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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1887
Page
2
Dr Norvin Green of Western Union warns that many men break from overwork and favors evening amusements to unwind after work. He says he seldom works at night and tries never to do so, citing postal and Revised Statutes sections on intruded letters.
Two Belgian scientists have invented a telephone that can lay along the ground through rivers or over walls and still carry on conversations at short distances. It could aid battlefield communications or connect country houses.
A major Kentucky estate faces litigation over claims that the deceased contracted a second marriage while intoxicated. The piece argues marriages require sober consideration, noting that contracts formed under alcohol influence may be invalid.
A piece recalls actress Mary Anderson’s rise in the United States and notes a shift in attitude after praise from British society. It questions whether she will return to her Kentucky homeland and childhood haunts.
In Westfield Massachusetts an examination for West Point cadet ship revealed ten of twenty applicants were rejected for physical unfitness due to tobacco heart from excessive cigarette smoking. The incident stresses the health risks of smoking for young men and the moral lesson of maintaining a healthy body.
Mrs Wilbur F Storey widow of the late Chicago Times editor and known as Aureka C Story faces a lengthy costly probate dispute. She says lawyer fees and court bills have run to substantial sums as she pursues bills her husband drafted before his death in Cook County.
General Shiéridan reviewed nearly 10 000 National Guard troops in regular army dress. He praised their material equality with the best field forces and claimed thirty days of active service would render citizen soldiers as effective as veterans. He asserted no state in the Union could muster a finer military force for field deployment.
An Aug. 22 letter from President Fitzgerald of Lincoln Nebraska, published in Northwestern Chronicle, discusses the Irish league proclamation. He says the proclamation cannot alter American league operations except money retention by Rev. D O Reilly, urges resistance to coercion acts, praises Parnell, and calls Northwest Irishmen to support the cause with renewed activity.
The official programme for the Grand Army encampment in St Louis from September 26 outlines visiting comrade receptions at depots and landings, a grand parade, mayoral welcome, street illumination, and a national Womans Relief Corps meeting. Excursions include Jefferson Barracks, Lincoln tomb at Springfield, and later trips to Nashville and Mammoth Cave.
Magdeburger Zeitung details Bigmarck at Kissinger with lavish rooms and late night work. Canadian and US items report a Montreal Herald building fire, wheat storage cautions, maritime losses, Irish league politics, stock declines, and indigenous and public notices across Kansas, Missouri, and Colorado.
A private Colorado letter sent to a St. Louis gentleman sheds light on early negotiations with the Uncompahgre and White River bands prior to their removal to reservations. The letter notes refusals to consent to the terms and details the evolving political stance among leaders.
Rev David Seymour and Mrs Fannie Henry were found among steerage passengers aboard the Adriatic from Liverpool. Detective Parrazzo arrested Seymour on a charge of taking $100 from his Minnesota church treasury while Mrs Henry, Editor Henrys wife, fainted but faced no charge. Henry and his brother pursued to New York and then Liverpool, pursuing a dramatic cross country elopement tale unfolding at Jefferson Market court.
Senator Cullem spoke at a gathering of Illinois farmers and old settlers in Sycamore on transportation and commercial regulation. He warned against disturbing public demand for interstate law, noted vast railroad investment, and urged the commission to act against railroads violating the law. Hirsh's touring mill in Winterset burned, with a $12,000 loss.
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