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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1893
Page
3
The notice proclaims a holiday sale with a broader line of goods including albums, work boxes, cuff boxes, manicure sets, autograph albums, ink stands, desks, lap tablets, pens, paper knives, smoking sets, meerschaum and French bunny pipes, prayer books, Bibles, picture books, and Christmas cards at exceptionally low prices. It emphasizes that goods have never been cheaper and prices are set accordingly.
A lively ad promotes dolls up to 1.50 and baby items including a 25 cent Bisque doll with hair. It touts Tron Trains 25 cents to 1 dollar, Chinese tool chests, ABC blocks, harmonicas 5 to 50 cents, and a wide range of games and novelty nick-nacks. The center table features fine china and gut glass with wholesale pricing and a focus on lamps, including a modern central draft lamp at 1.50 and banquet lamps for holiday gifting.
Local items report hospitalities and holiday events around Kimball South Dakota including church observances and gifts. Mentions Mrs. William ONeill's death at the Kimball home, Rev Father Bouska’s new parish at Tabor, and pneumonia cases. Also notes artesian well progress at Castalia mill, threshing convention in Sioux Falls, and a rapid turnover of local merchants during the season.
A collage of festive items and local news reflects holiday mood. Mentions of a California widow insured for $2000, J. E. Strike & Co. new real estate firm, land listings, a Buffalo fire costing $1 million, and a Theatre-Gas explosion near Buffalo. Fire department ball planned, editorials attack on a correspondent, and notes on Christmas generosity and shop bustle.
A late edition reports corn selling around 4% cents per bushel at Wilcon pale, total sales topping $1,000. The column recounts a violent crime near Elk Point involving Ned Babcock and Kate Stefani, resulting in two deaths and a suicide, followed by notices of various local ads, promotions, and travel schedule updates in Mitchell area.
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