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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1886
Page
8
The Methodist Episcopal Church announces preaching every Sunday at 8 PM and a prayer meeting each Wednesday at 7 PM led by Pastor P. K. Hammond.
Wheat and crops updates note a ripe Prairie chicken forecast for Aug. 15. Mrs. Willis and Co. ads show groceries and oils. Community notes list visitors from Aberdeen and Minnesotans in Warner with elevator openings and local business improvements.
Born Wednesday morning August 4 1886 to Mr and Mrs O A Swan of Warner a first born boy named Ole eight pounds natural pride expressed by the family. A horse at F A Andersons turned tied at Willis Co store and toppled Mrs Anderson who was unhurt but frightened. The Methodist church foundation by A Cate will be finished soon lumber ordered via F Fisher church 24 by 40 feet with 14 by 24 wing and 50 foot steeple capacity about 200 people.
A sardonic note pegs editors as expected all knowing figures while admitting they miss many local tidbits. The piece urges readers to share timely facts with editors to benefit the paper’s audience rather than leaking rumors after publication.
J W Hallett a leading South Dakota figure shot himself twice below the heart with a .38 revolver in Aber deen his office between 8 and 9 pm last Wednesday and died next morning. He was about 35 and unmarried respected by many but his death remains surrounded by mystery and serves as a warning to young men entering life.
Citizens of Watertown Dak select Sunset Beach on Lake Kampeska as a summer resort and watering place. The piece humorously notes appetites among locals like Ren F Flint George Rose and Brown, who nearly ruined a sauce with an overeager bite before Chet and Eli intervened with sardines and an onion.
A chaotic collage reports Mrs. Grover Cleveland joining a church and the Tilden funeral, a Chicago editor’s relative in a Huron Herald incident, grave infant mortality and church counts. Also covers a Logan train crash, Congress adjournment, Chicago fair plans, Sioux City murder probe, Pinkerton stamp robbery arrests, a Boston humor exchange, and a dim social column ending with a tender anecdote.
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