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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1894
Page
3
The text reads like a fragmented OCR passage with scattered names and places. It mentions landmarks, wages, and social scenes, including references to Washington, Phenie, and U.S. figures, without coherent narrative or clear events. May reflect a larger historical reportage or diary-like excerpt.
Fragments describe a brawl aboard a passenger train where a Virginia planter argues with a Spanish rooster and a staged passenger disturbance. Conductor and guards quell the scene as spans and locals argue over seating and compliance on the car.
Detroit Free Press notes a young man aged seven cannot be discharged yet as discussions turn to work and duty. The article uses garbled OCR, with unclear names and dates, but centers on mistaken expectations about release and responsibility.
A long profile traces Eugene Debs from his Chicago roots and early railroad work through his rise as a labor leader, poet and orator. It notes his friendship with Ingersoll, patronage of James Whitcomb Riley, and progression in the Brotherhood, Locomotive Firemen, and American Railway Union, highlighting his public speeches and family life.
A chaotic treasury statement and rumors of reciprocal duties surface as Congress debates the McKinley tariff. The debate touches on entry terms for South American goods, agriculture, and machinery, with emphasis on border supplies and reciprocal concessions. Meanwhile in New York City an investigation into the police dept at Mulberry Street hints at whitewashing, tying into broader efforts to curb corruption.
The Supreme Court of the Oval hands a 5 to 4 victory to Republicans ending a long bout between Democrats and Republicans. It voids the city charter under which Democrats held six seats, placing the Democrats out of power as the Republican assembly gains control. City payrolls halted since June 1 after Comptroller McCardy declined to endorse Democratic actions. Justices Mitchell and Canty, both Democrats, dissented with differing opinions.
Debs remains defiant as union leaders including Goodwin and Hog of the Americas Railway union depart to organize workers in the northwest and Mississippi valley. He claims the railway strikes are well coordinated with eight organizers already on the ground and vows not to weaken the fight despite freight paralysis claims. Debs notes most routes still move freight with limited disruption while asserting the strikes will squeeze the enemy. He cites congestion on Rock Island lines and predicts rapid recovery within forty hours, as the American Railway union holds another large meeting.
A July 16 explosion of a Hotchkiss powder wagon at Mortieth and Grauit boulevards near Granthouseville injures many and kills Troop It Seventh Cavalry member Variee Galler of Troop It. The blast also fatally wounds a civilian and destroys horses. portions of bodies were found kilometers away.
A fashion interview describes women wearing trousers and male style garments at home and in public, with eastern influence seen in rich fabrics and flowers. Brooklyn residents mention comfort of trousers over wrappers, noting secrecy and boldness in adopting masculine silhouettes.
A collage of stray quotes discusses women’s trousers, proper measurements, and social proprieties. It blends stray anecdotes from Kentucky and Tennessee about humor, manners, and distant trades, noting a pervasive tension between custom and modern attire and behavior.
A soldier Cedarquist of Company A Second Infantry was sentenced to hard labor for nine months and forfeiture of $1 per month pay for disobeying orders on Sunday at the Helleview rifle range. His case sets a martial precedent and drew wide attention amid town debates.
New York dispatch July 14 describes the black plague in China with rapid onset fevers swollen lymph nodes and high mortality. Reports detail burial efforts in Canton with police assisting, locals resisting hospitals, and a native tale of a thief encountering a dying household during looting.
The article quotes General Robert E. Lee's horse Traveler as told in a description drafted by Miss Mildred Leo and a St Louis friend. It recounts Traveler's appearance and courage from the 1861 Virginia campaigns through Gettysburg and the Appomattox, noting the horse bore Lee through major battles and harsh winters. It also mentions Lord Coleridge's death and a thwarted Irish Republican Brotherhood kidnapping plot in St Louis, with details of the attempted operation and participants.
A narrator recalls seeing a duke in the Corso of Palermo en route to a horse race at La Favorita. He reflects on the aristocrat’s aristocratic bearing, equestrian carriage, and the contrast with a peasant upbringing, pondering destiny and fame amid memory’s mist.
A fragmentary excerpt quotes a 19th century surveyor praising coercive authority in Central Africa. It describes a sergeant’s tale of subduing natives, a plan to unite tribes, and a crude appeal to fear and the American constitution. The piece mixes sensational health quackery and damaged prose with colonial tropes.
The piece warns of schemes by Clever Devicon and Wogar Cleentare duping people through bogus Honduras National Lottery connections. It describes using complimentary tickets and false agents to solicit payments, noting no real Honduras office exists and many Americans are being defrauded. The notice cites a New Orleans mock company and urges caution against such impostors.
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