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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1884
Page
6
The OCR reads as a damaged poem with garbled lines about love, yellow corn, leaves brown, a distant horn, and a grave. Names like Rabson Luter Springor appear in fragments, with long-ago imagery and unsettled lines scattered across the page.
Sir Algernon Tudor, wealthy and handsome, confesses love to Lady Dolly Gustleton at a country house. Dolly pretends reluctance but hints affection as Dolly's sister Freda and Dolly's brother Charley scheme playful mischief. After a comical sequence of interruptions, Dolly rejects a rash proposal, while Dolly and Algernon confront misunderstandings and a bustling ballroom scene ends with reconciliation and secret hopes.
A historical discussion notes that lion tamers face repeated risk yet often die of natural causes. It cites Manchester Jack’s famed but disputed lion bite tale, asserting no verified fatal head bite by a lion. Van Amburgh’s fame in England and America is discussed, including royal interest and a humorous exchange about fear.
A long compendium of home farming notes covers preserving fruit with waxed papers, dining with clean earthen dishes, and boiling water to purify. It includes recipes for a ginger beverage, a milk and sugar dessert, and notes on straw berry growers selling on vines. Also addressed are cattle care, foot rot prevention, and a meditation on farmers’ organizations and economic pressures described through contrasts between Des Moines and broader market forces.
A Washington Star report details a White House kitchen tour led by steward William at the Waite Home. It describes five kitchens, large copper utensils, elaborate centerpieces, and the elaborate five-station service system for a formal dinner. The chief and assistants craft tallow ornaments and floral pieces while ensuring guests’ views remain unobstructed. Seven refrigerating rooms, wine storage, and outside assistances support the dinner, with the president approving expenses for a lavish midwinter menu.
The author argues farmers need frequent baths due to dusty work and perspiration. John M. Stahl advises cleansing daily after work, noting many families lack bath facilities. Bathing takes minimal time and yields deeper, more restorative sleep, yet habits lag nationwide.
A pooled extract mixes instructions on fringe construction with social commentary. It contrasts detailed craft steps for tassel fringe with lengthy passages on American women versus European standards, then shifts to a meditation on farming’s economic uncertainty and the vulnerabilities of merchants and manufacturers to market and weather fluctuations.
Dr Fairbanks of Alimodnugger reports on cholera care in India noting failures when medicine is delayed or inadequately taken. He cites camphor as a frequent harmful ingredient and suggests alkalinizing aids to stimulate kidneys and remove excess serum. Nitre is described as a strong corrective, used with camphor until vomiting stops, then dissolved nitre to promote urine. failure prompts emetic to drain stomach fluids.
Thomas Stevens, an English traveler, reached Chicago on July 4 after starting April 22 from San Ja n cisea. He crossed the Nevada mountains, passed Ogden Cheyenne and Omaha, moving about six miles daily. He will travel to New York by rail then sail to Liverpool to bicycle through Europe toward Agia in 1881. He wears an army helmet and rides a fifty inch bicycle while restocking on the road.
Article warns farmers about errors in pig management not relying on clover alone. It advises using available corn or grinding and soaking feeds, maintaining full time work in the farm, and avoiding careless waste. It emphasizes practical feeding and husbandry to keep piglets healthy and profitable.
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