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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1886
Page
4
A romantic ballad extols a country girl seen under a bonnet with bright blue eyes golden hair and soft voice. The speaker admires her beauty and innocence and hopes to win her heart as she whispers Yes.
Bob Marshall, a hard drinker in a rough Pennsylvania town, resists temperance pressure until a firehouse town hall meeting spurs a pledging drive. He finally signs the temperance pledge, joining hundreds of neighbors and declaring his wife the happiest woman in town.
A Youths Companion vignette recalls a joyful rural station reunion of an old couple, their long absent daughter, and family. The vivid scene captures playful mispronunciations and surprised embraces as the grandparents greet grandchildren including Benny John Henry and Mary Jane, highlighting family warmth.
A bartender in a country store back room accidentally pours turpentine into a drink then fills the glass with whiskey. The customer drinks it, praising the bartender as a good customer, asking why he did not receive another drink.
A morphine addict pleads for a dose outside a William Street dry goods shop and is turned away. After multiple refusals and police intervention, the man returns demanding relief, collapses, and is taken to the station amid grim remarks from the druggist about opium’s grip.
A provocative editorial argues war harms honest citizens and families, claiming only adventurers, thieves, gamblers, and cowards would profit from conflict. It contends brave men should avoid front-line danger while war enables predatory behavior behind the lines.
An ironic meditation on the mystery of diamond formation and origin, noting that diamonds arise from sunlit, warm climates and remain elusive to prediction. It compares nature's transformations to human titles and asks about the elusive, costly process of crystalization and creation.
A San Francisco Post anecdote shows locals using well and hearty in casual greetings. Citizens greet each other, noting health while mentioning old friends Bill Gailbraith Wylie and others, with one remark about Sam Wylie at his funeral.
The Riverside Press reports on artesian wells from Oceanside to Del Mar and San Diego. At Oceanside a 400 foot well yielded brackish water after striking a cement layer and a cave. Frazier produced water at 300 feet before cement, while Del Mar’s eight foot deep surface well produced water near a bluff edge. Coravada Beach San Diego shows a 440 foot well with 400 feet of salt water.
Old Pete's boy just returned from school and repeats stray phrases about seeing a man. The father lectures on proper speech amid a joking rural exchange. A digressive note closes with a quip about learning and language.
Tim Campbell urges the president on a bill he supports while the president doubts its constitutionality. Campbell defends the Constitution as a venerable, foundational document and argues it should guide, not impede, good relations, citing Jefferson’s reverence and the Declaration of Independence.
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