16 May 1884
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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1884
Page
1
Passenger heading west is described in a clipped note noting a route and destination with brief directions. The fragment preserves names and places implied by the source while lacking complete context for full identification.
The description highlights Kimball as the best located in Southern Dakota near Brule County center. It emphasizes prime farming stock country and notes magnificent crops in recent years as evidence of the area's suitability for agriculture and wealth.
The piece surveys ongoing weather in the northwest and a thaw of temperance lectures by Doctor Lanner in Cincinnati. It mentions the Bear steamer bound north to aid Greely and a possible future rescue expedition, plus Utah polygamy politics, Canadian domestic service wages, and a fired resignation dispute involving Gen. Badean. It also covers canal tolls versus elevator charges, railroad influence, and land speculation concerns, with Dakota news notes on deaths, fires, jail breaks, and local incidents across several towns.
The town lies on the Main Line of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad, 48 miles west of Mitchell and 22 miles east of Chamberlain. It boasts a fine public school, churches, a first-class post office, two banks, two hotels, a large grain elevator with material on hand for expansion, three lumber yards, blacksmith shops, livery stables, and diverse stores. The text notes strong inducements for both residents and investors to settle and invest locally.
The Brule County Agricultural Fair Grounds lie beside the townsite and are praised as one of the Territory’s best fair grounds with a fine half mile track.
D Warner, proprietor of the original town site, outlines three adjoining additions with continuous streets and alleys. He notes ample in ear e lots for all buyers, standout Main Street blocks for business, and praises Dakota climate and water quality as superior to Ohio Indiana Illinois. For details, contact Warner.
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