly dies after a cousin swaps poison labels on a lotion bottle. A doctor’s interventions reveal the dangers of mistaken beliefs and imagined threats. Geschichten recount a French experiment and a university prank that end with a staged execution, illustrating how fear and imagination can kill.
Gen Phil Sheridan, an Ohio farmer, sent his meager earnings from Oregon to rescue his uncle John Miner who faced a sheriff sale on the Pigeon Roost farm in Ohio. Miner’s family endured sickness and poverty as the mortgage neared default while a long illness claimed his wife.
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