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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1888
Page
2
A Kan sas city mayor appoints a city marshal the council dislikes and, in retaliation, fixes the marshal’s salary at one dollar per month. The report reflects a petty pay dispute amid municipal politics and weather witticisms.
A romance unfolds in East Haven where a girl adopted from a founding hospital by a town family is claimed by a wealthy New York woman as her daughter. The piece notes modern “ivory” substitutes like potato products being pressed into buttons and poker chips, hinting at a metropolitan relocation.
A Vienna girl born February 15, 1871 shows no growth in body or mind. Though her teeth are present she does not chew, speaks only inarticulate sounds, often sleeps two days and nights, and has never stood. Her striking condition presents a perpetual infantile state.
The General Conference address reports four year growth of 450000 souls joining the church and membership rising from 1769534 to 2093935. It notes missionary receipts over 1 million, projected next year at 1.2 million, and lists 12 theological seminaries 54 colleges and 120 seminaries with a property value of 25.
Jacob King of Hallowell Maine visited Massachusetts in 1886 and met widow Mary Ann Weston. He signed a promise to marry but then refused to fulfill it. A suit followed, judgment was granted for King’s supposed debt, and he resisted jail as the case moved on.
A Rockland restaurant keeper staged a back room cat whistle prank to scare two customers into paying for their meals, while a Chicagoan studies missionary costs, estimating converts by religion and region, from $4 to $360 per conversion in various faiths and places.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a George Foits in Head county Cia and references revenue, Antex, and a river. Many words are garbled with no clear event, date, or outcome. The readable bits suggest a stray note or interrupted message rather than a complete news item.
Thirteen people were trapped as Mundine Hotel a three story brick building burned. Only two survived. Dr H W Brooks and D M Oldhan escaped. Victims include Mrs W A Brooks and her four sons, J F Briscoll and family, and Wemberton Pierce of Philadelphia. Fire origin unknown. post office contents destroyed. Rockdale mourns as losses total about $15000 with many remains unidentifiable.
The Three Days Proceedings cover the Democratic National Convention in St Louis with Barnum as chair, reading temporary officers, and deliberations on credentials. Grover Cleveland is nominated for president by acclamation after speeches by Dougherty and McKenzie amid party wrangling and adjournment.
The platform lauds Grover Cleveland as president and Allen Thurman as vice president nominee. It defends Democratic reform, civil service merit, and reduced taxation while criticizing Republican land policy and unequal laws. The document highlights foreign policy, pensions, and anti immigrant labor provisions.
The Minnesota Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows convened with about 250 delegates from across the state. The master’s report noted new Rebekah lodges, hall dedications, by-law updates, and answered questions, with monthly financials from secretary and treasurer. Highlights include 7,787 members Jan 1 1887 rising to 6,976 Jan 1 1888, with a net gain of 525 and 159 charters issued, plus various relief and welfare statistics.
A damaged OCR fragment shows partial phrases like or ors be ing and fined in con The featu rer with unclear context. The readable bits suggest a legal or contractual notice but no concrete names, dates, or actions are established.
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