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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1885
Page
3
A fragmentary verse piece laments silent sorrow and unspoken tenderness as hearts yearn for hope. The speaker questions why emotion remains pressed beneath a weary exterior while yearning for a vision that awakens joy.
A narrator recalls a midsummer to November arc in a Comanche town near a county jail. A woman endures harsh winds, watches for her husband and child, and faces a tense rescue, then returns to greet him at the school and cottages as the town gathers for reunion.
An 1850s style notice compares the cost of a fashionable New York wedding to a simple Breton farmer’s daughter’s wedding. It estimates expenses from 2500 dollars for the ceremony, receptions, carriages and guards to brace a total around five thousand, then contrasts with modest rural nuptials while noting wheat market declines impact broader prices and values.
A poetic obituary lament reflecting on the passing of Rexrae and the cycles of seasons. The verse invokes winter and spring to honor memory, urging readers to remember brighter days and blessings past while enduring current gloom.
A man confronts his wife’s liaison with young actor Claude Devine at a benefit night. After overheard tensions, a box seat drama leads to a staged revelation that the husband’s friend Claude is her brother in law, resolving with forgiveness and an odd tableau of husband and wife in love while the brother smiles.
The Boston scene covers John L Sullivan training at The Abbey on Harrison Avenue near Beach Street. In a bare square room he tests a hanging leather ball with repeated uppercuts as boards around the ceiling buckle. He works hard for about ten minutes, then rests, plans another session later, and resumes after a shower. He notes being just over 200 pounds and aims for 195 in ten days.
Ex mayor Cowan of Lowinton Missouri preserves a parchment bond from 1852 marked Hungarian Fund. It promises payment of 1 dollar at government relief sites or exchange for 50 dollar notes. signed by L. Koumth. The piece reflects Kossuth era benefaction to Hungary and notes expectations around a future British ambassadorial wedding in Washington society.
Dr. Baker of Miemgun State Board of Health proposes a simple water test. Color should be colorless when in a bottle. muddy or turbid appearance suggests organic matter or suspension. Odor test involves corking, shaking, and smelling after a few hours. Boiling may release an odor. taste may rise after two days.
The piece surveys famed speakers including Luther, Gough, Canning, Derby, Cicero, Lyndhurst, Macaulay, and others, noting their consistent nervous tremors before delivering speeches. It argues that a controlled, even contagious, energy arises from this fear and that many great orators justified their effectiveness through tense preparation.
An anecdotal tale recalls Sir Edward Sugden, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, visiting a Dublin asylum incognito. The absent superintendent delayed the notice, and the chancellor was mistaken for a patient. The asylum keeper refused, citing authority, until the manager returned and confirmed the chancellor’s true identity.
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