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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1896
Page
3
A stream of garbled lines invokes names and imagery without a clear narrative or subject. The text reads like OCR noise with scattered references to people, places, and abstract concepts, yielding a disjointed, hard to parse patch of columns.
An 19th century advertisement touts John Smyth Company of Chicago offering a 422 page catalogue with free delivery. It claims honest pricing and quality goods from furniture to crockery, urging every home to receive the catalogue. A note mentions Moribawa Island linked to the mainland by a railroad bridge, 1700 feet long, built in about three and a half months.
Reports from London Glasgow and Boulogne say two more dynamiters have been arrested in connection with the Antwerp explosives case. Suspects Bell and Tynan are linked to the alleged plot tied to Queen Victoria’s visit. Police say the London Yard suspects top leaders are coordinating from Paris and Chicago with papers seized in Glasgow.
The Highlandight bark Monts Tabor from Trapantsy for Boston suffered disaster as a mutinous crew faced death. The captain F Wellacamin shot himself, the mate slashed his throat and drowned, while others leapt or perished attempting rescue. Bodies later recovered at Race Point and onshore.
The thirteenth annual Laundrymen's National Association convention began in Chicago with 400 to 500 delegates attending. Pennsylvania dominates representation while Detroit, Cincinnati, Louisville, Indianapolis, and St. Louis are absent. The meeting will address uniform rates and other trade issues as state associations report growth. Chicago hosts three days of entertainment for about fifteen hundred laundry workers.
Coffin Alte ami & Co, major Philadelphia dry goods commission merchants, announced a general assignment to protect creditors due to inability to convert assets. The firm, rated at about 1 million dollars, cited illiquidity from discounted paper and large holdings as the cause. Creditors to be paid from assets including imports by Culley Newman and others, with estimated liabilities from 100000 to 150000.
New York, Sept 1 The New York Athletic Club led by Wefera and Burky won events at Manhattan Field before about 4,000 spectators The 100 yard dash saw Wefera win the heat and final but not his record In the 440 yard quarter mile Burky from Moston led at the start and outpaced Wefera to clock 48 4 6 seconds Burky beat Wefera by seven feet in an excellent time Just behind the American record The track was heavy from recent rains due to weather conditions.
London dispatch reports Palermo trial of a wealthy merchant and associates for a brutal murder involving wife Barbara and alleged plot to flee to Tunis. A jail guard force prevented lynching as defendants were convicted of conspiracy. Two men sentenced to death and three sisters to life imprisonment.
A Southern Pacific freight train on the Maw River bridge plunged about thirty feet into the water after a derailment yesterday near San Francisco. Four persons killed were Annie Holland Sandy Cameron Mise Kirk and Unie child. Several others injured, some fatally, and other details remain unclear.
Aberdeen officers raided two houses south of the city with search warrants and injunctions. Liquor was found in one house run by Kit Fhiton, inmates dispersed and the place closed. The other residence and Wood's billiard hall yielded no liquor. Suits by the temperance league and clergy complaints followed.
Mary Morton Matthews and William Watkins Payne wed at St Georges church in Lemars. The bride, long a local resident, will live with the banker groom in Kingsley after a reception at her mother's home and a Columbia ball last night.
A fragment from the Athletic Monthly traces a panic over a telephone summons misread as poisoning and a doctor’s arrival. It juxtaposes a bizarre patient tale with a Sunbeam metaphor and notes on evolving medical terms from anemia to teething ailments, reflecting dated health anxieties and language.
An Indianapolis Journal report recounts a failed plan and a manager's comment about a supposed pool scheme. The piece quotes remarks about talking speed and late realization from an involved man, noting a married older miner's claim that no woman talks faster than others, and mentions the native home of wheat as a reference to Arnania’s mountain reflections.
Fragmentary verse laments drought and toil in a community’s harvest. A speaker seeks divine blessing for crops and labor, asking forgiveness for hardship and praying for provision, prosperity, and spiritual solace amid weary days.
The article notes Alglire becoming a key coaling hub as English, German, and Belgian steamers prefer it over Gibraltar and Matin. It mentions rapid movements and new routes, with beams of energy guiding ships through central lanes to reach the heart of the voyage.
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