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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1886
Page
6
Fragmented lines discuss shaping boys into men through kindness, patience, and gentle guidance. The message urges comforting a child, avoiding anger, and offering bright, supportive care to foster growth into responsible adults. It frames moral development as a shared duty and a hopeful aim.
In western Texas near El Luna Fantacado a hunter recalls separating from companions pursuing antelope. He becomes mired in quicksand, struggles between life and death, prays for mercy, and is saved when his loyal horse pawns a rope, drags him to shore, and he embraces the animal thanking him for the rescue.
The largest refracting telescope, two 20 000 dollar glass disks cast in Paris, will form the Lick telescope for Mount Hamilton Observatory funded by James Lick. Clark and son labor to polish the 700 pound assembly using hand rouge. moon observation promises sights within 100 miles. James Lick heir, 60th anniversary celebrated. Clark’s rise from mill worker to famed telescope maker outlined.
Twenty years of national history praise the U S government’s strength, self restraint, and public duty. It notes assassinations of Lincoln and Garfield as crimes not born of political institutions, affirming the nation’s stability, law, and virtuous governance with a call to wisdom, knowledge, and righteousness.
A readable fragment discusses green tea as the principal market product in the United States, noting its distinct status from English breakfast tea. It describes Japanese production methods, leaf selection, and the distinction between green and black tea through firing and oxidation, with references to Yokohama go-downs and indigo coloring.
A Westerner returns east after eleven years, meeting a stranger at Lake Shore depot who reveals a lifelong quest for gold. The talk shifts to family, mother’s aged portrait, and redefining purpose as the traveler abandons gold hunting to visit Pennsylvania kin, ending with a resolve to return home wiser.
Atlanta correspondent reports six months of Mormon activity in North Alabama. Elders travel under guise of privacy, distributing a 25 page tract titled Goctrines of Lat Lorily Sainte. Converts arise in Oxford and Shinto valley with local hostility, a gun perches near Harrison’s house, and elders receive support from Salt Lake City as communities split and homes desert.
Fragmentary OCR text portrays a domestic scene with a party of gentlemen and a boy quoting a line about moral judgment. Dialogue references "old stony" humor and admonition, with a mother and a boy reacting to a controversial remark.
Baltimore American discusses growing English interest in American brides. It argues American women bring independence and vitality, contrasting British women raised for subservience. The piece claims American brides attract wealthy Englishmen, reshaping transatlantic marriage tastes and social norms.
A fragment from Vie Atlanta Constitution recounts Samoa life with vivid yet graphic detail. It describes attire, tattooed figures, flirtation, and a princess choosing a foreign visitor as her consort in a colonial setting. The narrative mixes romance and cultural confrontation amid island customs and hierarchy.
A child questions lent and religious rituals as a mother explains why some behaviors stop during Lent. The dialogue touches on charity, kindness to the poor, and the child’s longing for public affection, with the mother preparing to attend a social reception.
The letter compares British and American beauty, praising American women. It cites Mary Queen of Scots era as a standard, mentions Mary, Mrs Lantry, Mixa Bressay, Lady Lonsdale, and asserts American women are 100 percent more attractive than those in the old countries. It criticizes British dress as coarse and notes shop girls in Boston as more attractive.
A sensational report from Boston details the appearance of Mrs Anna Ay Coolidge facing charges amid a sprawling criminal plot. She reportedly confessed involvement in aiding the murder scheme connected to Adelan L Mellen of Baltimore, with a history of manipulation and deceit that shocks the public. Authorities pursued leads across cities as coercion and bribery surfaced, including a plan to hire a hit man for the payoff.
Reported eccentric travelers through Connecticut known as the Leather Man beguiled locals for decades. A hidden past of rejected love, a vow to wander, and a life on the road ending in hardship, with townspeople recalling his elusive presence and failed meals sought from kind locals.
From the Lewiston Journal comes a tale of Uncle Stead aiding a destitute widow. Lovejoy delivers flour and sugar to a struggling woman, who learns the donor is her husband, revealing a wry twist in a village over a humid afternoon.
A Riversig TAL grocer, who boasted cash principle, loaned five dollars to a longtime customer the next day. The customer sought money to buy groceries, prompting the grocer to wonder where the cash system would lead.
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