18 Jan 1884
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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1884
Page
1
A long excerpted piece blends social sketches from Boston on women’s roles and manners, praising Boston girls and contrasting them with New York and Denver stereotypes, with vivid scenes of urban life. It then shifts to travel notes on the Antietam battle train, a humorous Boston Transcript braggadocio about brakemen, and a grim report on Winnipeg’s boom and bust, ending with a note on Eophocles Sehecles, Amherst professor and Greek scholar.
Personal recollections from H J Ramsdell recalling James W Bosler’s funeral crowd in a grand park. Descriptions include Blaine’s tearful moment and public tributes praising Bosler as a dear friend. Also notes Sawyer the lumber king in the Senate, Catherine Grand Duchess of Mecklenberg Strelitz’s philanthropy, Mrs Sherman’s Washington Catholics, and Miss Weston’s Catholic conversion. The Greek Harvard professor Evan is named in completion.
New York social pressures are discussed in a Washington Star letter noting rising living costs and the high income needed to sustain fashionable society. It argues many men cannot afford to marry without an assured income of 5000 dollars or more per year, considering rent, entertaining, and club life. The piece questions whether young men should sacrifice happiness for marriage under such financial strain.
A plainspoken Tombstone resident challenges a visiting eastern student over a grammatical point about the hills being rich in pay dirt. The stance escalates to a mock duel with a seven shooter and ends with an offer to settle the matter by irrigation.
A fashionable New York young woman and her mother discuss Lord Tennyson’s elevation to the baronetcy and his wife as baroness. The daughter asks what he has been doing to deserve it, and the mother replies he survived the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava as a famed distinction.
The article extols Kimball’s performance, noting its role in yielding impressive crop results over the past several years and highlighting sustained agricultural gains and regional impact.
The community sits on the Main Line of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad, 48 miles west of Mitchell and 22 miles east of Chamberlain. It features a fine public school, solid churches, a first class post office, two banks, several hotels, a large grain elevator with material for expansion, three lumber yards, ample stores, blacksmith shops, and sturdy livery stables. The town offers immense stock in trade and broad opportunities as inducements are extended to investors.
Beautiful Town Brole County Agricultural Fair Grounds adjoin the townsite and is regarded as one of the best fair grounds in the Territory with a good half mile track.
Local area sees rapid growth with new projects and business openings signaling strong investment potential. Officials urge caution and highlight job creation, housing demand, and rising revenue in the near term. Community leaders emphasize strategic planning to sustain momentum and manage growth.
D Warner, proprietor, announces three adjoining additions with continuous sheets and alleys to suit residence buyers. Main Street blocks remain for sale for business. Climate in Dakota praised as mild as Ohio and Illinois with ample rainfall. Water is pure and alkali free. For details, contact Warner.
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