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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1887
Page
4
Warner School Board lists directors Boulais as treasurer and M Wright as clerk. Regular meetings set for the first Saturday each month at 1 p.m. in Fred Fisher's office. Teachers and others with board business are urged to note time and place.
Wm. F. Dawes Post G A R holds regular meetings on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month. Visiting comrades are cordially welcomed. N. J. Gitear, 1. W. Portar, Adjutant. Commander.
The notice states post office hours from 7 30 to 9 p m on Sundays and from 8 00 a m to 10 30 a m and 6 30 p m to 9 00 p m on weekdays. Signed by C N Coorgk PM.
The Warner Sun notes rumors about M. H. Day leaving politics for mining then jokes about shifting to Canada. It mocks the Aberdeen News merger idea, claims The Sun predates and will outlive the News, and comments on a Groton Leader copy.
The Dakota Pioneer and Aberdeen Republican, six and seven years old, are praised as prime actors in Aberdeen’s growth. They remain newly printed weeklies with citizens’ best interests at heart, not inflated by self serving conceit.
The piece notes bizarre English shop placards and unfamiliar candies such as Dingees Fondants Aboukirs Pralines and Waterloo lambs. It sketches odd packaging like cough-dress dabs and a basket labeled New laid eggs dusted for sale, with jumbled local observations from Taust and Mrs So and so.
Notices from the Aberdeen Dakota land office dated August 9 to August 28 1887 announce final proofs for settlers Marvin Camitos Edward Payne Richard Fawins Anton Jergeniex Joan Rinay and others. They list homestead entries or entries of land in sections and town ranges with witnesses named to prove continuous residence and cultivation before the U S Register and Receiver in Aberdeen on specified dates.
In Brown County Probate Court a petition to admit the will of William Dawes deceased is filed by Minerva J. Dawes. Acknowledges a hearing by Probate Judge at a specified time and place. Court invites any contest or claim by interested parties.
Notices announce multiple settlers filing for final proof to support land claims in Aberdeen South Dakota. Names include Amna L M Cope heiress to Lauren Merriam Watertown series for southeast quarter section 15 town 121 north range 64 west with witnesses listed. Other filings: Louis Saint Watertown series for southwest quarter section 26 town 121 north range 63 west with witnesses. Sarah Amie Von Tobel formerly Gilles preemption and Transmitted Homestead for southeast quarter section 27 town 121 north range 62 with witnesses. Martha A Forkner widow heir of Isaac Forkner southeast quarter section 11 town 321 range 64 with witnesses. Emma L Dury nee Bentley northwest quarter section 17 town 121 range 65 with witnesses. MMA L Dury and related notices include agents Brown Bros.
The Pioneer Press lists sections THE NEWS THE FARM THE HOME THE YOUNG FOLKS PUZZLES NOTES AND QUERIES and TEMPERANCE with editorials and short stories. It invites three month subscriptions via news agent or postmaster in St. Paul.
The excerpt outlines embracery as unlawful influence or corruption to sway a court or jury. It notes usage in newspapers recently and references the Sharp jury, suggesting a legal definition or example of the term.
Guy Carleton presents a humorous catalog of North American game with cautions for beginners. He jokes about grizzly bears, bears in caves, and a lunchbreak in a tree, then lists buffalo robes, elk, and popular game fishes. He notes fishing in the river Now Brunswick and remarks on the Wild West show.
An anecdote from a Cincinnati Telegraph item tells of a man visiting Louisville and a mutual friend who fathers eleven daughters. He explains his farm board where notches mark colts born, but over time the marks mixed, making it hard to distinguish colts from girls.
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