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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1895
Page
3
The article describes a mysterious illness attributed to consumption and a physician’s struggle to diagnose Mrs Bowen. It recounts her collapse, treatment attempts, and the claim that Dr Williams’s Pink Pills restored strength, with promotional notes for the medicine. The piece blends medical inquiry with advertising copy and a poetic interlude praising early dawn.
A major case filed in the Western District of Wisconsin involves Eureka Chemical Company of La Cronma and No-today tobacco. Tarrant & Kronshage represent Sterlingneny pany of Chicago and New York against Busek Chemical Company of San Croane, Win. The suit centers on trademark and trade dress imitation and the publicity of a preparation. The outcome could affect several manufacturers facing similar imitation acts.
May 1. At St Joseph Missouri a double execution occurred in a rural area ten miles from town. James Murray hanged in the rail yard near Clayton and Edward Murray, his brother, died on the scaffold after protesting his innocence. The pair were convicted of the murder and rape tied to the shooting of conductor Edgar Fitzwilliam on a suburban line. The drop fell at 10:50 and the executions followed a formal hearing.
California and Princeton competed in a campus track event with limited detail. The weather was hot and the pole vault went to Princeton by default as California did not field a vaulter. Results mention 100 yard dash won by Princeton’s Jody Allen and other placing names like Phillip Tradhey for California and J. W. Scomgins for California.
Ina Parla reports Abbe de Broglie, brother of the Duke, was shot dead today by Amelol, a parishioner said to be driven insane. She accused him of circulating calumnious reports and demanded a retracting statement. Four bullets struck the priest, who after the shooting sought absolution at a Carmelite church.
Wahoo Nebraska May 1 a village fire consumed the entire business district and many residences in Cevenes town destroying about 75 000 dollars worth of property. The blaze swept through shops and stores including Sayers Walker Blakestead Bros A Andrus and the State Bank of Cevenes with several merchants saved only by quick action. A New York Village Bestrayed Butta NY May 11 Dalateld in Gennessee county was entirely destroyed with all inhabitants losing homes and property estimated at 75 000 dollars. A Sherman stove explosion in New York caused two deaths as victims succumbed at St. Luke's Hospital and county hospital while others were injured. Associated banks weekly statement showed large increases in reserves loans and deposits. Episcopal and Anglican conventions held separate sessions in Port Dodge with Bishop Perry in attendance and plans for church affairs discussed. Northern State weather and school events noted with local teachers preparing for an upcoming program in Clay county.
May 1 Springfield Mass The closing day of the International MCA convention reports its most successful gathering yet with delegates debating duties to young men and economic questions. Speakers include A A Muerte Graham Taylor and Cephas Urainerd. Evening services and farewell meeting planned.
Epworth League anniversary events are set for May 1 with services in Methodist churches as young people mark the organization. Concurrently plans for the second International Conference of Teague in Chattanooga in late June proceed, with over 19,000 expected attendees and a large tabernacle tent secured for the event. Invitations have been accepted from notable figures including Bishop Wendrix Hargrove and others. the conference aims to foster revival, missions, temperance, and global Methodist discussion.
A great convention for equal suffrage opens in Salt Lake City Utah with over 1000 delegates from the territory and neighboring states. Miss Busin T Anthony and Rev Anna Shaw arrive representing national suffrage groups as the movement eyes the first state election in the fall and potential voting rights for women.
Springfield May reports on the opening of the International Y M C A convention held at Sinth Street Martlet Church with speeches by Pratt and Monros and a prayer service conducted by Rev Tompkins. Delegates from many cities attend amid prayers, hymns, and formal greetings before committees organize for the gathering.
A Chicago blaze at a four story brick building on Sherman Street near the port of trade district caused a disastrous hotel fire. One man died and another was severely wounded as a cheap hotel collapsed in flames after an explosion. Firefighters battled the blaze as streets filled with smoke and debris.
An insured house owner in Philomath, a village in the county, saved a trunk of gold coins after a fire. He dumped ashes and retrieved a dusty trunk containing sacks of coins, later deposited in a bank. The amount was not disclosed, but authorities noted substantial value.
The Chester Cup handicap race results list Captain Mitchell's Islaid Laghan winning against Alexander's Bow and Lord Vonrhyn's Thesve. Separately, Don JAlonsy did not start. stockman Brown offenders received imprisonment. A governor's order will be publicized, with Williams Taylor sentenced to ten years for Tobias Carlisle's death. Weather notes mention a hailstorm causing damage and persistent rain.
An unlikely slice of lore describes a prankish ride down a hill on a cake of tea, a wooden sled crafted with a hot iron and rope, and a humorous exchange between Rogers and Lincoln inspired by social chatter. The piece blends domestic whimsy with reflections on style and performance in society.
The readable fragments describe a chaotic scene with garbled lines about baking powder, crowd reactions, and scattered phrases. Names, places, and coherent events are not clearly recoverable, leaving only disjointed expressions and partial sentences.
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