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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1886
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR reads as a short item likely noting a person and a place but lacks clear facts. Readable fragments reference a date or event but specifics are uncertain. No verifiable names or locations present to confirm a complete news item.
The New York Mail and Express reports that about one thousand horse hides and many sheep skins are used yearly to produce baseball coverings in the city. One company handles three tons of yarn annually for interiors, and a horsehide ball yields twelve dozen coverings. Balls are handmade requiring skilled labor. wages average about $12 weekly for workers. The industry supports large orders to the west, south, Canada, and Cuba, with a prominent producer employing seventy-five people at peak season.
A man and woman believed to be husband and wife sat near the Mechanics' block at noon and shared food from a bundle. The man ate most of the bread meat and bananas, then offered the smallest onion to his wife who thanked him with a smile.
A New Mexico corresp describes Peg-leg Billy from Montana who loses his ranch to a rapid western boom. He finds a bustling city where a bank, hotel, two papers, a theater and saloons stand, and his cattle are impounded for trespass as a cautionary tale of civilization spreading across Socorro County.
The 1806 bill granted John M. Crous $1,000 for publicizing a claimed hydrophobia antidote. It passed the Senate unanimously, faced House opposition but survived with amendments, and was signed by the Governor after approval by the Council of Revision. Crous, a Hessian deserter, faced a $2,000 bond if the remedy failed within four years.
A narrator describes a windy camp night with a tense collapsing tent then a peaceful starry revival. The wind, tent poles, and fly harry the scene while the lullaby of a summer night returns as calm under starlight. Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle narrator reflects on Bedlam like sounds inside the tent.
A Gentleman's Magazine note argues to replace multilingual honorifics with a universal Mr for all strangers. It cites French usage as logical but laments misapplied forms for Dutch Danish Pole Serbian Russian Turk Greek and others. The piece urges simpler address to avoid pedantry and promote practicality.
Fragments show a playful exchange about hiccups and borrowing money, set in a Burlington Free Press context. The short interaction includes phrases about fear, a five dollar lend, and a closing thanks, suggesting a light local item or joke.
A Houston sun correspondent reports Constable Perkins trains a Marshall bloodhound as his top man hunter. In a public trial at the fairgrounds the Marshall dog relentlessly tracked Jim Ravel through crosscut paths and bayous, finally cornering him in a tree while other hounds lagged. The test impressed witnesses and Perkins plans to keep the dog.
Practical home tips from New York Analyst on softening hands. Ammonia or borax with lukewarm water, oatmeal for whitening, glycerine risks redness, dry oatmeal with gloves at night, egg and alum mix as a night treatment, Rome toilet paste not superior to oatmeal, lemon juice as a natural cleaner. A simple manicure kit suffices, plus sand or lemon for stain removal. Also note Prof Waterhowse of Washington University named Missouri secretary for the National Protective Tariff league.
A collection of kitchen tips and recipes including two pounds flour and lard biscuits, pearl wheat porridge, almond macaroons, Italian cream dessert, chicken croquettes, sponge cake, and cold deviled eggs with anchovy filling, presented in a period cooking guide tone.
In a cheeky exchange from National Weekly, Hannah Jane and Matilda Ann mock feet, decrying big feet and the President’s wife as vulgar. Col Curtis of New York reports that Alsike or Swedish clover remains productive on his farm after twenty years, preferred to red or white clover for pasture and hay.
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