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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1885
Page
10
A damaged OCR passage evokes a weary speaker recalling childhood prayers and a distant future. The text wanders through memories of pain, hope, and a nameless path, with fragments suggesting personal struggle and endurance across years. The narrator names Routie and references the desert years, legible yet elusive in meaning.
A fragment from a romance follows Clarence Livingstone on his deathbed, Lena Munroe nursing him, and Elmar Livingstone’s struggle with a debt to a wronged daughter. Six years later Lena and Clarence reunite as love grows, while a past betrayal and family duties shape their future.
Vernon Lee condemns modern French fiction for depicting evil without moral counterbalance and for gratuitous explicit sexual descriptions. He argues such sins dull moral energy, erode the fight for virtue, and distract from higher intellectual development, citing Balzac and Flaubert as examples.
In Ascrupotona village a physician hero appeared in a petty sessions court. he refused an oath saying his ax book was dangerous. After compromises failed, he wouldn’t affirm or cover the book, finally consenting to proceed under protest to “run the risk of catching disease.”
A Detroit Free Press humorous anecdote tells of Mr Jones praising his wife for sewing buttons on his garments in the middle of the night. He extols the virtue of a good wife while they retrieve buttons, coats, vests, and shirts, noting the lifelong value of wifely devotion.
An article describes Mexican soldiers in white uniforms enduring brutal conditions. They endure monthly pay of thirty cents, face mutinies from three months unpaid, and live in a bare corral shelter with armed guards. Deserters are shot and recruitment runs from crime. Wm. S. Conner reports from St. Louis.
Anecdote from a Chicago Tribune column recalls Matthew Arnold’s stay in a Western city. A hospitable clergyman pridefully offered comforts and even polished Arnold’s boots himself after a humorous misstep. The tale highlights a clash of manners and the rough humor of cross Atlantic hospitality.
Archdeacon Farrar told Paradelphia that genuine atheism does not exist and most so called skepticism hides self doubt or conceit. He urged Christians to distinguish essentials from nonessentials and to focus on belief in God and love for fellow humans, while probing unanswered questions about matter origin and motion.
A New York Letter comments on luxury markets among the rich, noting Col Russell paying 7000 for cattle, William Vanderbilt buying several fancy bulls, and an Eliot Bible sold at 1000 as displays of wealth. It recalls fast horses and the Bennet family on Fort Washington grounds and ends with Cromley profiting from dairy while European visitors are hinted at in provocative lines.
The piece surveys traditional mortuary customs and beliefs about spirits across cultures. It notes practices to prevent ghosts from returning to the living, including carrying the dying out through special openings, barricading doors, and rituals observed by various peoples. It cites Greece, Rome, China, and many indigenous groups, with examples from Amsterdam and Central Italy.
A historical overview of New York hotels describing the vast servant workforce, including cooks, waiters, and maids, and how management, duties, and living arrangements shaped hotel operation. The piece contrasts hotel service life with ordinary domestic work and notes the expansive payroll and elaborate furnishings reflecting the era's social structure.
The excerpt includes Dr John Hall urging a silent close to worship and to depart with reverence, followed by a legal musing on penalties for tying a ward in chancery and eloping with a ward, as stated by Mr Labouchers. It juxtaposes religious conduct with harsh English legal penalties.
A peculiar Massachusetts figure in West Lyn is described as the stingiest man around. He lives frugally, crunching crackers and a pint of mull with water as a banquet, while quartering meals and rationing croes. A bizarre plan for splitting a match is shared, and his thrifty habits extend to keeping a chicken from his wife’s flock for dinner. His family misfortune includes a son’s death and his daughter being charged for a yard, with a $1,000 missing into a bank account.
Kimball sits near the heart of Brule County in Southern Dakota amid the prime farming and stock country. The region’s rich crops in recent years prove the land’s value and productivity.
Fragmented OCR text describes a railroad junction near Milwaukee and St. Paul line, listing hotels, post office, livery stables, stores, grain elevator, and general merchandise. It mentions a grievant and various shops and brands in a location 43 miles west and 22 miles east of a reference point, with broad promotional tone about commerce and relocation.
A readable fragment notes a town site near the pensite known for its fine tale events and strong balfnils tracks drawing steady attendance. The description emphasizes the event with local interest and agricultural elements in a rustic setting.
Avul experiences rapid growth with new investments and employment opportunities. Officials cite improved infrastructure, housing demand, and business enthusiasm driving a strong local economy. Residents anticipate continued expansion into the coming year.
The text appears as a garbled historical OCR passage discussing use rules, restraints, and conditions in Dakota. It references Main Street blocks, a sale, serving date, and comparisons to Ohio Indiana and E Lindi. It mentions rain, routes, water fare, alkali tastes, and Eastern Stakes with vague notices for further particulars by address.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions D Warner Kimball Dakota Rose Court and a corner location with garbled phrases. Readable items show names and a street-like string, but many words are illegible. The fragment suggests a neighborhood reference without clear event or date details.
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