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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1896
Page
3
The readable portions describe a desert penitentiary in Arizona with extreme heat and minimal escapes, plus scattered references to towns, prisons, and a few incidents in Nevada and Madagascar. The text blends ethnographic, geographic, and sensational snippets without a single cohesive news story.
A garbled manuscript excerpt presents scattered lines and names such as Nathan A Levy and Diigo. The text teases romantic imagery and coinages, with phrases about constancy and love, but lacks coherent narrative or clear event details. The piece reads as a rough, unreadable collage.
An irregular clipping mixes a medicine advertisement claiming internal use for catarrh with a 75 cent price and a stray burglary note about a screened porch theft of trousers and 916 45. The text also contains disjointed phrases from poems and humorous musings, ending with a mention of the Grand Rapids Democrat.
The York morning market reports gradual improvement in trade, with stronger demand for imports and exports, higher wheat prices, and increased contracts for steel and iron. Currencies and bank stability support lending, while wool demand rises but prices hold. Across US and UK, exports show mixed results with ongoing agricultural and industrial activity.
Eureka club offers a $12,000 purse with $6,000 guaranteed for each fighter to fight Corbett and Sharkey in California. Managers aim to finalize arrangements, with both boxers posting $4,000 guarantees on arrival. National club excluded from terms as talks proceed in San Francisco.
The Tyrone works resumed operations with about 7,000 workers returning to full time day and night shifts. The Eleanor Test works and nearby plants will run, employing hundreds more as production restarts across the area.
The article details a track meet where Robson Beas Al Previous Rece set a fast time, with Johnson and Michael leading in the mile, and the day highlighted by the professional event won by Arthur Gardner and Tom Cooper. Also includes a curious feature on a smart coin-reading dog in Huron, with Uncle Sam backing its labor.
John Lew Spohn of Hamilton Ohio declares he is the fifth Earl Ludlow Viscount Preston and baron of Ludlow. His brother has gone to Shropshire to pursue the elder brother’s rights. The alleged title estate spans Shropshire Wales and the United Kingdom and is valued at 20 million dollars. The peerage has been extinct since 1840.
In Topeka on September 29, the county attorney warned bondholders the county cannot pay interest on its bonds as total county township city and school indebtedness climbs to about 600000, with roughly 315000 in bonds outstanding and more counties facing similar strain in Western Kansas. Also noted: penitentiary conditions near Yuma and extreme heat in Sonora, plus actress Sadie Gonnell’s carbonic acid gas poisoning in New York.
A French officer reports Timbuctoo scarcely recognizable under occupation with nightly trumpet sounds, an embattled fort, closed gates, and patrols. Tuareg youths roam the market amid scarce supplies as mosques, acacia trees, and a pigeon tower dot the town. Slavery and trade persist, while French patrols conduct reconnaissances and counter Tuareg raids.
Fragmentary dialogue from a World article notes Sitanehin promising another theater party at the punto mine after an earlier performance. Wanterno asks why and Sitanehin cites a chaotic inferno among actors that ruined the audiones and boxed out the rest.
The text blends travel lore with technical notes on engines and ship propellers. It mentions a voyage, wind patterns, and a restless crowd, then shifts to discussions of machinery design, propeller blade assemblies, and experiments that reduced diameter and altered performance. It references a traveler and a ship’s captain, with scattered mentions of medicine and daily routines.
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