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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1885
Page
3
An extended, fragmentary historical prose piece mingles poetry with farm notes and moral reflections. It intertwines reminiscences of old loves, agricultural advice on horses and breeding, and cautious musings on weather, seed, and mulch experiments. The text drifts from nostalgic verse to agricultural anecdotes and weather folklore.
A New York attorney recounts a dramatic dementia case involving Col. Rogers who rapidly plotted to buy Central Park blocks and hire a 30 story building. Warren, his lawyer, explains the man’s aftershock insanity, the sign of wealth, and the costly consequences to his family after a hospital death.
A quirky 19th century piece describes a restrained pageant featuring a figure named Angel at the county hospital and Gerber Brothers slaughterhouse. Angel, depicted as a distorted performer, killed rats using swift choking and crushing actions. Report notes over one hundred rodents slain across venues with Angel outperforming dogs in this grisly display.
The passage links rising profanity to general intel ligence and wealth spread, more graduates, and expanding civic life. It argues swearing reflects instinctive expression and social expansion, noting more people feel the urge to speak plainly as expressive needs grow, while warnings about vulgarity arise from a developing public culture.
A seven year old man in Louisville suffered a plague of insects that swarmed his head and caused irritation. The bites grew into inflamed welts as several policemen removed the pests from his room and porch. Medical concerns arose about possible poisoning and lingering pain. Recovery was uncertain.
In a Boston Common wealth report, riders aboard a Tremont Street car mock a woman’s bonnet described as a ridicu lous old trap. A man defends his wife, claiming the bonnet as hers and noting others would laugh at it soon.
The article proclaims Lotta as the richest woman on the stage with a fortune near 31,000,000, while valuing her at 250,000 to 500,000 and noting her savvy money management. Joe Murphy is hailed as the wealthiest man on stage around 500,000, with a history from a poor Irish dancer to a top earner. It highlights other actors like Lillian Russell and Penny Davenport, detailing fortunes and habits, and mentions Brooklyn Union.
An old West Pointer recalls Sergeant Griffith of the Twenty-second Iowa as Grant’s cadet who led prisoners from a rebel outwork at Wickshire. Griffith’s bravery earned him West Point, graduation high in his class, and a noted place in Grant’s campaigns. A separate item reports a bee infestation at an Episcopal church in Fairfield, Connecticut causing laughter during a spring service.
A Chicago hotel room encounter unfolds with a gregarious reporter who barges in after a telegram. He chats with General Logan as Mrs. Logan overhears the scene, while a Baltimore trick involving coconut shells for whisky prohibition is noted as a curious aside.
An eyewitness report from Cincinnati Commercial Gazette describes Orson Murrays being cremated at Lancaster Pennsylvania. The furnace scene shows the process from arrival to ash, detailing the silent, heat intense operation, the incineration, the final white dust, and four pounds of ashes recovered.
From the Boston Daily Aidvertiser an editorial mocks graduates at Smith College as nearly fifty young women receive bachelor’s degrees. It laments nicknames like Nellies and Carries in lists and contrasts with Harvard graduates while hoping women’s political progress will curb playful girlhood fashions. The piece also cites Bishop Hurst on Methodist outreach, criticizing national pomp.
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