25 Dec 1903
Page 1
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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1903
Page
1
A reflective Christmas essay recalls a boy’s tender reaction to a Passion Play at a summer resort. The piece extols Christmas’ global reach, two thousand years of endurance, and Christ’s moral teachings as a universal, enduring gift.
The Shenandoah Sentinel recalls a corn growing experiment in which a seedsman planted twenty one early varieties on May 18 with two grains every two feet. Yields ranged from 67 to 132 bushels per acre, averaging 105 bushels for the best variety, with maturity from 90 to 105 days.
Washington special notes youngsters in hundreds send Christmas wishes to Santa at the dead letter office. Letters arrive from all regions as frost turns to post holiday appeals. Government policy blocks releasing contents even for wealthy requests, preserving secrecy of childlike scrawl.
A fragmented piece discusses Christmas stockings and a theft plan by Johnny, then shifts to side notes about experiments burning ashes by Hudsonite Clare Tinan and a contested editorial stance in Mitchell. The Spirit editor observes Pierre politics, local contractors, and financial tensions affecting Mitchell and surrounding areas.
Read testimony from T. R. Beall of Beall Mississippi claiming his wife fully recovered from consumption after using Dr. King's New Discovery. Ad emphasizes cures, guarantees by F. Miller, druggist, prices 50 cents and 1.00 with trial bottles free. Also an unrelated wanted cattle notice from Mrs Gertson seeking winter pasture with water.
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