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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1886
Page
6
A woman consents to a pass as a small parcel is politely offered and refused. The narrator helps again, then learns she would reproach him for not insisting. The tone wryly notes social etiquette and flirtation through a playful exchange.
Lieutenant Parker leads an improvised operation to arrest escaped convict John Devine near Sacaton Arizona. Using a false order and strategic deception he corners Devine at a saloon, arrests him with a cavalry escort, and returns to Fort McDowell after a long 83 mile overnight march.
David Ordway a Universalist minister and longtime owner of a Cavendish mill on the twenty mile stream died after a life marked by eccentric acts. A costly pre made coffin stood in his front parlor for years and a millstone forms a monument to his memory. He arranged a harvest day marked by a dramatic, unclear incident before his death.
The article advises cutting out decayed wood from gooseberries and pruning to prevent crowding. It recommends removing crowded shoots near the cellar in May and thinning weak end shoots after leaf fall so shoots stay well spaced. Use scissors during fruit harvest to perform needed cuts.
Washington correspondence describes Sergeant Dinsmore of the Executive Mansion as the chief usher who keeps cranks from entering the White House and deters relic hunters. He recalls ejecting suspicious visitors, noting rules to call police for dangerous or disruptive individuals and citing a scissors theft attempt by a relic hunter.
From the Court Journal the piece notes Emperor William as the German army’s oldest officer and general. It marks his 80th active service anniversary in March 1887 and 70th birthday as a Prussian officer since 1818, while recalling his early enlistment in 1807.
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