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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1887
Page
2
A description of a type setting machine using ninety one dies pressed by electricity to form a printing matrix. The device resembles a typewriter and chills a future for stereotyping with electric dies. The article also covers the Panamanian canal timeline and a Lake Michigan wreck inquiry with stern censure for passing captains and officers who delayed relief efforts.
The health of Emperor William ages 90 fuels anxiety in German courts. His recovery from a recent attack is doubtful. Crown Prince Frederick William’s illness worsens the crisis, prompting speculation about his ability to guide the empire. Attention shifts to Prince Frederick William, described as impetuous and warlike, and his popularity with Bismarck.
The shift to patent and roller milling increases flour exports while wheat shipments fall. September exports stood at 5,782,000 bushels versus 10,574,000 the previous September, a drop of 4,842,000 bushels, yet overall flour trade gains for the year offset the 1886 ending month.
The Railway Age notes unprecedented railroad expansion from January to November with 274 roads laying 9 408 miles of track. Growth concentrates west of the Missouri from Dakota and Montana to the gulf, led by Katinas with at least 1 680 miles gained, Nebraska 867 Texas 634 Colorado 718 and Dakota 680 miles.
A detailed account of the November 11 1887 execution of August Spies Adolf Fischer Albert Parsons and George Engel in Chicago. The article follows the final moments the death warrants the march to the gallows the four men in white shrouds and their last words and deaths. It describes jail staff deputies observers and doctors present and the dramatic reactions of the condemned men.
Detailed observations by medical men after the drop fell describe pulse rates for Spies Engel Fischer Parsons at various intervals. Minutes after death, pulses show rapid decline then faint, with later signs of convulsions and eventual cessation. The report notes visible hands turning purple and confirms no pulse in Fischer after seven minutes and forty five seconds.
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