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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1887
Page
6
A fragment of a poem speaks of a barrier between friends caused by a rift and unkind words. The speaker laments growing separation, wishing the other a sunnier path while recalling the shared past and the pain of solitude. It hints at lost closeness and wandering thoughts.
In 1879 a party of eight prospecting for mica on the Balsam Range in western North Carolina encounters a ruined cabin amid a snowstorm. One companion warns it is haunted by the murder of a wife and child. A terrifying night unfolds with a spectral presence, screams, and a final gunshot in the candleless cabin.
A legendary scene unfolds as a royal court trembles under a king’s demand for loyalty. The queen sits by his side while a fearless baby, held by Willis H. Hawkins, disrupts the ceremony by snatching the crown, breaking the rose scepter, and toppling authority with a bold, symbolic act of freedom.
Mrs Hancock recalls an 1860s scene where a general entertained six Sioux chiefs with piano music. Negotiations to exchange the “big Captain’s” squaw for beads robes blankets ponies and trinkets faltered as the chiefs grew angry and the house filled with tension without a hero appearing or a clear interpreter.
Long Branch crowds mingle with Wall Street fever as John Pondir recalls Ed Hillson and Thomas A. Scott’s high stake gambling. Hillson’s rise and fall culminate in a Niagara Falls suicide note, warning, never gamble as the narrator urges restraint.
A Philadelphia physician warns laymen overusing simple medical works can cause hypochondria. He cites cases of a man thinking his nose is crooked after reading, a hiccup sufferer sparked by a book, and a Camden student who believed he was dead after dissecting lectures.
A hired man recalls working for a Chemung County farmer famed for kindness and fairness. He would call all hands to join in on holidays and busy days, claiming the boss kept crops thriving and workers motivated by simple, shared celebrations.
Ex Governor John C. Brown and Texas and Pacific officials report a striking artesian well near Sierra Blanca where a cavern was struck at 600 feet and a strong upward air current emerges and ebbs daily. The winds stir magnetic sparks in horses and a knife becomes magnetized in the current. Galveston News notes tests on curative properties for paralysis and other diseases.
A writer describes spruce gum collection and processing for market, noting vast yearly sales and surviving gum habit victims. Canadian and northern Maine sources predominate with Vermont and New Hampshire contributing moderate amounts. Gum forms on spruce limbs during hot midsummer, runs from July to August, and ages from white to amber and red. Third-year gum is best for picking. after that it darkens and becomes bitter. In Canada gum is often picked in autumn, with snowshoe methods used in deep snowfields.
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