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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1886
Page
6
A poem reflecting on a beloved face and memory, addressed to a mirror. The speaker begs the mirror to restore the shadow of the loved one for a single instant, laments the desolation of longing, and imagines her sweet smile returning to ease the ache.
In mid winter Paris the Empress and Emperor attend a tragedy of diamonds and deception. Count Ivanoff’s wife faces a theft involving her diamond earring. a mysterious emissary and the police weave a web of intrigue across Paris and Brussels ending with a second loss and a twist of mistaken identity.
The White House security is extensive with ushers acting as detectives and police on site. A night watch in uniform and others in plain clothes patrol outside. inside, about a dozen guards monitor the lower floor. A gatekeeper at the door screens visitors for cranks before the private messenger and President are consulted in the library. The article notes President Cleveland’s standing posture and formal reception process.
A fragmented cooking piece lists Delicate Molasses Gingerbread ingredients and method, then shifts to a rustic farm life vignette and moral tale about Ned and baby Ben, followed by a long essay on women’s roles, farming notes, and lettuce culture with practical planting guidance.
An essay debates dairy farming strategy describing cost comparisons between raising cows and buying mature stock. It weighs calf profitability, herd management, and regional dairy economics with anecdotes and reflections on farming practice.
A Washington satire recounts a prank on a U S senator who feigned illness after colleagues, led by Southern senators, played a joke using a tall hat and a newspaper roll. Surgeon Garnett examined the mock patient and revealed the ruse, sparking laughter and derision at Capitol Hill.
The article describes growing sunflowers in hills like corn with three seeds per hill and harvesting when ripe. Stalks are dried for fuel and seeds burned for high energy heat, noting sunflowers’ value as a stove fuel, especially in harsh winters of Russia, Tartary, and Dakota.
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