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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1886
Page
5
A dense OCR filled with dates, hours, and local notices from Kimball and nearby towns. Includes post office hours, ballads, theater references, weather notes, and miscellaneous regional items mentioning Blind Boone, promotions, baseball rule changes, and local personalities. The scattered items reflect asnapshot of daily life, entertainments, and civic details in a late 19th or early 20th century Dakota community.
A terrible wreck on the line near Parker in the early evening injures and kills multiple aboard two trains, the westbound passenger and the eastbound freight. Fireman Suez and Victor David Blackwood die. Conductor McCarthy blamed for not waiting for the freight. The crash halts service as engineers react and crews work to clear the tracks.
A garbled OCR piece mentions places and names including Guyenne and Guaman, references to a telephone day, a minister, and local civic details. It hints at votes, a hall project on Me Sti street, and church appointments at a Methodist church. Mentions Chamberlain Chamberian Dakota Fr ance Co and Mitchell, with resignations and local impact notes.
A 1885 notice warns shoppers about adulterated baking powders sold door to door and by samples. It extols Royal Baking Powder as pure and reliable, condemns grants of free gifts, and urges reliance on trusted brands. The piece also notes a local grocery firm CK Kimball Grocery Co. planning a reorganization and inventory clearance.
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