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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1887
Page
2
A brief from the Warner Weekly Sun notes slight frost in Clare and Genesee counties Michigan on July 23 while heat scorches crops elsewhere. Russian and French wheat crops are generally favorable with France up 13 750 000 bushels from last year. Vienna wheat prices reach a 23 year low.
The text projects the U S population over 60 million and likely above 65 million by 1890. It notes Russia in Europe has a larger population, around 70 million, as a comparative reference.
Jett Davis writes again to Governor Curtin admitting his knowledge of any assassination attempt came only from an anonymous letter. Curtin rejects the charge as unfounded and notes he never pardoned a criminal for such an unlawful or objectionable act.
The article notes last month was the hottest July since 1886, with an average temperature 6.4 degrees higher than 1886 and about 5 degrees above the July average of the past seventeen years. It states the discomfort came from weather that broke the record.
News from the flowery empire reports floods that have claimed over a thousand lives and unsettling sudden deaths. The tremors of disaster may deter immigration to America, though no country remains exempt from such calamities.
The fire record for July shows losses in the United States and Canada totaling 14 026 0 against 10 000 000 in July 1886 and 9 000 000 in July 1885. The first seven months of 1887 accumulate 76 926 100, up from 63 800 000 for the same period in 1886, prompting alarm among insurance companies.
The text criticizes Nova Scotia authorities for refusing distressed Gloucester fishermen the right to recruit crews from other vessels. It argues Canada’s conduct is poor and suggests editors overreact, urging readers to judge facts before sentiment in seeking a settlement.
The article notes English lexicon evolution as words like boodle and boodler spread through 1,000 newspapers, prompting lexicographers to add them. It mentions mugwump and other recent terms gaining traction, with boodling growing from the western frontier toward eastern centers of culture.
A train excursion plunged from a burning bridge near Chattsworth Illinois. About 118 passengers were killed instantly and over four times that number injured, with a long list of the dead and injured reported.
About twenty dead are reported in connection with a Piper incident. The list includes ED McCLINTOCK of Peoria an engineer and many others across Illinois and nearby states. The scattered names indicate a wide area search or casualty report from the event.
The report lists between thirty and forty bodies awaiting identification including eight to ten children. Wounded names span many towns such as Peoria Bayard and Fort Madison with injuries from head wounds to broken limbs and internal injuries.
A Toledo Peoria and Western excursion train plunges through a burning trestle east of Chatsworth Illinois killing 118 and injuring many more. Survivors recount flames wreckage and desperate rescue as chaotic scenes unfold with reports of looting and a possible deliberate attack.
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