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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1885
Page
3
A dreamy verse-like scene follows Princess May as she wanders a moonlit land. Imagery blends fruit, color, and nature with a whimsical journey, hinting at courage and playful romance amid surreal landscapes.
The article recounts the surrender of Confederate forces at Appomattox Court House, focusing on the famed apple tree symbol and the meeting between Generals Grant and Lee. It details the village layout, the movements of Lee, Grant, and Chamberlain, and the symbolic significance of the tree in American history. It also notes the fate of the tree and related artifacts.
Fragmentary verse recalls Treva Arno and old memories across a valley. The speaker laments youth passed, vows kept for an old love, and asks for the wind to carry the remembered song. Images of ashes, familiar names, and yearning shadows frame a nostalgic emotional plea.
A French physician notes the benefits of groaning and crying during surgical trials and distress. He cites a patient whose pulse fell from 126 to 60 after venting emotions and argues natural weeping aids recovery. The piece urges allowing children to cry and suggests comfort as a remedy for unhappiness.
Horace Howard Furies of Philadelphia asserts possession of gloves once worn by Shakespeare. The artifacts trace through Garrick who received them from a Shakespearean cousin in 1746, to Garrick’s widow, then to Mrs. George Combe of Edinburgh, her Haghtar, Mrs. TA Kemble, and finally to Mr. Furness.
Carl Abs of Germany, reputed strongest man, defeated Prof. Wn. Holler in two straight falls in two minutes, lifting 230 pounds with one hand and carrying 1 500 pounds on stage. Abs overwhelmed Holler, earning praise as America’s most powerful wrestler while a rematch offer lingered.
A column from the New York Citizen discusses famous historic women and mentions Helen of Troy Cleopatra Diane de Poitiers Mme de Maintenon and others. It notes ages at marriage or conquest, highlighting beauty standards and the idea that age did not prevent romance or power.
A London party tale reports a young woman offering blunt guidance on speech. She chides grandiloquent talk and urges plain, brief, honest language, warning against pompous terms and verbose rhetoric.
A vivid 19th century portrait of Key West Florida as tropical, insular and sleepy. It describes climate with near year round warmth, sparse development, mixed Cuban, Black and Anglo populations, and a culture of leisure, gambling and religiosity. The piece notes nascent signs of growth and debates whether northern capital could spark a resort boom.
The Salvationists in Hartford report an angry husband, Barber, forcibly taking his wife who had fled to join the army. Willis resisted and caused a disturbance. another husband unsuccessfully tried to retrieve his wife. Police at the depot briefly detained two young women seeking to join the Salvationists before releasing them after police evaluation of the services and personnel.
A German counting house clerk on honeymoon in Italy receives 40,000 for his employers. He plans Monte Carlo to gamble but restrains his wife, who keeps the 40,000f. Then both wander separately. The wife goes to the table, loses money, and jumps into the sea. In Ohio a commercial block burns, destroying a city block. A large sum, 645,000 with 20,000 noted remains.
A detailed portrait of President Cleveland’s cabinet sessions notes the noon meetings in a simple room with ornate furnishings, informal tone, and absence of formal minutes. It covers seating, portfolios, secrecy, and anecdotes about Lincoln and Webster.
The item surveys Dr W F Pools of the Chicago Public Library critiquing Pocahontas legends and Captain John Smith myth, pairing tales of Gen Barrios Guatemala marriage with a New York man’s penitentiary sentence. It notes a Lyons duel ending with a cow’s death, and reports Dr Russell joining the Prince of Wales Ireland tour with vivid, humorous detail.
A London letter describes a muddled inquiry at a cemetery about George Eliot. A visitor asks directions to the writer's grave, but the gravedigger mistakes the inquiry for a living person and explains Eliot was a great author, not a man, confusing the caller with a printer’s widow and citing the author’s fame rather than a burial site.
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