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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1885
Page
5
Schedule notes show U M and St P Railways with east and west trips and daily and Sunday variations. Post office Eastern Mail close times listed with regional lines and exceptions. A stray quotation claims Shakespeare and a wry remark about Earth and men.
A sprawling collage of local happenings across Kimball Chamberlain Castalia and nearby towns. Mentions include post office changes in Mitchell and Castalia, school sessions at the Normal Institute, church services, a windmill tower contract, a baseball game between Chamberlain and Kimball, local theft and crime anecdotes, grants memorial fund subscriptions, and travel mentions of residents visiting Rockford Chicago and Fulton Kentucky.
The Normal Institute at Kimball convened Monday with 89 pupils enrolled, the largest attendance ever in the county. Teachers and staff include Supt. Drury, Mr. B E Drury conductor, Miss Ada Sisson, Miss Mary Barber, and Mrs. John S. White. The two day program covered reading arithmetic grammar geography Bible study and physiology.
An extended clumsy obituary and scattered notices recount a man born June 25, 1512, in Wilbraham Massachusetts, with ties to Muskingum Ohio and Coshocton County Ohio. It details a long marriage, seven children, a fatal accident, and funeral rites at Kimball Cemetery. The page also lists sales, housing bids, advertised goods, farm and business notices, and various product ads. Multiple small items mention broken chicken wire sales, house for sale or trade, public bids, and lampoonish medical cures from Cherry County syrup and other remedies.
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