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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1887
Page
5
A verse meditation on Cupid leaving rustic life for the city. The god feasts in gold and wealth, is feted in luxurious houses, and witnesses love bought and sold. The poem contrasts early innocence with urban greed and excess.
A long oversize vignette describes a beautiful rich princess sought by many suitors. A humble young man declares he came to wed not to woo, claiming love that sees heart over attire. He proves superiority through humility and love, and they ascend to a seventh heaven together, while others’ efforts fade. Personal Cossip notes high society bits and obituaries follow.
A man contemplates two dramatic proposals to a chosen girl. He toys with a knightly oath at City Hall and a sentimental theatrical declaration, then asks for guidance on how to proceed. The scene blends tall tales and comic misfires as the plan unfolds.
A survey of notorious historical women described as shrews, from Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici to Mme de Vervins and Mme d Orgeval, plus English aristocrats like Lady Coke and Marlborough’s duchess. The piece links temperament, power, and social behavior, ending with royal entertaining habits at Marlborough House and Sandringham.
A Bank Street store provides a rare spectacle as a kitten chases a rat up a man’s trousers while he and witnesses react with laughter. The rat escapes upward, the scene ends with the man shown as the curious exhibit and the rat reportedly staying free.
At Decatur Illinois Ira B Curtis a magistrate heard Philip Davis bring his eighteen year old daughter Barbara from Mount Zion to wed James Fair age 24 employed by Dr A B Waltz Decatur The license was filed but Barbara declared she did not love the suitor Her father protested but Barbara refused and the ceremony was halted with the license certificate tossed to Fair and Curtis concluding the proceedings.
An account from Harper's Bazar describing a tale set in the Bad Lands of the Little Missouri. A government commission visits to study petrifications, while a cowboy guide lures savants with vivid, fantastical scenes of petrified landscapes and wildlife.
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