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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1886
Page
2
Those who viewed Western Chinese troubles as distant note Chinese in scattered communities move toward the east. The issue remains unsettled as mob violence fails to solve the problem of their disturbing presence in the country.
Newspaper reports claim Mormon missionaries are influential among Alabama's poor whites with many converting, risking ruin of homes. Protests from foreign governments have arisen but no government has curtailed the missionaries' work abroad or at home.
Col John Dyde C M G collapsed and died in the witness box at Halifax while testifying in the Bank of British North America forgery case in which his son John Dyde was involved. The elderly Montreal notable, once a queen's aide and volunteer commander, died amid the distressing proceedings.
The Hon. John L. Sullivan visited Troy and Albany and shook hands with Paddy Ryan. Sullivan declared he never called Ryan a coward, and the cordial reunion moved many spectators to tears, showing harmony between the two eminent figures.
General William T. Sherman refused a charity request for an aged destitute female schoolteacher in St. Louis noting heavy purse demands and comparing his wife, a devout Catholic, opposing public schooling to a tavern. The piece urges Sherman to guard his speech.
The governor directs the Attorney General to work with district attorneys and other officers to enforce laws against all forms of lotteries including charity schemes. The move targets Grand Army Posts using lotteries to fund needy veterans, insisting illegal schemes cannot be tolerated for relief to the suffering.
The item parodies Thomas Hood style satire and references the North Pentonville Gazetteer as well as the Little Pedlington Gazette and Observer. It mocks editorials and the imagined dictates of Prince Bismarck with a tone reminiscent of rural journalism satire.
Senate debate opens on condemning the attorney general for refusing to send papers in the Duskin case. Edmunds leads. galleries crowded. Republicans value his clear exposition. Congress passes the Central Missouri Railroad bridge bill and agency nominations, while labor and oleomargarine bills move in Senate. House debates Indian appropriation and other measures.
A Boston Traveller column recounts a teacher guiding a class through the Babylonian captivity tale. She asks the boys to imagine captivity and slavery, only to have a bold pupil remark that no nation is big enough to do it, sparking quiet humor and a patriotic moment.
A London letter sniffs at English society as poorly dressed and unfashionable noting flashy laces gowns and diamonds yet ill fitting garments and lacking style It claims English women cannot dance especially waltz and mocks the prince of Wales dancing ability and a single speaker recounts a disappointed suitor vowing to avoid British maidens.
Gen. D. M. Frost at a Southern Historical and Benevolent Society gathering claimed a Missouri Confederate state secret. He described plans to unite Price’s, McCullough’s, Hardee’s and Pillow’s forces under one commander to hold southern Missouri, arguing it would add about 100000 Missouri soldiers, a proposal reportedly rejected by Gen. Johnston and the Richmond government.
Minnesota dairy commissioners publish Prof. Nachtrieb’s extract on butterine showing it as a foul, adulterated product. The report notes living organisms and mould in samples, claims a criminal, filthy process with spores and protozoa, and warns of widespread fraud harming farmers and consumers.
The text describes bacilli in hay infusions and mould networks with figures showing forms such as Micrococcus embedded in gelatinous mass and Balantidium coli in the rectum of swine. It notes micrococci related to diseases like smallpox erysipelas and theria and discusses balantidiam coli found in hospital patients with diarrhea.
New Orleans dispatch reports Patrick H Bord and John Murphy hanged after attempting suicide by belladonna before execution. Doctors feared coma but warrants were executed. Witnesses testified as ropes were adjusted on the gallows amid rain damaged rope. A note found in vest pocket requests mercy but condemns their fate.
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