27 Feb 1885
Page 1
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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1885
Page
1
Local volume advertises rates for the Kimball Dakota newspaper with monthly billing, advance payment rules for ads, and deadline notes. It also lists county officers including Sheriff Bray, Treasurer Dewarye, Probate Judge Laranne, and several others with titles and names.
Kimball in Brule County is praised as the best located town in the region amid prime farming and stock country. The claim rests on the record crops of recent years and the town's central position.
Located on the Main Line of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad 48 miles west of Mitchell and 22 miles east of Chamberlain the town offers a fine public school building churches a first class post office two banks two good hotels one large grain elevator and material for another three lumberyards all with stocks plus blacksmith shops livery stables and a full range of stores. The text notes strong inducements to invest in this growing area.
The Brule County Agricultural Fair Grounds sit alongside the site and are described as one of the Territory’s best fair grounds with a pleasant midway track and strong amenities for visitors.
A sprawling summary cites deaths, fires, legal actions, and political unrest. Notable items include Leopold Damrosch's death in New York, a burned warehouse in Enfalla Alabama, a Billings Montana train accident fatality, and London riots of unemployed workers marching on Downing Street.
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