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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1884
Page
5
Kimball news notes cover social events such as weddings and dances at the opera house, hotel updates, and a Sunday School convention. The item lists names like Geo D Hutchinson and Ily Hay, mentions Deaconess Beecher, and notes business moves including F W Ziebach, McCormack, and M B Conlan. Local infrastructure, markets, egg prices, and editorial humor populate the column with terse, jostling items.
Cook Smith and B H Wagar of Kimball led a group with their best girls to White Lake and surroundings on Sunday. The town site company has disbanded with each member retaining his lot as private property. Bro Tinan becomes sole proprietor of the Kimball Gr arian, noted as a leading journal in this Territory region.
Milwaukee announces Wisconsin Minnesota and Dakota excursion tickets for the Republican and Democratic conventions with fixed sale windows and return coupon validity plus a May 27 Field Day for editors and pastors. The National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union urges prayers for leaders and candidates as editors and clergy share the stage in Kimball.
May 30 1884 readers are invited to join a Decoration Day program led by Arch H Stuart with a procession supervised by Marshal W H Creek. The event includes Memorial Services by the G A and oration by C J Maynard, a music program, and schoolchildren strewn with flowers. Local ads promote dry goods, footwear, and a $50 dog theft reward from Kimball and Warner’s stores.
From Our Exchanges notes Mt Vernon plans a baby show on the Fourth. Montrose and Yankton celebrate a new skating rink. Mt Vernon brass band debuts a new uniform. Alexandria Mitchell House to close for June repairs under owner John D Lawler. Bridgwater Journal predicts a dry Fourth as prohibition takes effect.
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