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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1885
Page
8
The text surveys diverse topics including cheap liquors and soda bars, the economics of beverage sales, and notes on wine production in North America. It mentions New Zealand volunteers, Australian colonies, and colonial forces, then shifts to chemists salaries, postmasters, and social scenes around Wall Street and opera.
A vivid description recounts Eskimo children guiding sleds and hunting reindeer with bows and arrows. Antlers stand upright in the field as boys tally heads and pursue the best prize, while observers note the skill and dangers of the hunt amid communal pride and British military context.
A Quaker church in Albany wanes after over half a century of worship. The historic red wooden edifice lacks a pastor as doors stay unlocked Sundays with silent meditation and no prayers or speeches. Quarterly meetings draw 20 to 25 parsons, while a preacher visits infrequently. the movement fails to attract present-day sympathy.
The article traces wine’s slow rise in the United States from early English settlers to later progress in California Ohio and Missouri. It notes optimistic forecasts by explorers like Gallatin and outlines the gradual expansion of grape growing and wine production across several states despite lingering stagnation.
The 1854 consular reports show Dundee employing 50,000 to 60,000 women in linen and jute mills. Workers toil about 56 hours weekly with earnings from 81.45 to 4.06 dollars for various loom jobs. Dundee’s 140,000 residents largely occupy one to three room homes.
In Jackson Georgia a prank of courting girls chasing a bashful youngster leads him to flee to the plantation, where a red patch provokes a deadly snake attack. He fights, escapes, but is bitten. a girl arrives, kills the snake and ferries him home. Moral warns against over bashfulness.
The New Dark Commercial Advertiser cites Dr. Malins who endorses eight hours of sleep for a man. Proverbial limits vary by class and era, from five to eleven hours, with intellectual workers often needing seven to nine and laborers shorter.
A compilation notes that the American Bell Telephone Company reported ten months of catalogued earnings near 3.067 million with expenses around 687 thousand and dividends close to 1.44 million, while ruby values surpass diamonds at five carats. It recounts an Indian sapphire tale, a river cave exploration of Reka, and broader reports on agriculture, livestock values, and notable farm anecdotes from 19th century press.
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