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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1896
Page
2
A jumble of items from a South Dakota page includes a tale of romance, a pension case, and a dash of travel and crime. Notable notes mention Mrs. Lusk, a 78 year old pension issue, a London tankard auction, and a quirky slice of local life in Washington and Chicago.
Chicago January meeting of the National Association of Manufacturers of the United States gathers leaders from across the nation. Delegates press for a central national policy to retain domestic markets, expand foreign trade, and support a protected merchant fleet under federal control. Emphasis on subsidies, canal, and improved waterways to boost US commerce and shipbuilding.
New York dispatch notes Sarah Bernhardt remains a major drawing card in America. All seats for her Abbey’s Theatre opening were sold at noon with high demand and premium prices. She will perform Izeyl and later present La Tosca La Femme de Claude La Dame aux Camellias Sugda Phedre and Gismonda during a five week engagement. Also reports from Upper Des Moines region on a large midwinter editors meeting in Boone February 6 and 7 with about seventy to one hundred newspaper men expected.
The anti saloon war movement gains momentum as a large Columbus convention opens with a morning session of welcome remarks. Delegates from Christian Endeavor and Women’s groups fill the auditorium, with outside figures including J N Cleary and Rev Francis B Clark among prominent attendees. Father Cleary will deliver key address tonight for the National Total Abstinence Society.
The St Paul Winter Carnival opens with the city decorated and a parade welcoming 150 visitors from North Dakota to the Ice Palace Fortress. The National Curling Championships begin with participants from Canadian and U S clubs. A Manitoba Royal Caledonian Curling event follows in the afternoon. A humorous note about wheat oats barley rye ties to local lore as a playful aside. The Thames pays for London Bridge remains noted as a curious aside about London’s role in history.
Ellen Beach Yaw of New York, born there and raised in California, tops a sold-out New York concert crowd as she debuts this season. Reports praise her extraordinary vocal range and throat stamina, noting studies abroad under Lip Beal Masters and claims of a top range surpassing historic sopranos.
A large assembly of southern planters in New Orleans today urged a drastic cut in acreage and support for a policy to raise cotton prices. President Laricook spoke against external forces driving down prices and warned of widespread economic hardship if cultivation remains high. The group advocated reduced production to stabilize markets and protect planter prosperity.
The Senate placed a concurrent resolution on the calendar reaffirming the Monroe Doctrine. It upholds the 1823 policy, rejects European colonization, and warns against any attempt to extend influence or acquire territory in the American continents or adjacent islands. The measure follows debate on related proposals and a prior resolution by Mr. Kewell.
Bernard Gillam English born cartoonist of Judge magazine died in New York at his father in law ex Senator James Arkell home from typhoid fever. Gillam rose from Brooklyn schoolboy to acclaimed caricaturist at Harper's Weekly and Puck before joining Arkell and Gillam to build Judge.
The first Republican governor since 1869, Rondoke William Griggs Liaugue was inaugurated at Taylor's hall amid a parade of over 16,000 Republicans from across the state. The ceremony featured a militia presence, a cane bearing badge portraits, and a pledge of party policy support. In the Senate Republicans hold a 15 to 3 edge and the House a 27 vote majority.
English observer James Mawar reports in New York on wages and conditions of American workers. He notes varied labor struggles, with heightened uncertainty and a gloomy outlook for worker earnings, citing strikes, poor attack on workers, and seasonal wage fluctuations.
In Madisa County Mr and Mrs Goowtree withdraw divorce suits after letters reveal an intended separation. Attorneys Kugy Smith report Mrs Goowtree left to join another man and request removal of the bill from court. Judge Burroughs dismissed the case and the matters were removed from the docket.
Washington May 20 The feud between elder Reverend Dy NeWilt Talmage and co pastor Reverend Adatoy Allen of the Rival Presbyterian church ends with a church action calling for Allen to resign. The church will honor his contract through October 1 but he is urged to resign as soon as possible to avoid further complications. Committees appointed by the Washington presbytery were notified. The dispute centers on plans for Dr. Talmage to preach Friday morning and evening. the colleague opposed and Talmage will now speak twice on Sundays.
Representatives from sixty or more women's clubs across Missouri gather in St Louis to form a state federation modeled after clubs in Illinois Indiana Ohio and others. Charles Monrotin president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs plans to assist at the meeting in the Wednesday club rooms tomorrow. The drive favors only literary or philanthropic clubs and would exclude groups like the WCTU and Equal Suffrage bodies.
The war department sent orders to Adjutant General Houston to mobilize the Florida militia amid rumors of a pending war with Spain and Great Britain. Governors and battalion commanders received telegrams, troop gatherings increased, and dispatches claimed a looming naval buildup in American waters as war fever rose nationwide.
Washington reports Gen Nelson A Miles says he has heard nothing of a war preparation rumor. No war department confirmation or denial exists at noon. The piece notes the 1795 militia call provision and deems the Florida telegrams an imaginative fabrication with no official intimation of any presidential order.
Jan 20 Cleveland New York report that Br Brit ain flying squadron IV may head to Bermuda then Caracas. Crepo baw and Venexiela sources say two Briliah expeditions to seize disputed territory. Capital fears revolution grows as US intervention debate rises.
London reports a British flying squadron chief has been supplied with special charts of North American waters the West Indian seas and the Mediterranean an informant says the charts were seen by United Press authorities. Interstate Commerce cases argued at the Supreme Court focus on long haul and foreign rates and the impact on railroads and the Interstate Commerce Commission. Ironworkers in conference in Pittsburgh seek a national organization including structural ironworkers and bridge builders with representatives from major cities. Republicans in St Louis arrange convention details under orders for a sergeant at arms reelection. Jacksonville delegates to the National Editorial Association meet amid a lengthy press junket across the state and extended sessions daily.
Belmont society watches legal action unfold as Mrs. Olive Belmont seeks alimony from William K Vanderbilt in a high profile divorce case. Details reveal children, residence, and potential court hearings as both sides maneuver amid Newport, Queens and London connections.
The report compiles price quotes and receipts across markets in Sioux City, Omaha, Chicago, and Minneapolis. It notes official shipments, staples like flour and pork, cattle and calves, cattle prices, and grain bids with varied daily quotations and activity levels.
St Augustine hosts a large reception for the National Editorial Association and visitors. The seventh annual convention opens at Hotel Corflova with welcome by C B Pendlejob and W 40 Mybor. Man A O Munnell of New York delivers the annual address. H M Herbert of Chicago speaks on Meat Acquisition. Tonight a gala concert is planned at Ponce de Leon. Albany reports lawyers gathering for the state meeting with a keynote by Mon Chavhewy. A medical note claims unusual reversal of a convict’s vital organs precedes discovery.
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