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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1888
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR text references a court case and personal statements including Bolivar state ties and a hoped reprieve. Mentions Washington, time constraints, a boy and father, and minutes before an event. Text is garbled with missing context and unclear chronology.
A Dakota summary reports Dakota Condensed items including the shooting death of Christian Blatt on a Milleville mower, a dam accident near Sioux Falls injuring Eric Erickson and Jone Carlson, sermons by Carrie Bartlett at Huron, and seven daily excursion trains touted for Mitchell fair. It notes gas and crude oil findings near Harold, a missing money era at Keyes creamery owner H. Lathrop, Aberdeen depot burglary, a suicide in Henry jail, and local politics and agriculture items from Spink and Redfield.
Senator Wilson reports favorable amendment to the Dakota bill adding a second associate justice and dividing the territory into eight judicial districts. District five comprises Beadie Kingsbury Brookings Hughes Hyde Hand Sully Faulk Clarke Potter Codington Hamilton Devel. District seven covers Spink Brown Marshall Grant Roberts Edmundsworth McPherson Campbell and the Sisseton Wahpeton reservation with an added northern line beyond Presho Pratt.
A Minneapolis Pioneer Press commentary defends Gen Benjamin Harrison and veterans of the Grand Army against Democratic attacks linking the Grand Army to politics. It argues veterans act as citizens voting for Harrison and cites his lineage, wartime service, and leadership to counter claims of impropriety.
The Sioux commission led by Messia Jno N Wright Rev W N Cleveland and Capt R H Pratt departs Washington for Weaton July 14. The panel aims to secure public domain land and allot tribal lands under a new congressional act, with funds of 18000 and a plan to allot reservations at Pine Ridge Rosebud Standing Rock and Crow Creek.
Reports from Skeena river stir Victoria to anxious action as rumors claim Hudson Bay official Clifford and a special constable were murdered. Police reinforce and H M S Caroline sails with troops toward Skeena mouth, though ascent is blocked by low water and rapids. Indians are described as highly excitable and threatening to exterminate whites in the region.
A Boston school discussion covers a math riddle about workers and weeks with a boy count age logic. The piece shifts to agricultural guidance on sowing fodder corn buckwheat cucumbers winter squashes sweet corn and cabbage with pest control and weed prevention.
Admiral W T Burton of the British Navy speaks with a New York reporter on India in a wide ranging interview. He cites India's population of about 240 million and the Ganges valley supporting 90 6 million, notes British and native troop numbers, comments on climate and Hindu dietary customs, and predicts continued British presence unless Russia causes disturbances.
A quirky anecdote recalls Dr Jeter reading a hymn at a revival meeting and joking about a moon joke with Mr Moon. The next day townspeople laughed kindly about the scene, keeping the event in memory.
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