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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1886
Page
9
A correspondent argues for letting youths select their future. He praises exposure to natural history, machines, and printing to reveal interests, urging parents to avoid harsh servile apprenticeships and instead support voluntary, interest driven training.
A Rochester Union report describes three U.S. toothpick plants with Belmont New York operations. It traces from basement start to production on two floors where maple and pine logs are shaved, cut, shaped, and dried before packing, with waste fuel from the process.
A humorous local exchange at an Omaha clothing shop features a preacher from Wayback seeking a suitable frock coat or cutaway suit. The clerical visitor discusses styles while the merchant tries to match a garment to the preacher’s needs, noting tail details and pistol-pocket concerns.
A Vienna carpet merchant showcases a curio collection of over 300 linen fragments, many exhumed from tombs. Some pieces are as small as a foot square, while a full Roman toga may exist among the larger panels. Embroidered dresses, knitting work, and bone needle sewing reveal ancient Egyptian stitching. The blue check pattern appears on dusters and aprons, traced to Egyptian use over a thousand years ago.
A humorous note about young people marrying secretly and delaying telling parents prompts a father’s playful inquiry. The line “What’s the news, Jimmy?” is answered with a sheepish admission that a wedding occurred last week.
William Woodbury, son of Judge Mont gomery Blair, plans marriage to Mrs. Hammers ly, a New York widow reportedly worth 5 000 000. Ex-Congressman Ben Willis died in New York at age 46 after two terms from 1874 to 1878. Adna Anderson named second vice president of Northern Pacific with reassigned duties on the Pacific coast. A. G. Postlethwaite appointed general land agent of the company.
Michigan's wheat yield is cited at 26 594 514 bushels about 1414 per acre. The page shifts to medical ads praising Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery for female complaints and lung disease, alongside claims for Brown's Iron Bitters and McCaine's St Paul Chemical Oil. It also notes Theodore Roosevelt as New York mayoral candidate and other assorted market and weather items.
Ancestral tonic Allen's Iron Tonic Bitters markets fortifying claims signed by J. P. Allen, Druggist of St. Paul Minnesota. Claims also tout Piso's Cure for consumption with no opium and various “Liver Oil” products from Caswell Hazard & Co New York praised as pure and superior. Also advertised are Lyon's Patent Heel Stiffener and cosmetic cures for acne and rough skin.
Mrs H D Waxans of Jackson Michigan testifies Hood's Sarsaparilla helps indigestion and sleeplessness. The ad touts economy and strength with a claim that a bottle contains 100 teaspoonfuls and that the average dose is less than a teaspoonful.
Advertising notice for Hood's Sarsaparilla by C. S. Hood & Co. Apothecaries Lowell Mass. price one dollar per bottle with six for five and a hundred doses claim as a preparation product for medical use.
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