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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1885
Page
1
Fragmentary notice lists poets and books with links to bindings and gilt edges. Mentions like Bryant Burns Byron Chaucer Goldsmith Hemans Mind and Odyssey Paradise Lost and multiple archaic spellings. Concludes with obituaries.
An OCR fragment notes English cloth bindings and high quality paper for standard novels. It mentions a 47 cent publishers price and references higher list prices of $1.00 and $1326, indicating a catalog or price list detail from a historical publisher.
Vintage sale advertises 9 inch wax dolls at ten cents and 14 inch wax dolls at twenty cents. Standing dolls at 20 inches cost eighty cents. Also offers a large range of vases cups saucers mugs images fancy china and glassware.
Handpached items and assorted Christmas goods advertised at half former prices. French pattern bordered handkerchiefs 5 cents for ladies, 1d for others. Arabian silk handkerchiefs 20 inches square 15 cents. Includes purses bags shopping bags and various improvised items from the sale.
Notices announce settlers filing for final proof for homestead claims in Dakota Territory. Details list names, claim numbers, locations, and scheduled dates in January and December 1885 and 1886, with witnesses and affidavits required before the Aberdeen register or receiver.
In Dakota, M Hoag and Mary Hoag tied to a mortgage dated the first of a month, filed in the office for Brown County. The entry lists a mortgage instrument and related details, including the time and section references.
The indebtedness of seven hundred dollars owed by Jonathan M Hoag to J T Kingston is secured by a mortgage. The note dated February 1883 to February 1888 bears ten percent interest, with total due including principal and interest amounting to eight hundred twenty dollars and twenty cents plus twenty five dollars in attorney fees. A sale of the mortgaged premises is ordered to satisfy the debt. notice is given by A Green attorney for the mortgagee.
Clarence Willson is summoned to appear at the Justice of the Peace office in Warner Brown County on January 16, 1886 at a.m. to answer a complaint by Floyd for twelve dollars for labor and goods sold during 1885. If no answer is filed the plaintiff seeks judgment for twelve dollars plus costs. Written by OC N Cooper Justice of the Peace and D T A Green, December 9 1885.
Notice announces tax collection dates Monday and Tuesday January 11 and 12, 1884 for the year 1685 in Warner New Hope Rondell Gem and Garden Prairie. It warns that some townships may not yet have tax receipts ready and mentions road and poll fees and the 1885 tax act.
Next Easter Sunday falls on April 23, a date not seen since 1734 and not due again before 1948, a rare calendrical coincidence noted this season.
The government outlay for honoring Vice-President Hendricks exceeded his estimated $150,000 fortune, highlighting the high price of public mourning in the era.
The article notes job losses as machinery moves to penitentiary grounds for convict labor, plus debate over Miss Cleveland crafting part of the president's message. It covers South Dakota's new legislature, officers named, and discussions on tariffs, iron ore, and protection versus free trade.
An eighteen inch tia of Roal is reported found north of LaGrade Campbell coats, said to be of the same quality as ore mined near Biswarck.
Fragmentary timetable style note shows directions Milwaukee to Paul Ratd’y with freight movements and passenger times. Mentions Going North at 12 85 p m and freight at 6 450 p m with partial references to survey or conveyance. Entities include Milwaukee and a station name, but many details unreadable.
Boardman Director oulais Treasurer D Shane Clerk set regular meetings on the first Saturday of each month at 1 p.m. in Fred Fisher's office. Teachers and others with board business should note the time and place.
The Sun area reports wheat prices rising and a string of local events. Notices cover a teachers’ institute, county commissioner meeting, school opening, loans, marriages, family visits, and civic activities with several ads and public notices.
The note mentions Christmas gifts from Humphrey Bros and Miller Bros with a closing house, plus local holiday cheer and plans for a town juror list. It references Plainview Minnesota and a few local names and events including school reports and wheat theft eight miles southeast.
Fragmentary text touts a remedy named Anaph viciag claimed to cure coughs bronchitis catarrh asthma and nervous complaints after testing in thousands of cases with suggested free samples and broad testimonials, though details are garbled and unclear.
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