26 Aug 1887
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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1887
Page
1
An anecdotal tale recounts Wild Bill Hickok’s prowess with a pistol. His wife Agnes Lake Hickok plots a drastic ruse with a monkey to deter his drinking, ending in a fatal bluff and a grim punchline.
From the Albany Journal Mrs Atwater formerly Princess Moe tia wife of the American consul at Tahiti is a millionaire in status or near it. Her husband Conan Atwater benefited from the marriage as a lucky financial match. A romance surrounds their union with the consul guarding against old consular legends of mad passion.
In San Francisco a granger from Petaluma uses a false name to dodge reporters. He asks the clerk at Russ House to direct him to a discreet seller of arse-wig and beard gear while evading “infernal reporters” pursuing him for sensational coverage.
An anecdote recalls artillery horses responding to bugle calls after years of drill and a captain named Fred Grant guiding a levy squadron at West Point. It notes horses marching forward and halting on cue, and describes a patching soldier and a flag bearer in action. The piece ends by questioning juvenile magazines favoring royalty over working-class professions.
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