16 Jun 1883
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Newspaper
Wilmington Daily Gazette
Location
Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1883
Page
1
Fragmentary public notices from a historic newspaper page include exam schedules, a law office move, ice cream promotion, divorce petition summons, and a Delaware court dissolution notice. Readers are urged to note dates for examinations and legal actions while commercial notices promote local commerce and services.
A middle aged man sought laudanum at a western city drugstore to end his life after a period of despair. The druggist, weighing the danger, supplied a nonlethal substitute. The man later disclosed his plan to his wife and doctors, who confirmed he had not ingested real poison. He now regains his resolve and curses the druggist while awaiting further news as authorities review the case.
Cape May showcases a grand program from June 30 through early July with operatic and promenade concerts, a 100-member orchestra, and a 500-chorister extension. A State Fencibles visit on June 30 includes a dress parade and a grand afternoon concert, plus nighttime hops on the new pavilion lawn. A select Wilmington excursion departs June 30 for a 1.75 dollar round trip, returning by July 5, as fireworks and further events are planned for the week.
The Friends School at Fourth and West streets held its closing exercises with essays, recitations, and readings to a large audience. Notable pieces compared Washington and Franklin and covered topics from women’s contributions to English literature to Scottish battles.
The Delaware College Gazette reports the Academy of Newark closing exercises in the college oratory with a large audience, a long program of readings, songs, and duets led by Rev. A. C. Heaton. Following, 84 graduates held a ball. a geology cremation is planned for tonight by the class of ’84, promising a notable event.
Across the town of Miamis, Wisconsin, a eight year old girl named Nettle Lyons was assaulted near the railroad. A vigilante group captured Toll Warner from Alpena Michigan and hanged him at the railroad crossing after a lengthy crowd gathered at the jail. The girl identified Warner as her attacker, and the town fears the suspect’s innocence while awaiting her recovery.
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