20 Aug 1886
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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1886
Page
1
Notice outlines advertising terms for the Dakota Kimball post, including pricing by month and payment delays. It warns that ads without instructions will be inverted and placed as ordered, with deadlines for communications to reach the printer by Thursday morning to insure publication.
A California correspondent recounts Pieta valley legends of Joe Greaser and Anguish family deaths. Tales tell of an asthmatic accordion, missing ranchers, skeletal remains, a jade cross, and a surviving fear of the moonlit hills amid frontier superstition.
The article narrates an unexplained valley mystery and a violent epidemic in Pietu with contagion spreading elsewhere. It details three Cle Lake ranchmen visiting Plata in 18— and erecting a massive boar trap cabin. fog delayed their return and a supposed captured bear was deemed worthless. It also mentions Vovaqueros Jon Gresser and Greaser Joe as local workers.
The article recounts how Secretary Stanton helped a disabled drummer boy awaiting pay and transportation home. After the boy failed to obtain attention at the War Department, Stanton intervened, directing immediate payment and authorizing return home. He sent regards to the boy's mother and all good mothers with sons in the army.
A Hix Preference boy under a rural Arkansas teacher is gently pressed to attend school. The boy, wary of letters, resists yet grows curious as the teacher introduces the alphabet. A village context hints at humorous dialect and rural life. The exchange ends with a polite farewell as the boy pursues learning.
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