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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1896
Page
3
A vivid account details a massive sand storm that devastates landscapes and endangers people and animals. It describes the storm’s power, duration, and the way it reshapes terrain, blinds, chokes, and overwhelms travelers and structures, with a focus on its relentless, sweeping destruction.
A fragmentary dialogue presents a carnival of misheard names and crude humor. References to a judge, extraordinary twelve children half twins and a shipboard bride mix with odd ads for Cascaret laxatives. The tone mimics a late 19th century humor strip with puns and cautious innuendo.
Atlanta mourns the death of Charles F Crisp after a series of illnesses culminating in a lung and heart failure likely due to prior pleuro pneumonia. The long-time public figure died at his home following a recent malaria infection and congestive heart disease. Funeral arrangements place his body at Americus before a Sunday service. Citizens and leaders, including Governor Atkinson, reflect on Crisp’s political legacy and possible senate and governorship implications.
A patchwork of notes covers a legal appeal for Alonzo Wallage in Kentucky, maritime wrecks near New Caledonia, drought in South Australia causing crop failures, a Punch cartoonist arriving in New York, a Springfield Kentucky fire scare, and a Columbus musician's death. Other items include steamship losses, Armenian distress, Kurdish uprisings, a Danville marriage, wheat prices, a Clinton Missouri murder suicide, and various political and social notes from Washington and beyond.
The marriage of Helene of Montenegro to Victor Emanuel of Naples was celebrated in a private civil ceremony at the Quirinal with a religious rite at Santa Maria degli Angeli. The match, linked to dynastic politics and dowry pledges, signals European alliance shifts and hopes to restore influence in Montenegro.
Dorian Gray confronts Alan Campbell and pleads for help to destroy a murdered man by transforming him into a narcotic object of desire. Campbell resists, citing their shattered friendship and danger, while Gray recalls their past and presses for a grisly scientific act.
The Chicago Tribune notes ex-soldiers bring discipline, perseverance, and order to civilian work. A wholesale house executive on Randolph Street says military training instills calm under fire, thoroughness, and leadership. Story recalls General Thomas at Stove River and cites soldiers' prevalence in Chicago business circles.
A Baltimore Sun piece reports on the fatal punch in a boxing bout and explains with Dr Hopkinson how a blow to the jaw can cause a brain stem disruption. It notes that temporary knockouts are common and fatalities, while rare, can occur in weakened individuals.
A garbled excerpt from Harper’s Round features disjointed mentions of a grocer, misread orders for bushels of produce, and a British gentleman promising an "equivalent." It includes snippets about Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and Quit Tobacco ads, plus references to historical ailments, crops, and animals once common in England.
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