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Newspaper
Kimball Enterprise
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1883
Page
1
A garbled verse narrative follows Sunflower and Lily as they journey over the sea and compare beauty. Men praise the Lily’s form while noting its curling hair. women admire the Sunflowers. both sides claim superiority amid comments of travel and appearance.
An improvised wartime wedding aboard the Rover of the Mississippi squadron unites Gasper and Sall, the bride styled from refugees and labor to prepare gowns, rings, and even a portable ceremony. The fleet surgeon officiates as the captain performs the vows with grave humor, pledging lifelong partnership and fidelity.
A Philadelphia Times note recounts a wartime reunion described with humorous dialect and malapropisms. The piece portrays Gasper and Long Sall's unlikely union celebrated amid gratitude and kept spirits, ending with a benediction.
An 18.5 million gallon peak in 1476 is contrasted with about 14 million gallons consumed in the latest year. The piece attributes the decline to adulteration and changing social habits among the wealthy, noting a shift from wine to waters and nonalcoholic beverages and suggesting the social role of wine in cheerfulness and warmth.
The San Francisco Chronicle notes railroad charges by the Southern Pacific on fruit shipments to Arizona and New Mexico. A Pomona apple shipment to a Tucson commission house sold for 50 dollars, yet the railroad kept 28 19 in fees, about two percent of the value, leaving the farmer with only a fraction of proceeds and illustrating broad abuse of transport tolls on farm goods.
A Columbia Law School student, famed as a civil lawyer at the New York bar, is described in a tale of a dreamlike episode. He allegedly stole three young swallows from a barn, hid them in his hat, and later claimed he had captured them in a dream while his observer restored the hat with the birds.
The New York papers recount a dramatic incident during Brooklyn bridge construction. A master stone mason stood on the tower edge as a giant coping stone swung toward him from a prematurely moved derrick. He timed his move and bent to ride the stone over the edge, narrowly escaping a plunge 278 feet to the river below.
A condemned man faced the drop on the scaffold as the plank teetered toward him. The block tilted toward the river but swung back to the tower, leaving the doomed man to lose consciousness and fall into the awaiting arms of the waiting workers.
A compilation of personal gossip touching the wife of former Arizona Governor R. O. McCormick, daughter of ex Senator Thurman, and a stray expressive verse found in a Chicago box car. The item weaves in anecdotes about Bishop Potter, the Shah of Persia, Ella Wheeler, Benjamin Franklin, and a Denver concert, with a mix of humorous quips about language and public figures.
A reflective piece extols Stratford on Avon as deeply connected to Shakespeare. It discusses his influence on local life and real estate, the town’s theatre, memorial festivals, and the allure for London visitors. The article notes the town’s charm amid flowing rivers, meadows, and Prospero’s theatrical magic.
Americans distant from Europe are urged to visit the local Shakespeare festival as part of the annual program. The text highlights friendly guidance about including this site in cultural tours and notes the association of notable local figures with the town’s later history, including M. D. Conway.
The piece argues fashion should reveal natural form within decorum. It notes tight garments may suit a well-proportioned man, while simple gowns with belts can express but hide movement in women. It laments excess and urges freedom and variety for individuals, especially active healthy girls.
A New York editorial laments slovenly reading as a pestilence harming mind and morale. It warns that careless skimming robs readers of argument, sense, and the writer’s purpose, urging teachers to teach precise, attentive reading to students for clear thought and writing.
A description compares young women across Europe and America, praising English women's physical strength and vigor relative to peers in the United States and other nations. It notes Americans as refined in loveliness, French as best dressed, German Frauleins with fine hair, Spanish girls with bright eyes, and Venetian Florentine descendants from Titian’s era.
The excerpt extols hygienic living with plain food good sleep fresh air and ample cleansing as safeguards for health. It credits such practices with aiding physical development and perennial beauty, praising Englishwomen as a result.
An extract from Long’s Magazine notes that human ear movement is largely vestigial, with tiny ear muscles in most people. It compares rare individuals who can wiggle ears to ancestors who used these muscles more, highlighting attollens and retrahens roles and showing chimpanzees and orangutans with similar, though limited, ear mobility.
A Yazoo Valley planter laments Southern cotton dependence on middlemen and lenders. He argues credit and commissions keep planters in a form of modern slavery, resisting mixed crops and predicting crises will push planters toward grain farming and cheaper subsistence options.
A Chicago observer notes America as a linguistic hub with all European languages and many Asian tongues spoken across its cities. Chicago hosts newspapers in thirteen languages and possibly the only Low Dutch paper in America, while German remains widely spoken despite limited schooling and scarce printed material. A stray item mentions a twelve pound pineapple from Doasford, Fla.
In a church tale a group of boys recounts starting a school week with mischief. They pour water on the sickly teacher, who then barely restrains his temper and disciplines them with a hard wooden mile. The narrator recalls the incident, the boys’ fear, and the lasting impact on the gentle instructor.
In a bygone Abilene area story, Fritz a jealous laborer kept Laughter from others. John Weil wooed Katrin on a creek bank while Fritz hunted them with violence. A rifle killed them both and Fritz buried the lovers, later confessing before his death that he was laid to rest beside his victims.
In a remarkable police court session a 70 plus husband pleaded with his wife to reform drinking. He described years of happiness, now a drink problem, and a daughter he wants protected. The wife refused a pledge but yielded after threats of jail.
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