13 Aug 1886
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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1886
Page
1
Public notice text from the Bisball Dekots post office detailing advertising options and payment terms. It explains second class mailing, charges for advertised items, and deadlines for submissions. It encourages writers to submit communications early and notes job work available at reasonable rates.
A critical piece discusses Edmond Yates and The London World revelations about ministerial secret service money, arguing the Liberal party faces unprecedented influence, coercion, and rewards for support. It compares current tactics to Walpole’s era, condemning bribes, promises, and honor trading as unsafe for national integrity and urging accountability.
An Army officer discusses wagon and horse supply for cavalry, noting westward campaigns strain forage and water. Inspector tests cover conformation, wind, and endurance, with horses branded and assigned to regiments amid routine discard and renewal.
Deputy Marshal McDonald and Deputy Collector Chisholm uncovered an underground distillery two miles beyond Stone Mountain. They found a gin house, still, boiler, worm, cottonseed, mill, and other items, arresting Benjamin Franklin Kilgore after a months effort. The seizure marked one of the era’s largest internal revenue raids. Kilgore bonded for $300.
In a Chicago Herald item a passenger in a smoking car describes a shaking man in Branch County Michigan who has a daily violent tremor. The quakes rattle his teeth and trigger a familiar tune, with a rumored fortune for anyone who exhibits him in a museum.
A London Ontario Free Press notice from a local undertaker asserts a likely steady July 11 demand and announces a 25 percent cash discount for customers, with a promotional offer of black plumes with white tips to decorate hearses.
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