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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1886
Page
8
A garbled OCR reading yields a string of odd phrases and misspellings. It appears to be an unfinished notebook fragment with stray names and broken lines. The readable content is minimal and lacks coherent events or identifiable entities.
A Civil War escape narrative follows James Patrick Mabry a Union guard and Mabry the Confederate prisoner who share the same name. They befriend in Andersonville prison, plot a daring breakout by sawing a hole in a boxcar, flee through the South aided by Black civilians, reunite with Union forces near Columbus Georgia, and reflect on the war as they continue toward muster out.
The Boston Record warns American girls about going abroad to study music painting or language without funds. It notes that foreign matrons prefer Englishwomen for pupils or foreign correspondence work. The piece urges young women to have money ready before leaving to study or travel abroad.
A critical contrast between American and British behavior in Japan. The piece notes Anglo and American vices, arguing Americans drink more recklessly, neglect health rules, and start drinking earlier. It alleges Britons pace intoxication, while Americans multi-task drinking with cocktails and cigars before breakfast.
A sensational recount of Emma Abbott and a tenor in a stage kiss scene. The article describes the kiss as a showy, risky moment ending with injuries to the tenor and Emma explaining audience desire and safety issues. Abbott tabs the public appetite for dramatic kisses and notes she may drop opera roles to dodge encroaching danger to performers.
From Manufactures Record this piece argues fifty years of U S business show steady climb rather than royal roads to success. It praises thrift, industry, and perseverance, noting founders learned from early weaknesses and built power through cautious growth and long service.
In a Pall Mall Gazette item readers learn Prince Bismarck’s advice spurred a print run of Faust editions and a sensational matrimonial ad, which sought a 17 to 20 year old Polish wife with handsome looks. The piece notes he married a Polish beauty and travels in southern Italy.
A collection of kitchen notes and recipes detailing rice waffles chicken salad ginger pound cake chocolate pudding macaroni timmal and apple sponge cake style directions with measurements and steps for baking and cooking techniques from a historic domestic column.
An English tourist recounts Averiond experiences at a New York hotel, describing long waits for meals, inconsistent service, and watered milk. He notes a canny tip culture in the US, contrasting it with England where a shilling or similar gratuity would secure better service. He recalls being denied certain items while others arriving later got them.
Dan Rice the veteran circus man discovers he is heir to about 300,000 acres of land in Texas and Mexico. The land, bought over fifty years ago by his father Dan Rite McLardn, was located with documents found among his father’s papers. Rice’s inquiry in Texas and Mexico confirms the title and readiness to claim the property.
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