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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1885
Page
5
A mixed page aggregates a poem about a loyal dog and local notices. It adds short items on weather, harvest, politics, theater plans, and small anecdotes from Kimball and nearby towns including names like Buchanan Company, Rev. Humphrey, and Nellie Grant Sartor.
An official Dakota map showing North and South divisions, land districts, reservations, counties, towns and railroads, corrected to September 1 1985, will be published in October. Free abroad, Dakota residents pay 1 cent for postage. Immigration offices offer maps at cost for bulk orders.
For the Presbyterian church of Kimball an entertainment is planned in the opera house on Tuesday evening October 27 at 7:40. It features Harvest Home Festival performances by children and a program of musical and literary exercises including quartets, recitations, and readings by local participants.
At the Republican county convention held at the opera house Capt W V Lucas chaired and John J White served as secretary. Delegates elected to represent Brule county at the territorial convention in Huron include W V Lucas RB Gates J T King J W Cone and J M Greene. J R Lowe J W Cone and J M Greene named as representatives and L A Foote as senator under the new constitution. John S White nominated county judge and C M Austin selected county commissioner for the 4th district with James Frye for the 2nd district.
In Kimball a pair of cocker spaniels named Starry and Gypsy were poisoned Sunday evening, dying within minutes. The editor condemns the crime as brutal and cruel, praising Gypsy as a breeding dog and Starry a famed retriever. The owner recalls long travels and celebrates their loyalty and memory.
In Highland Township on October 17, 168 a group organized a literary and debating society at Louse No 4. Officers elected include President L. Br. Frankling, Vice President Frank Craft, Secretary Nellie Craft, Treasurer Hugh Craft, with executive committee members Nell Dunlap and Rd Hough. Weekly Thursday meetings were set to begin, chaired by HH Franklin and Nellie Craft.
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