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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1896
Page
3
A moral essay argues early childhood control shapes character and obedience. It condemns deceptive parenting, urging consistent promises and firm trust in the parent. The piece includes social notes on a brig, ship misdirection, and various contemporaneous product ads.
St Petersburg reports 1139 drunkenness arrests in one week and 4000 the prior week with offenders released home without punishment unless they disturb the peace. Officials consider harsher measures while advertising contracts for No-To-Bac and Cascarets promise health cures.
A bandit shoots Marshal Callion and dies after a pursuit from Sherburne to the Minnesota line. Officials, including Deputy Brayton and Mare Caltion, pursue the suspect by bicycle and on foot, while a second robber is held in Jackson, Minn. The raid’s victims include the Shirburn cashier and a bystander. authorities in Kossuth and Winnebago counties coordinate a large manhunt across Iowa and Minnesota.
The article notes the upcoming annual congress of Sunday societies with members from London and major English towns. It discusses a demand for repeal of the saloon opening limit and argues that brief Sunday openings would harm temperance aims and moral conduct. The executive committee names Dr. R Spence Watson as president and Mark H Jude as secretary.
The nation marks Temperance Day with ceremonies and speeches led by Mrs Lake of St Louis and D Hy Mann of Brook Yu, honoring Mather Marchew and the Tallallé Tou Abstinence Union. City events include a meeting in Association Hall and civic proclamations, while various named officials and widows are listed in observances and appointments.
In New York supreme court the state of South Dakota faced a demurrer to its action against John T. McChesney as surety in the Taylor bond case. The court overruled the demurrer seeking recovery of the remaining 100000 after a 250000 bond was deemed sufficient by South Dakota law. The case lists McChesney and 17 sureties, with ongoing debate over liability beyond statutory bond amounts and final judgment paid.
A collage of disparate items recount murders, abductions, and legal actions from Albany to St Louis. Reports include Joh M Myers freed in Decatur murder, a kidnapping near Hackensack, fires and assaults in multiple states, plus a drive for railway union case settlements and a push for a nightless home. Local voter registration climbs in St Louis while a traveling preacher provokes mobs in Seward. A blind association convention in St Louis seeks a home for the sightless.
Mixed commodity data shows cattle hog lamb receipts and prices across Stour City South Omaha Kansas City and Chicago. Records note steady markets with cattle at 3.00 to 4.00 and hogs around 3.00 to 3.50 while calves and sheep show variable demand and receipts near daily totals.
Clark Goodner Mexia Pierre, 8. D., Oct. h-A. W. Goodner, longtime clerk of a supreme court agency, tendered his resignation to take effect November 2. Miax Joanie Puller, the court stenographer, has been appointed to succeed him. Goodner plans to study law this winter and expects to practice. Oliiiers, a 12-year-old son of George, was badly hurt by a mad bull at Silver City, ta.
A sprawling narrative describes immense wealth and opulent items in a decadent courtly setting. It lists jewels, garments, tapestries, and legendary artifacts to evoke a vivid panorama of luxury and imagination, culminating in a suspenseful chase through London with a mysterious encounter.
The Amana Community in Iowa, a 2000-member cooperative known for its shared land, dairies, mills, and cooperative kitchens, preserves a strict religious order and simple German-influenced lifestyle. Its inhabitants wear plain dress, practice daily worship, and rely on collective means, with a strong belief in divine revelation and a history marked by prosperity and isolation.
An elderly woman Mrs Smith boards a city train after a station near her home. A conductor signals the train will stop, enabling her to board. The man who retrieved her ticket is a stranger, and no uniformed staff or familiar assistant appears. Mrs Smith later wonders about the unusual stop and the attendant.
A jumble of unrelated phrases describes medical quackery ads, weather bits, mining town wages, and a labor dispute at Wiltall Tatu & Co in Millville New York. The excerpt blends sensational claims about a medical cure with poems and local notices, ending with job-wage reduction stir among workers.
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