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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1887
Page
3
A broad Farmers column covers dairy, sheep and pig care, beekeeping, flax, straw berry shipping, and breeds. It notes milk efficiency, grazing strategies, drainage over lime, horse maturity, pig litter, flax as a field crop, draught horse demand, fowl feeding, hog growth, and detailed criteria for high quality mutton sheep.
A guide stresses purity of blood as vital in rams, noting male sheep influence. It discusses traits to evaluate, breed standards, and aims to improve flock quality through careful selection and judging.
In a Austin saloon back room during a cold spell a group of well known locals debate the idea that education lifts society. They joke that pens, morals and even whiskey act as elevators to elevate or degrade men, noting politicians and gamblers as examples.
A San Francisco teacher learned at 2 PM from a lawyer that she is heir to $20,000. She expected excitement but remained calm and replied she still has a geography class to teach and will defeat three boys and the lawyer in an hour.
George Smith a 27 year old general utility man at J C Beach & Bro. stunned Walkill by leaping 160 feet from the paper mill stack on Thanksgiving Day. With trainer Jeff Wells and an umbrella as aid he sailed over straw stacks and landed in Walkill. He was rescued and endured only slight nausea with no serious harm reported.
A drummer confronts a merchant about Sam Petney and exposes a life of deception. The speaker admits he has trusted Sam despite ninety nine lies and claims to be a bigger liar in business. The exchange lampoons trust and self deception in a humorous Arkansas Traveler vignette.
The narrator, Mrs Youngman, frets over missing baking ingredients while seeking biscuits and water. Her husband calms her, whispering the missing item is flour, in a tender domestic moment echoed by a St Paul Globe citation.
A German banker assesses a young man's character by asking him to remove his clothing for a liver exam, stating he must ensure his daughter's happiness and the suitor's lovable disposition. The tale contrasts with palmistry’s popularity in New York.
A historical look at how baseball captured nationwide interest after the Cincinnati Red Stockings' 1869 season and the rapid growth of a club that grew from a 40 member lawyer group in 1866 to a 500 member organization with leased grounds, grandstands, and a $40,000 team outlay. The piece notes early figures like Harry Wright and the sport’s sweeping expansion across the country.
The article advises woolen undergarments should be smooth soft and dense with even texture and stronger heavier fabrics. It recommends careful washing hot soap suds rinse cold air dry without wringing and favors cotton nightdresses in summer with warm undergarments at night. It notes wood stoves heat chambers faster and comfort varies with room temperature.
A Pittsburg Dispatch cartoon vignette shows two citizens debating a petition. One asks the other to sign while reading the list of notable names, highlighting public endorsement versus unsolicited pressure.
A New York correspondent notes that rice brandy, imported from India for German brewers, is diluted into light beers in American markets. The rice shipment to port and frequent imports by Bremen line vessels are cited as feeding this practice. Brews use cooling methods to speed fermentation, producing lighter amber beers that resemble the deadly rice brandy in effect.
The Pall Mall Gazette describes a Dutch November marriage cycle with four Sundays named Review, Decision, Purchase, and Possession. Unmarried youths court with bows, meet partners, seek parental consent, finalize marriage settlements, and finally show affection after betrothal in the weeks following.
A quip shows Mr Greathead praising family government as the base of society likening it to a pyramid with a head of the family. Mrs G retorts with a pun about the pyramid’s smallest part, highlighting marital banter.
The tale has King Frederick VI visiting a Jutland village school. The children name Canute Waldemar and Christian IV as kings, and a girl asks for another king. The king admits he does not know another great act and consoles the girl with the same admission.
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