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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1887
Page
4
A long reminiscence recounts Hancock's unaided speech urging unity, the Johnston crisis, Armistead’s final moments, and Gettysburg bravery. It traces Hancock’s wartime decisions, Lincoln’s politics, and the Charleston era arrogance through LA letters, ending with Nancy Pat Elliott’s rise from bondage to prominence and eventual obscurity.
The Reminiscences profile Mrs Hancock’s autobiographical portrayal of General Hancock’s career and private life. Spanning his Florida Seminole War experiences to Utah policing, the text highlights Hancock’s role in national affairs and his wife’s personal narrative of Washington society.
Disjointed reminiscence recalls General Robert E. Yamajor and others on duty near departure. The text alludes to desertion, California plans, pardon, family ties, and old military friendships amid a tangle of garbled phrases and names.
A fragmentary Omaha War tale depicts St Peter at the gate debating entry with a church usher and a discussion of “millioneires” in disguise. It mentions a fishing party from Antietam finding a skeletal officer with blade remains near a battlefield site, identity unknown.
A postwar scene shows Gen Grittenden asking three ex Confederates where they were born. One says Nantucket Mass then South for twenty years, another Nantucket for thirty years, and the third Mitwall Asia with a North career. The exchange highlights divided loyalties.
A vivid narrative describes a surgeon's night of fear before a critical operation, the toll of precision and duty on mind and body, and the emotional weight as he tends a patient while a household awaits a life and death outcome. It shifts to market notices, medical ads, and community chatter referencing schooling and public affairs.
A professor of philosophy discusses memory types and improvement through practice. He cites General Grant’s selective recall, examples of “break memories” and notable names like Macaulay and Painon, plus anecdotes from Acton, Gov Foster, Nichols, and Henry G. Glow. The piece emphasizes memory limits and the role of repetition.
Congressman Lind of Minnesota announces a petition to authorize a two million grant for the Faribault Dominican Stature Academy. The school emphasizes varied study with modern heating and facilities, seeking support from guardians and patrons.
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