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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1884
Page
4
The text reports scattered items: abolition in Chicago, a Cleveland spotlight on a similtx dimension, and a discussion on political advocacy and press tone. It notes a civic debate on presidential candidates, market shifts in wheat, and conditions affecting farmers. It also contains light anecdotes about sales, rumors, and local editorial positions in Dakota papers.
The Mitchell Mail endorses the Gualities position in the coming elections. The Dakotan notes population growth in South Dakota with weekly births in counties. A Plankinton reader would think politics are lively. Chas Mix County lacks a democratic paper and the Record offers to publish calls for democratic meetings. Editor Welsh of the Douglas Co Chronicle has traveled to Michigan and married, while the Guapnic extends congratulations. The Peck Sun editor seeks a well bred setter, and The Herald offers a year’s paper for fields like potatoes and melons. Taylor invites a visit as he builds an extra cellar for winter supplies.
A fragmentary 1684 land office notice from Mitchell District Territory details an auction process. Names such as Evert Regier, H Barber Jr, and Geo B Everitt appear amid garbled text describing filings, appeals, and eligibility. The imperfect OCR yields a muted public sale notice without clear dates or locations beyond Mitchell District.
Notices from the Mitchell land office recount appeals and decisions on entries and forfeitures. Communiqués from the Honorable Commissioner and Register outline thirty day appeal periods and finality of questions of fact, naming officers Barber Jr and Everitt and detailing entries in ranges and townships with references to Chas. Mixer and Fred Beker.
Land office notices from Mitchell D T list settlers filing for final or continued residence proofs. Names include Chas Savonell, D Everitt, Frank Peten, Joseph Zingula, Walter, Seenon, and others. Proving witnesses cited span Kimball D T, Mitchell, and nearby districts with dates from August 1884 to September 1888.
The Mitchell land office issues a series of notices of intention to prove claims for homestead entries. Names include James Bowler, George Beritt, and others as applicants, with hearings set before probate officials in Chamberlain and Kimball. Contests allege failures to meet residency and cultivation requirements, with designated dates in August and September for testimony and proof.
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