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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1884
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR notes recount a bizarre exchange about love and impending execution. The quirky dialogue mentions cantilever jokes and a California woman aiming to marry a man condemned to hang, with others intrigued by the macabre romance.
A patient seeks medical counsel for drinking problems and learns to take quinine pills rather than whiskey. The piece shifts to politics as prohibition amends fail at state elections with temperance victory, predicting possible legislative defeat due to ill legislators and a divided House.
A fragment from a Thackeray quote argues that an occasional evening in polite society is better for youth than endless gaming or billiards. It suggests that excessive male focus on leisure dulls perception and stifles taste, labeling such social life as insipid for those maturing.
The document outlines the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway 1883 financials with net earnings and balance figures, plus final proof notices listing witnesses and dates for proving titling and land interests. It includes names such as Wilkes Favage and T Jan, with references to March filings and court actions.
A string of 1883 1884 land office notices from Mitchell Dakota Territory details entry numbers witnesses and intent to prove continuous residence and cultivation. Names appearing include Fredrick Hd Noe Plowins ing, John Gallaker, Geo. B. Everitt, Leonard Ndthin, Richard Gill, Wm H Gran, Elila L. Chancellor, Sebastien era, Henri etta Baker, John Bressler Eliza Bressler Simon Morgan Hugh Craft and others with dates March 4 1884 March 23 1883 and March 8 1884.
A Brule County notice urges residents to act fast on winter apparel from the largest Brule dry goods buyer. It highlights ladies flannel skirts, cloths, cassimers, heavy shirts, red underwear, and a no-questions-asked refund policy for misrepresented goods.
United States Land Office Mitchell D announces appeal deadlines to John Jene Eisialla Nathaniel Lawson and George Tarine regarding entries No 22941 and related cases. Failure to appeal within the specified time will trigger cancellation or reporting to the Commissioner and General Land Office for action.
The piece extols the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway as a premier Short Line offering quick time and top accommodations. It notes over 4,600 miles of road across Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and Dakota with main lines branches and connections to major business centers from Milwaukee to Chicago and beyond. It highlights Pullman cars and dining service as famed on the main lines and names top executives.
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