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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1886
Page
8
A fragmented poem-like passage depicts Luna in a tranquil landscape. Descriptions of blue path, white cape-like blades, and a calm emerald lake evoke a serene, painterly mood with unclear authorial details.
A fragmentary reminiscence recounts Nanny Jones, once the prettiest girl in Salem, and her marriage to Ned Dawson a sailor. After Dawson takes command of a brig bound for Bombay, Nanny remains in their cottage as years pass with unanswered questions about his fate and her own silence.
A widow Nancy Dawson marries Deacon Willis to care for his six children after the deacon’s death. Years later Nancy’s first husband Ned returns at last, revealing he is the child’s father, not Willis, and Ned and Nancy reunite as Ned restores his bond with his wife. The story spans a Western voyage, long years, and a family restored by enduring love.
In the New Heiucoton Review Carlyle discusses Louis Napoleon dying January 9 1873. He condemns the man as lacking real fire and notes the crowd’s reaction in London with grim imagery of deformity and misery while recalling past encounters and the failed hopes of entry to Paris.
A Detroit Free Press tale relates Brother Gardner confronting a Lime Kiln Club on motto replacements. A butcher's “Live and Let Live” motto backfires, causing trade losses and theft. The piece rails at workers needing slogans to sustain honesty and industry.
A Chicago courtroom story recalls Judge Gary famed for jokes during long juror excuses in the old rookery. After many flimsy petitions, he warns no more slow pleas. A nervous juror privately whispers he has lice, prompting the judge to ease with a light rebuke and a clerkly joke.
A Salem Gazette tale recounts a coach driver with one keen eye who, after being provoked by a Boston traveler asking many questions, snaps back and later learns a mail bag was misplaced due to a swapped horse. The Boston man quietly notes the error, emphasizing personal focus on one’s own business.
The report describes a steam tricycle capable of hill climbing with minimal effort and adaptable to single or sociable forms. It claims light baggage capacity, compact design, five to seven hours water supply, and kerosene oil compatibility. Patents planned in France Belgium Germany and other continents.
A stark critique of English drama and stage culture argues that current theatre relies on a few writers and imitates French and German models. It laments loss of true English dramatic literature, suggests improvisation and original staging, and targets actors, managers, and cross‑channel influences.
A Detroit Free Press fragment recalls weary soldiers wandering a battlefront camp where an old man complains of a troublesome widow and wonders about leaders while dreaming of marriage to a black girl named Susie as relief from wartime burdens.
A five year old Marion doubts the biblical flood tale after hearing her sister’s explanation and declares that all those people would have suffocated from acid gas, as noted by the New York Tribune.
Smith confronts Brown about carrying watermelons and the doctor being at the house as tensions rise amid a vague nighttime event. The fragment hints at an expense inquiry and an ongoing domestic scene.
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