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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1886
Page
6
A husband and wife retire to a cottage with friendly visitors including Mulligan, the Calliopes, and Miss Mittens. Milk shortages, strawberries, and servant troubles strain hospitality as rivalries and spiritualist antics erupt, ending with abrupt, comic departure of the guests.
In a Philadelphia Call item two anarchists mistake a dressing case substance for a bomb. The landlord reveals the object is a ball of soap, quelling their panic and prompting a retreat from alarmed plotting.
The article highlights nepenthes pitcher plants native to Borneo and nearby islands, grown at Ros Hill in New Rochelle, with details on their insect trapping mechanisms and the N Osborneanum seedling. It also describes stag horn ferns from New South Wales, valued as window plants sold for 5 to 10 dollars, plus a note on a new electric meter design using zinc sulphate and temperature control to measure electricity usage, as reported by the Boston Transcript.
The poem urges turning from selfishness to duty and straightening one’s path to happiness. It contrasts lost, pleasure driven wandering with the right track of upright living and guidance back to joy.
A mid story of revenge centers on Clara and Mr Sampson. He seeks marriage or at least a mother's protection, confessing he is an orphan while lamenting life’s burden and hinting at a possible union.
Angelina and Edwin discuss stocks and the stock market at tea. Angelina misreads Edwin's comment about being bear on stocks as a joke about hugging, revealing a humorous misunderstanding between the couple.
A speaker questions why a lover in a play inspires more sympathy than the narrator is given. The verse describes sighs tears and fear while claiming studied art and imitation to prove the lover's genuine affection. The rider pleads for fairness in emotional response to theatrical passion.
Nat Goodwin writes from Liverpool about extreme poverty seen at the docks a decrepit old woman and a sickly boy begging the author praises Miss Jennie Lee's portrayal of Poor Joe and urges readers to donate small sums abroad to ease the poor and bring them joy.
Frederick Gore former Secretary of the Coffee Public House Association in London argues liquor sale is not essential at social spots noting historic use of non intoxicating drinks. He cites London Liverpool and Birmingham coffee houses and lists English company dividends while the Chancellor reports alcohol revenue declines of about £3.858 million over a decade.
A garbled OCR fragment hints at a travel scene or portrait description with stray words about a woman and hair. Readable elements mention front and travel, but the full meaning remains unclear. The item appears as a clipped clipping with partial phrases rather than a complete report.
A garbled OCR fragment references a national hour wind event and a stalemate. Readable bits suggest a weather or climate-related note with no clear names, places, or dates to confirm.
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