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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1905
Page
1
In a grim hospital scene Ina Colquhoun, a nurse, endures years of loneliness caring for Edgar Lindsay as his condition worsens. A dramatic dawn reveals his final wish and a confession from Ina that alters the future amid hospital vigil and quiet tragedy.
Reports from May indicate a rumored clash between Japanese and Russian fleets near Shanghai with no confirmation. Dispatches note Russian vessels near Woosung and Shantung approaches, while Chinese authorities demand withdrawal within 24 hours. Observers see mixed signals as Roosevelt pressures for Chinese neutrality.
Roving mobs continued to seize control in the city, with clashes between Jewish socialists and Christians described as allied against disreputable women. Authorities showed indifference as hundreds fled and thousands of dollars in property were wrecked, including private apartments under aristocratic protection.
May 29 in New York a 11 or 12 year old boy named Jaimes Jordan was struck and run over by a sightseeing car on East Sixty-Fifth Street near Third Avenue. He was playing in front of St Wilhelm School when the vehicle failed to stop and the boy was knocked down and under the wheel. Witnesses say the driver shouted to move but the boy stood still. The scene left pupils shocked as they learned of the boy's death and the school mourned.
Rockefeller watched a boys basketball game between Miss Myson’s school and Castle and Rogemars of Shrumford at Pocantico Hills with Dr Baker of Cleveland. The Whale core led 5 to 8 in a close match, claiming the private schools championship. Rockefeller said he liked the game but prefers golf.
May corn shows a further six cent drop, totaling fourteen cents in two days, signaling the end of the current corn decline. A heat wave is noted at Alto Grocery in Bolivia, with noon sun described as sufficiently hot to cause discomfort.
Eminent Nebraskan Bryan faced sharp questions at the witness stand about his $2,500 executor fee and alleged extraordinary services. Judge Stoddard pressed for clarity on charges, with Bryan defending work to remove the executor and account for estate funds tied to the will.
A health education pamphlet distributed in public schools by Boston activists drew criticism from Roosevelt supporters. Superintendent Stuart ordered the papers withdrawn after concerns they stirred youths, while officials stressed no fault of the local humane society. President Gordon and board members defended the school’s action and distanced the group from the controversy.
In Indianapolis May Ald Bryan succeeds to editorial and business management of the Sentinel after Taggart’s retirement. The paper, once controlled mostly by Thoms Taggart, faces a shift as May Ald Bryan and H O Cincinnati take the helm. Democratic circles doubt the paper will align with Bryan’s aims.
Topeka May 29 Thomas W Lawson will be asked to donate $5000 when he speaks in Topeka July 6. A Young Men's Christian Association committee raising $75000 to build a home seeks Governor Hoch's mediation to secure the contribution.
Katherine Poillon sues William Brokaw for 250000 claiming meretricious relations after his divorce. The trial before Justice Dowling features questions on character and alleged supportive acts while Brokaw’s counsel vows to prove public acknowledgment or rent payments. The case marks the largest sum sought in a similar suit heard by a jury.
In Savanna Indiana May 29 the wives of Dan Werry and Bot Ford Pulford face the shock of a double tragedy. Mrs Pulford defends her husband’s innocence amid public suspicion. She mourns the stigma and says the affair will haunt her and her children while praising the late Dan Berry as a fiend in past acts yet insisting her husband’s innocence.
Former Congressman C. R. Breckinridge resigns from the Dawes commission after a presidential order directs that certain funds in the Cherokee nation go to Richard Adams, the noted Delaware Midian. The president’s ruling reverses the commission’s decision in this case.
Lively General Assembly at Winona Lake debates changing church practice. Committee chair Henry Van Dyke advocates uniform forms to guide sacraments marriages funerals and public worship with a projected book of simple forms for voluntary use.
Rev. Dr A C Dixon of Ruggles Street Baptist church in Boston charged University of Chicago President Harper attacked the bible and said John D Rockefeller pressured a Midway professor to Europe to curb dangerous doctrines. The dispute drew replies from Professor Shaker Mathews Albion Small and Harper aides denying the allegations as false and sensational.
Justice Maddox granted Franklin B. Lord’s motion to restrain the Equitable Life Assurance Society directors from mutualizing the company. The injunction remains in force pending trial of the action raising the same question in the Brooklyn supreme court.
Mattie Jesperson, seven, rescued Frances Charland, six, from drowning at Muskegon Lake shore. The younger child sank three times before Mattie grasped her by the hair and pulled her ashore.
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