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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1898
Page
4
A brief item shows a numeric code sequence with amounts and identifiers, likely a ledger or contract note. The fragment lists five figures including 05 123 5 0 8.50 T 10 tot fi-800 140, suggesting a calculation or entry line. No clear persons or organizations are identifiable in the readable text.
Judge Brown visited town Saturday. Smoke the Greenleaf for sale at store. Various residents and visitors, including Mrs Ep Ochisner, Miss Maggie Brislan, Col John H King, and Mra CD Coram, appear in town notices. Reports of agriculture, coal, new machinery, and upcoming events fill the column along with school and road updates.
A collage of overheard shop chatter and rural life items. Mentions Woll's bargains near At Walt's, a Cooper wagon price variance, and summer window displays. Includes rumors about Kimball drug store occupancy, Plankinton and Scotland club ball for state championship, and varied milk payments across Freeborn county creameries with Welcome remarks on cooperative practice and local political chatter.
A mixed batch of local notes recalls farmers near Kimball buying lumber and pulling wagons, visits by John Pick and others, and a damp harvest with ongoing plowing and threshing plans. Weather delays and a new well by W Havlik are mentioned alongside a well attended dance at Mr Brooks.
Vintage ad copy promotes Matson's clothing sale for thirty days with a focus on women’s health claims and a Free samples push for DeWit's products. Also notes an August 26 excursion by Fremont & Mo Valley Railway to Hot Springs South Dakota with rates from several cities and a sales offer for land tracts in Dakota with terms and contact.
Travel plans mention a September 16 to 18 excursion to Boston. Round trip price cited as 19.00 with inclusive return on September 6, 1898.
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