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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1886
Page
4
A lyrical poem describes wheat fields at dawn with bright skies and nature’s beauty. Robins sing, luna gazes to the sun, and a wagon train winds through rippling grain as dew sparkles on leaves. The speaker greets summer’s birth and feels a light heart and fair scene.
A Philadelphia reporter recounts a farmhouse saga of Nanny Dawson Willis and Ned Dawson. The story follows a forbidden romance, a shipwreck past, and the revelation of a hidden child as Hannah regains youth through a rediscovered love.
A tall tramp knocked at Wesley Gould of Plumsock New Jersey seeking food. Mrs Gould struck him then he kicked a door panel. She scorched him with hot water. He fled. He later attacked Whalen Green and his wife. Green’s dog attacked the tramp, saving Mrs Green. Neighbors tracked a bloody trail to Lake Hoshipcong where the intruder disappeared. The dog is buried on the property near the house.
A judge recalls sitting with a stout man in a physician's waiting room. The man learns he has at most two months to live and hurries to complete duties and show love before death, then dies soon after.
The Cincinnatiquirer correspondent shares anecdotes from Mr. Beecher aboard the Etruria including sea sickness memories from a 1850 voyage on the Asia. He recalls sailors singing songs, a pantry mishap with crashing crockery, and a lighthearted view of sea travel.
The author of The More Famous Birthplaces of Gladstone says he abandons the book after scarce sales and publisher rejections. The St James Gazette notes Gladstone wrote to Sir Robert Peel declaring Inverness his birthplace, while the piece jokes about Liverpool as a proposed birthplace and hints at Chester prospects.
A Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul official recalls S. S. Merrill, longtime general manager, who demanded precision from every worker. Merrill corrected tamping, questioned loose pins, and watched the wheel tapper test coaches, earning respect for his strict yet kind leadership.
A Detroit man who recently visited Harper's Ferry engages locals in a quest to identify John Brown and recall his insurrection. He questions residents about Brown's middle name age and what happened, then plans to ask the bridge tender to jog memories of the event.
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