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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1884
Page
8
A fragmentary 19th century note cites export values for months ended December and discusses tariff policy. It mentions German eggs, foreign imports, and proposals to protect domestic labor and industry through exclusionary measures, with references to policy voices and economic arguments of the era.
A sprawling, dialogue heavy record describes agents and aristocrats in a web of political police activity. A Bonapartist agent tells of secret missions in Antwerp and Paris with masquerades, while a pretend nobleman recalls encounters with emperors, and a wary officer exposes the flaws of improvised policing amid a backdrop of revolutions and dynastic plots.
The article recounts Sheridan’s West Point path beginning with a vacancy at seventeen, his appointment through a Congressman, and a shaky start in algebra under mentor Harry W. Slocum. It notes their late studying, an after taps habit, and a later suspension in 1852 for a cadet incident, followed by graduation with the class of 1853.
Prof H B Adams highlights a Johns Hopkins University library feature where trained editors and assistants read major dailies, clipping top articles on economics politics social education and law. The clippings form a bureau that feeds bulletin boards and assists students with current topics and historical context.
Fresh statistics detail land ownership in Britain. Twenty dukes hold 158 estates totaling nearly 4 million acres, while 497 peers own 1485 estates covering about 10 million acres. In England and Wales, over 17 million of 5,000,000 acres are held by about 2,220 individuals. Top landlords include the Duke of Somerset with vast acres and rising rents, the Marquis of Bute with high income from 16,000 acres, and others like the Duke of Buccleuch, Duke of Northumberland, Duke of Devonshire, and Earl of Derby with multi‑hundred thousand pound rent rolls. Ten families reportedly receive more than 100,000 pounds annually from land.
A profile of General Gordon recounts his early rebuke at Woolwich for incompetence, rapid rise to commission, and bold actions from the Crimea to Sudan. It notes his leadership style, the use of a cane in directing Nine troops, and the influence of his campaigns on later emancipation discussions. The piece also surveys high government salaries and civil service pay, contrasting them with legislative pay scales.
Members of various denominations gather in the Inebriatga Game at Fort Hamilton a village on New York bay as clergymen and professionals seek liquor amid banter about addiction. The Home is described as hotel like with weekly rates from 14 to 50 dollars. merchants, artists, lawyers, doctors and writers mingle in billiard and drawing rooms discussing how to escape John Barleycorn.
Readable gossip describes American writers with vivid physical portraits. Misa Blanche Willis Howard appears as a magnificent blonde with heroic eyes, Mina as tall dark haired with sympathetic blue eyes, Nor Ferry as petite with gray eyes and luxuriant light colored hair, and Misa Alcott as stately with dark hair and blue gray eyes. Mrs Burnett described medium height with red hair and expressive features, Dr How about robust with gray mustache, Mr Aodrich as slender with waxed mustache, Henry James with medium build and ruddy complexion resembling the Prince of Wales, Julian Hawthorne tall with hazel eyes, John Bayle O Reilly dark with angular features.
A collection of agricultural notes covers starch from potatoes, potato yield water content issues, open air strawberries in Savannah markets, and farming practices. Observations discuss soil tilling, winter laying hens, milk-dealer water dilution fines, and conversation about best timing for cutting trees with references to Minkler and Whitny.
A cluttered fragment list offers domestic tricks from polishing mirrors with newspapers to removing stains and widening air for warts with nitric acid warnings about caustic remedies and pepper to repel rats. It mentions sealing wax social notes and making fringe decorations with fabric strips.
The article describes pairing long full curtains with different heights on each side. It notes a second valance looped between top and center, suggesting a sophisticated asymmetry. It mentions Noorwaya windows with adequate height, mirrors, mantels, and the use of light Indian and Chinese Bilky for draping large mirrors.
William Wirts letters to Ida discuss a lesson on everyday kindness. A passage urges showing care through small, gentle acts as the world responds to such behavior. It likens kindness to quiet table and walkabout moments, emphasizing sincere attentions over parade or noise.
The piece extols gentlemanly conduct and decorum among youths and girls on the street, warning that rough language and bold dress erode respect. It contrasts boisterous talk with refined manners and notes that self-control begins with personal deportment and careful speech.
The article harshly critiques the Second Empire, calling it a sham of artificiality and rottenness. Forbes condemns Compiegne’s court, the demi monde, and the era’s intrigue, labeling it the most humiliating modern problem and a corrupt, degenerate spectacle.
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