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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1885
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a local notice or schedule item. Names, dates, and places are unreadable, limiting concrete details. The readable phrases mention possible affiliations and timing but lack clear actions or outcomes to report.
A fragment from a 19th century tale repeats a chance meeting at a depot where a widow and a lonely man with a dead wife exchange glances and life plans. They form a tentative bond as a journeying pair, confronting loss, hope, and a possible future together aboard trains toward Chicago and beyond.
A New York World article surveys book canvassing as a profession, detailing methods and social dynamics. It notes women often succeed by leveraging appearance, access, and tact to approach bankers, merchants, and office staff, while male canvassers face tougher entry and taboos.
The London Daily News reports a fatal incident where a German clerk's wife, on their Riviera honeymoon, gambled away £1000 entrusted for safekeeping and drowned herself at Monte Carlo. The piece uses the tale to critique gambling temptations and gendered stereotypes about women.
Private advices from San Francisco report ex senator Sharon collapsing under troubles sparked by Sarah Althea and her lawyers. The scandal involves his daughter Flora and her marriage to Sir Thomas Hesketh of England, plus the controversial union of son Fred Bharon to a wealthy heiress and former wife of J. Breckenridge. Financial woes and legal costs deepen the strain as public scrutiny grows.
A Western railroad president faces two directors who rebuke him for failing to cut rates last week between two points. They argue the move would have boosted nationwide publicity, while the public reaped no benefit. The exchange ends with a warning that the moment was a rare chance for advantage.
The report describes Tured Ward, a farmer near Wert field Mane, who was bitten by a rabid hog years ago. The wound healed but leg pain persisted, dinners etc. The text notes decay and rotten bone from a fall and mentions the bite’s effects on flesh, but details are garbled.
A satirical essay tracing the ham sandwich as a symbol of modern life, its legendary rise in American culture, and a spoof defense of ordinary lunching against pretentious claims. It lampoons writers, politics, and public taste with a comic cascade of names and references.
A parliamentary briefing outlines a new belted cruiser design with 800 by 50 feet dimensions, 6,000 tons displacement, 200 foot armor belt, 7,500 horsepower engines with closed stokehole draught, and armament including two large guns plus twelve four ton guns. Ships feature steel hulls, underwater protection, and crews of 330 to 350.
A Country Doctor embodies self reliance and hard work, reading clues beyond words. He warns that innocuous terms like rundown or seedy mask grave conditions or faults in body or mind, and a nervous disturbance may signal systemic illness and serious danger, as noted in Dr. Holmes in The Atlantic.
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