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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1895
Page
3
A garbled 1702 OCR fragment mentions Wil and a person or place names with unclear context. The text appears to reference events or a timeline, but essential details are missing or corrupted, preventing a clear report of persons, dates, or actions.
A compilation of stray adverts and notices. Topics include tobacco use dangers and anti tobacco campaigns, deafness cures with claims from Halts Catarrh Cure, various patent remedies, and assorted notices about products such as coffee berry seeds and seed catalogs. Also mentions of a Sioux City saloon for sale and Argentina wheat exports.
The Patent Office report for the year ending December 1, 1894, notes 0 patents issued, 1,357 design applications, 2,250 diversions, 2,053 trademark registrations, and 371 indola filings. In total 20,803 patents were granted, with 4 reissues and 1,808 trademarks registered, while 12,320 patents expired and 4,812 were forfeited for nonpayment. Expenditures reached $1,100,047.12, with a surplus of $87,402.40 and $1,315.00 in the treasury. Proportionally, more patents went to Connecticut than any other state. Massachusetts and the District of Columbia followed. Foreign subjects were chiefly from England. many other nations listed. The report calls for increased staff and better classification to improve examinations for novelty.
A Senate committee plan to move the pooling bill at 7 o clock was debated amid strong opposition. Senator Pettigrew said he would oppose shifting other business to accommodate the bill and would defeat any proposal to displace other legislation. The scene reflected intense lobbying and strategic positioning as supporters and opponents blamed each other for possible timing and outcomes.
Articles of Incorporation filed in Columbus for the Painters Paper Hangers and Decorators Mutual Honour Association of America with headquarters in Cincinnati. Promoters are former members of the National Brotherhood of Painters seeking to form a new union to supersede the older organization and establish locals statewide in Ohio and then nationwide. Also reports on the National Butter and Cheese Makers convention and Howard Gould awaiting a New York steamer for a European wedding in March.
A blaze at a Brooklyn block began in an apartment building near the city offices. Water supply was hindered by frozen hydrants delaying attack as the tower collapsed onto the roof. Firefighters brought it under control by 7:30 am. no injuries reported though property loss estimated between $40,000 and $50,000.
A confusing draft case centers on Felix Faure's presidency and a letter to banker Schwarzmann of Strasburg Alsace. The draft's protest returns unpaid funds to the Paris government, with further tracing to London banks as officials seek the responsible party. Stock markets report mixed cattle and hog prices in Chicago and Minnesota auctions, while unrelated notes mention curious Georgia oak formations and a local marriage discussion in a separate column.
Washington reports indicate broad Republican support among Senators, Representatives, and visiting members for holding the 1890 Republican National Convention in Chicago. Early sentiment favors a late August gathering, deeming a midsummer event wasteful after a long campaign and unnecessary expenditure. the executive committee is expected to decide the final dates in the fall.
A deadly blaze in Hot Springs Ark devastates central districts after starting in a bakery shop. Hundreds of houses, hotels including Arlington and Castorian threatened or ruined. western hotels fear loss of life. At least twenty perished or missing, with emergency crews overwhelmed and warnings of further dangers as flames engulf narrow wooden blocks.
Attendance rose at the Wisconsin Epworth League convention in Appleton as Rev. W. Stowe of Oshkosh opened with prayer followed by E. W. Chafin’s address. Miss Olga Larson and others presented papers, with afternoon speakers including Miss Mabel Bryan and Miss Rhoda Harloe, and evening chorus led by the university group.
Washington's birthday was elaborately observed with a city parade led by the Marine band. The Son of the Revolution held a fitting observance. A Mart Washington tea was given by the Women's National Prov Association. The G A K held services at the Metropolitan ME church.
A Persian dispatch reports Koutobw near Astrabad swallowed by an earthquake. Thousands of patients were par ked in the disaster. Earlier, a January dispatch described Kuchan’s destruction with about 3,000 killed. Sayre’s husband’s brother appears in a related note at Hedfield.
A quirky old guide explains cutting a lemon with a long stem to form Mr Pig’s mouth, then driving matches through the skin to form legs, adding pine eyes and pink ear eyes, and fashioning a tiny pen from a cigar box for the pig. It details assembling a gate, hinges, and latch for a hanging pen.
Instructions describe assembling a small pig pen from a box with pins and a hinged gate. The gate is positioned to prevent pig escape, with precise spacing about half an inch from the bottom to deter underpass. The process includes insetting two amples into the edge above and below the gate to secure it while testing gate swing and accessibility for letting the pig out into the garden.
A fragment recounts a real life medical case linked to Sir Astley Cooper and Dr Valentine Mott. It notes a London surgeon’s famed analysis of a shooting and a suspect named Mr Patch, who was convicted on circumstantial evidence after a dramatic courtroom reveal.
A garbled 19th century style piece blends a woman suffrage meeting at Billobillbesontet with fragments of verse and political smoke. It shifts to discuss a Wall of a Woman and cultural memory, then drifts to unrelated poems, philosophy, and public notices. The text mentions upheaval, voting, and domestic scenes amid scattered quotations and advertisements.
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