15 Jul 1893
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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1893
Page
1
An ad from a graphic firm promoting extensive advertising and type setting services at low rates. It notes conformity with requested formats, instant response, and references to communications of objects, author identification, and publication timing with Wednesday morning release implied. The text is garbled but centers on advertising job work and submission requirements.
The state school fund scandal reveals widespread noncompliance with the law in Mus county. Loans exceeded legal maximums, many to a single settlor, with totals around $3,900 and $11,400 cited. The county commissioners face possible prosecutions as the commissioner orders cessation of further loans and seeks to straighten misused funds.
A severe cyclone devastates Pomeroy Iowa on Thursday night, leveling the town and destroying most buildings. casualty figures run high with dozens dead and over a hundred injured, as relief efforts coordinate at the bank with Governor Boles arriving to survey the stricken area.
A cyclone devastated Tomeroy and surrounding areas in Calhoun County. Wounded residents include Mrs. J A Davey and Nancy Austin among many, with reports of internal injuries and head wounds. Medical relief formed in Sioux City with Dr. Mornbrook named surgeon in chief and Governor Hale urging statewide aid and centralized relief. A coordinating committee led by local and regional officials will direct funds and distribution as tents and supplies arrive.
Prominent townsmen signed a public statement defending the lynching of Seayd McLem in Barpwent Kentucky. The document argues there was no basis for his innocence and asserts he killed the Ray girls. It recounts the pursuit from Mayfield Creek to a ferry, the bloodhound trail, the capture at Sikeston, and the knife hairs found by the father. The missive, signed by lawyers merchants sheriffs and deputies, maintains the mob's actions were warranted.
A Times dispatch reports France has authorized a cruiser design nearly duplicating the United States battleship New York. French naval circles view the move as acknowledgment of U S naval superiority, noting U S builders began serious work in 1900 and may soon share a proven warship type with France.
Miss Annesley Kenealy, appointed judge of the hygienic section of the world’s fair by the royal committee, arrives in New York from Southampton. She warns that cholera could strike this city in fall, citing crowded tenements and French steamers as pathways, and endorses saline injections as a treatment.
The article reports Melville, once a world leading bare back rider, dying in the charity ward of West Penn hospital in Pittsburgh Pa aged 72 after years of ruin and blindness. It notes his career with Angywin's old show and his decline into poverty living with his son before reliance on charity. Also included are scattered market quotes and cattle and grain prices from Chicago and Minneapolis exchanges.
Chicago welcomed Captain Magnus Anderson and the Viking ship with a naval parade and crowd throngs beside Jackson Park. Officials, Norwegian Commissioner Ravn, and Mayor Harrison hailed the historic craft after a ceremonial landing and speeches honoring the Norse voyage and the world’s fair exhibit.
A German named Wolf recounts brutal exploitation by Unger and Copeels in South America. About 250 Germans Swedes To rigo men and Poles were promised $1.50 daily and $0.35 for meals, with passage paid by a railroad company. many fell ill in swampy Peru and were denied medical aid, contracts kept, and roughly 169 died before some returned home.
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