14 Oct 1893
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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1893
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR presents an indistinct notice about advertising rates and public communications. It mentions style, pace, and low prices with references to notices and communications intended for a local audience, but details are unclear and names or dates are not legible.
The Tobbers club plans a Jubilee celebration on October 19 to honor the Sioux Yankton road survey, with a special five-coach train offered and a reception at PRitliga Avenue. About 200 guests expected for a grand banquet, while surveyors face hostility from a minority of Sioux, prompting suspension of work for the year.
George Loomis of Minneapolis sold to Colonel W. P. Taylor of Buffalo owner of Mascot for 1000 dollars the Hiotoga Chief racing horse. Taylor plans to enter the horse in the grand circuit next year while the rest of his stable heads to Sioux Falls track.
Mrs Mary Van Brushkirk of a farm near Summit fights a five foot eagle attacking her hen. She clubs the bird with a hatchet after it wounds her arms and hands and faints. Neighbor finds her in a weakened state. she is hailed as a notable local figure for surviving an eagle attack.
A freight train wreck near North Lawrence on the Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chico line exploded, blowing twenty box cars to pieces and tearing up ties for yards. No deaths, several injured, trains scattered debris and telegraph wires down. Separate notes cover other congress topics, spirit mediumship case, and market reports.
Miss Francis Willard’s friends denounce surgeon orders that prevent her from crossing to attend the convention in Chicago next week. Dr Benjamin Ward Richard’s instructions bar her from appearing on the platform or leaving the country, delaying her participation and planning.
A Pennsylvania rail accident west of One Hundred Ninety fourth Street injures passengers and kills engineer Tess Walk and fireman Tous CunStLeivemag. The nine car train derailed at high speed. track crew and fire response contained the blaze and the line is not yet cleared. Over 40 passengers aboard the derailed coach and mail car.
Governor West submits an annual report detailing Utah’s land holdings valued at millions, railroad mileage, stock totals, and mining output. He presses urgent statehood, cites polygamy policy, and proposes public building grants, university land, and land open to settlement while redefining church property claims.
Senate siting reports Conformers with Gor min Harris and Ransom. Secretary Carlisle meets with Norris, Morris, and Gorman to discuss repeal plans and potential compromis es. Carlisle may visit with repeal leaders for final talks before week’s end.
In Washington the Senate copper debate over the silver bill stalls as Republicans and silver supporters clash Sonia and booing clouds the chamber. Leaders push for a vote while factions vie for influence with national implications.
A cargo of 400000 gallons of crude petroleum and refiring oil shipped from this country to Spain is missing. The Brenmur, now anchored in the Detroit river, is under guard by US authorities while Alden & Co claim no knowledge of the consignee Ayers who allegedly received the cargo.
A divinity student from Merrimac answered a Denver widow's matrimonial ad, exchanged photos, and wed a non existent Ellen Danton. The alleged match was a high joke. no widow, no marriage, and the parties had no money or friends.
A dubious report claims a sale of Lower California to private parties, which a Mexican firm representative denies citing no sale agreed with the Mexican government. Separately, preparations proceed for a battle monument in Gettysburg to commemorate Washingtons capture of the Hessians with officials and legislatures from multiple states expected to attend the dedication.
The report details status and unspent appropriations for federal building projects in the west and southwest. It lists cities such as Mle City Ta Davenport Fargo Fort Dodge Bloomington Camden Omnia Pueblo and Galveston with amounts remaining, expended, or planned, and notes on sketches, plans, and drawings in progress. The narrative also covers a boundary dispute session led by Maurice Maloney on river navigation rights and the center channel debate under a federal court decree.
A large strike at woolen mills extends across the state, with up to 0,000 workers reportedly out of work as unions and factory employees resist amid rapid growth. Separate notes mention Williams College centennial events and a reunion where Chancellor James IL Canfield spoke and graduates pledged loyalty to the college amid the Auld Lang Syne tribute.
Prolonged senate session on measures to free coinage of silver under the Sherman act. Streit over Voorhees substitute and Morgan suggestions, with calls to maintain quorum and opposition to silver purchase repeal. House focus shifts to federal election law, Chinese exclusion and electoral reform amid partisan debate.
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