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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1886
Page
6
A young farmer Jake Bailey loves Rosa Anderson but faces social jealousy and barefoot poverty. After Rosa spurns him, Jake leaves for law study, returns triumphant years later as a respected lawyer, while Rosa ages in disappointment.
A sketch recalls Steart Carpenter a farmer from Granville Corners Washington County New York famed for lifting feats. He reportedly hoisted a 1 900 pound iron box and a 400 pound cannon. He used plain strength without harness and once lifted a barrel of whiskey and carried a seven foot rail fence by sheer power. Carpenter, about six feet tall with massive build, lived his life quietly and was said to be alive near Granville Corners into old age.
The Atlanta Constitution recounts Col. John R. Towers aiding a cruel ruse by stuffing an unexploded artillery shell with rubble and dropping it into a gopher hole, causing terror as shells burst and soldiers hid underground. A separate note records Judge Widney of Los Angeles gifting $100,000 to California's charity.
Montreal Stars reports the Dominican Father Smith, Ottawa born, who fled to America after banishment from France, fell into a trance in Brooklyn while staying at the St. Lawrence Hotel He describes a previous Italy trance and a staged death after his coffin was prepared, narrowly saved by a prayerful salvage.
A guide to assembling a compact emergency shelf with camphor for faintness and diarrhoea, raw flour for freshness, a mustard plaster kit, rags and thread for dressings, compresses for sore throats, home made compound oil for chest colds, Vaseline for dry skin, glycerine and hydrastis tincture for chapped hands, dry tannin for nosebleeds, and a tannin water gargle for sore throats.
The account tours a volcanic valley famed as Valley of the Little Hell and Valley of the Great Boiling. It notes boiling springs, steam vents, sulphur deposits, and deadly crumbling ground. The narrator stays at Miyano-Shala, praises Japanese management, and describes hot baths, a foreign dinner, and vivid mountain scenery around Miyano Shala.
An Erie frontier tone contrasts Americans with foreigners noting bribe demands on a travel route and praising American porters. The piece also questions Philadelphia journalism, asking why the city yields few specials despite a large population and restless inner life. It ponders if William Penn’s ghost or prestige shapes its reputation.
A Boston Budget account portrays Mrs Baxley as a notable female spy who carried contraband items and letters across Union lines. Trailed from Maryland to Richmond and Fortress Monroe she concealed papers in her clothing and bonnet. She faced arrest, with officers and guards inspecting her attire as the drama of espionage unfolds amid the Union blockade.
Philippe Daryl describes Kingstown Dublin and the Irish scene with French wit. He notes English officials in Dublin, Irish cabmen, and a nation awakening to home rule spirit. He praises Irish beauty and style and the strong sense of national identity in art, dress, and sentiment.
The critic portrays M'Carthy as a towering statesman in his prime, famed for global experience and battlefield grit. His career, like a stately column, collapses abruptly at a young age, leaving English public life with a dramatic, unsparing fall from expectation.
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