04 Jul 1890
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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1890
Page
1
Fragment from a graphic advertisement notes work of every description at the lowest rates. It mentions instruction withheld until ordered and charged accordingly. The text references an office at an early Wednesday evening gathering and a broad range of subjects, with unclear names and dates.
The page lists fraternal lodge notices including several bodies with meeting dates and locations. It notes monthly or weekly gatherings such as the Ladies or Male lodges, with reference to specific halls and evenings, plus a few errata or misprints from the directory.
South Dakota farmers cheer warm spell and good corn prospects across the state. Wheat in the west faces sparse rains while Sioux Falls remains the largest city at about 12,000. Yankton shows growth, Aberdeen and Huron rise as promising towns with Aberdeen aiming to be a jobbing hub. A referendum call for an equal rights convention surfaces amid political alignments ahead of a possible capital move. Warnings of upcoming governor and congress contests emerge as candidates flex for party nominations.
A compilation from Yankton and nearby towns reports ex president Cleveland writing to Carlisle Club about tariff reform, an asylum disturbance leading to a new superintendent, a call for a July convention on equal suffrage, counterfeiters nabbed in Whitewood, weather disruption in Parker area, drowning death near Yankton, a train wreck near Renaix, and looming passage of Wilson tariff reform bills in Washington.
The Palmer House hosted a Chicago banquet under the states association’s auspices with 350 prominent men including 100 world state commissioners. Speakers from New York California Maine Texas and Illinois addressed fashionably decorated halls. A lake front plan was deemed impracticable by the local directors.
The report covers actions in the Fifty-First Congress including an amendment on funding for education in Utah and endowment of learning in the territory, a conference on the Wyoming statehood bill with discussion of districts and suffrage, and votes on various appropriation and foreign relations measures.
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