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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1886
Page
7
A brief notice notes a local street scene with a crossing hazard on a road near a small town. The snippet mentions a pedestrian and a vehicle incident and references nearby streets in the area.
The London Standard notes a surge of American war humor from camp life and veterans. It traces influences from Mark Twain Bret Harte and Thomas Nast through newspaper caricaturists like Max Adeler Burdette and Bill Arp, contrasting American wit with English traditions.
An old account claims St Patrick used a three leaf trefoil to teach the Trinity, inspiring the shamrock as a national symbol. The tale notes competing claims for the shamrock’s true origin, with references to Black No or Chicago and Dutch Dover as possible sources, though the message centers on its worn association with St Patrick's Day.
Market items show wheat prices for No 2 spring at 81 to 84 percent with varying bases and barleys around 64 cents. Corn ranges from 36 to 31 cents, oats 28 to 29 cents, rye 58 to 51 cents, flax seed 1.05 to 1.11 dollars, pork at 10.25, lard 6.05, butter 11 to 24 cents, eggs 19 to 20 cents. Minnesota readings list wheat at 86 to 87.5 cents, corn 80 to 31 cents, oats 28 to 29 cents, rye 49 to 51 cents, barley 45 to 75 cents, hay 7 to 7.5, seeds timothy 1.50 to 1.60, flax 1.05, oats 28 to 29 cents, pork and lard steady at 10.25 and 6.05, butter 15 to 17 cents. Milwaukee values echo similar levels for wheat at 81 cents and oats 28 cents.
Prof. C A Donaldson of Louisville Kentucky spent eighteen years and ten thousand dollars seeking relief from rheumatism. He finally used St Jacobs Oil and was cured, selling his crutches.
The embezzling Buffalo treasurer Joseph Bork pardoned by Governor Hill arrived at the depot from Auburn State Prison to a crowd of fellow citizens who crowded him with embraces.
The late Delaware State Chemist Prof. Chas P Williams declares Red Star Cough Cure safe and valuable and free of morphine opium or any narcotic poison. Price is 25 cents.
A Washington letter in the Boston Traveller notes that after Congress opened the game of poker declines in popularity while hearts becomes the new fashionable pastime. Players follow suit and pay per heart card captured, making it as quick and costly as poker. The trend suggests hearts will be the favored quiet evening amusement.
An editorial note mocks killing lawyers, proposes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets to cure dyspepsia constipation and related ailments. It also reports the Earl of Aberdeen sworn in as lord lieutenant and John Morley as chief secretary for Ireland.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for consumption and scrofula, claiming it can heal lung diseases and throat ailments. The text asserts the remedy is now incurable and available from all druggists.
Senator Spooner stands apart in Congress by delivering remarks without a manuscript, illustrating a rare commitment to unscripted speech and direct verbal engagement with peers.
An advertisement notes Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy as well known and highly promoted, suggesting it requires no lengthy pitch to persuade readers.
The piece argues children should breathe through the nose and use the mouth only for eating and speaking. It cites Catlin on inhaling air through the nose, warns against mouth breathing, and links nose and throat habits to preventing spinal and dental problems, tying examples to the ills of civilized life.
An ad extols Hall's Hair Renewer as sustaining vigorous hair growth and mentions Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as highly valued for coughs and colds, with the text focusing on claimed health benefits and popular remedies.
Ottawa reports 4.5 million dollars in lumber for next season sold with one American firm purchasing 1.6 million dollars of the total. The sale signals strong demand and cross border interest in timber markets.
An assortment of patent medicines and health claims plus local notices. Advertisers tout Warner’s White Wine of Tar Syrup Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic and Brown’s Iron Bitters with endorsements from doctors ministers and patients. A house committee action on Northern Pacific land grants and a Garfield Manufacturing failure are noted alongside general civic chatter.
An advertisement extols the Grand Union Hotel near Grand Central Depot in New York City with 600 elegant rooms at $1 a day and up, promising $2 savings on carriage hire and baggage transfer for travelers arriving at the depot, alongside various patent medicines and beauty products from numerous suppliers.
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