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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1885
Page
7
A fragmentary verse piece invokes a bright Mitho Wird mood with birds and melodies. It recalls a lovers message sung by a figure named Frank Demratin Sixumaw, though the OCR text is garbled and partial.
In a Chicago Tround tale, a West Point graduate recounts a night at an abandoned Bedloe Island fort near New York. After a restless vigil a spectral sight and a fall into a hidden pit lead to a shocking reveal: the "ghost" is a long-ignored dumb waiter from the old kitchen, misinterpreted as supernatural. The twist exposes the dangers of overactive imagination in a desolate post.
A nostalgic verse recalls a room lit by hearth glow and a child’s bedtime prayer. The speaker conjures a dear mother, a distant year, and the soothing treble of a lullaby, while shadows creep and the house settles into quiet nostalgia.
In Stapleville a summer idyll reveals Eliza Villars an actress who works at a farm and captivates minister Mr Villars. When Abby June Clark spreads rumor of Eliza’s stage past, the truth emerges with a photo in Eliza’s Bible linking her to Alice Villars, the troupe star. Villars later marries Eliza, while Abby faces disappointment and Mr Tredkins departs Packerton.
A garbled editorial fragment rails at a philosophical printer and cites Whiskers among muddled names, then shifts to a Philadelphia scene with Horace Crewley and ex Minister Lowell. The piece touches on journalism, diplomacy, honesty, and a social reception at Bryn Mawr with remarks on editors, friends, and political ambitions.
In Clackamas county Oregon a Quaker couple face a clash when their daughter torn between Stafford a Catholic suitor and Moran a railroad engineer. Stafford wins the daughter's heart after a parental ultimatum leaving Moran to depart with dignity.
President Cleveland wrote to acknowledge his election as an honorary member of the Twenty first Regiment Veterans Association of Buffalo. He recalls the departure for the front, prayers and tears, the return of survivors, and urges the city to erect a monument to honor the regiment's patriotic devotion. He offers to assist the project.
A Toledo telex profiles a Montelara filmer buried thirteen years earlier who still writes to his widow. A mysterious writer, possibly a husband or other relative, uses letters to pry into private life, offering advice and seemingly knowing intimate details. The widow seeks proof of death while authorities cannot locate the writer or the truth behind the letters.
Rey W. J. Mahan of Boonville Missinm faces a one year suspension from cometry after allegedly stealing a page supposed to prove newly found evidences of Christianity and attempting quidnait as part of a case involving justice for Hott with ogrest dea. Meanwhile Joh McMilough’s earnings have been reported at $40,000 per season over the last two years, with property valued at an unknown amount.
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