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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1900
Page
2
A Kentucky woman confronts a life insurance agent over delayed death benefits after her husband’s railway death. The piece also covers a town editor’s political nomination, a Longwood suburb cooperative restaurant drive, New York museum funding talk, pole expedition plans, and various assorted society and public notices with brief mentions of local events and international topics.
A mob in Lincoln County Colorado hanged Preston Porter for the murder and mutilation of Louise Frost. Reports describe a vigilante group of about 300 men driving to the scene near Limon and burning the prisoner at a wood fire after a lengthy, ceremony laden execution.
The United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries George M. Powers reports total government fish distribution for the year at 1,164,336,754. Lake trout and salmon eggs, lake whitefish, and perch numbers rise, while carp catches surge in the Great Lakes and Mississippi basin. Fossil seals and New England fisheries show varied gains. lobsters advance in value, with total year’s product near 50 million dollars.
A scrambled report outlines Chicago and Northwestern expansion from Keokuk to Corydon and a survey toward Spring Valley and Ransom City. It notes a new line southwesterly from Merced or Hartlean county, with possible developments amid Missouri rail competition and regional mining sites.
New York reports thirty four Chicago Irish ambulance corps veterans in good health aboard a vessel. They fought in the Transvaal with noted figures like Dynamite Dick J. N. King. Belford praises Triad brigade leadership under Colonel Johnny Blake and says the war is not over, disputing English reports of fever.
Nov 19. An assassination attempt failed as a hatchet was hurled at an open carriage carrying Emperor William and the hereditary prince of Saxony. The weapon struck behind the carriage. The assailant, Selma Schnapke, was arrested. She is believed insane.
A scrambled report notes imperial action in Ghiyw and Bxechung with a governor general ordered to join a court. The fragmented item references a distant upheaval, imperial family issues, and provincial governance amid uncertain dates and places.
A fragmented OCR poem reflects Thanksgiving themes and gratitude. Charles Eugene Banks is cited as the author, with fall imagery of nests, plenty, and compassion. The piece evokes generosity, reflection on abundance, and the wish to aid the poor during the holiday.
A rustic drama unfolds around Widow Towson and her daughter Ella in a mountain hamlet. Cling Towson, jailed deputy hunter turned convict, returns to free their lives with Mayfield’s aid as Ella faces pressure from the Red Steer, a wealthy suitor. Thanksgiving services bring truth, forgiveness, and a surprising public confession revealing the Red Steer’s guilt in a deputy’s death.
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