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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1886
Page
3
A lengthy narrative describes a Seville bullring opening with a crowd of twelve thousand as the bull stands off skilled toreros arrival of the espada. The bull endures a brutal, cinematic sequence of charges, wounds, and deft counter moves before finally falling to a fatal stroke. The account blends vivid spectacle with commentary on cruelty and humanity.
A Tolono Indiana dispatch recounts Mrs. Jack Montcalm rescuing her two daughters from a panther at Rabarrass timber six miles from Bouse Grove. She shot the animal as it neared her sleeping children, then refused help to move the pelt, planning to keep it as a souvenir. Montcalm, estranged from wealthy parents, travels with her two daughters May and Jane toward Ohio seeking forgiveness and shelter as dangers and doubts linger.
Virginia woman Mrs Crow asked Mrs Cleveland for guidance on signing a temperance pledge. In a White House letter dated Aug 12 18, Mrs Cleveland advised that personal conscience should guide the decision, praising temperance work and urging no harm in endorsing the cause to aid families and society.
Millie propels a family reform on a large Indiana farm. She demands practical upgrades such as wire line for clothes, garden expansion, and a kitchen window shade. Her husband, initially skeptical, funds a modest amount and three months later the farm’s yard and house display a noticeable improvement praised by visitors.
The writer recounts a season premiere at the Koursaal featuring M Labit ski's company from Les Folies Parisiennes. He pays £2 to £40 for boxes and seats, notes sparse audience, and learns after the show the venue doubles as a gambling hall with drivers and dealers among the attendees. In contrast, Benton bids farewell to the Senate amid family and state leaders, reflecting on his long service and faith in Buchanan. The excerpt also describes John Brown’s execution, his calm, and the ritual execution scene with stark detail of the hanging and final moments.
A remarkable illusion from M Bautier de Kolta, represented in London by Mr Charles Heriram, hides the secret of the trick. Bertram J ed on stage presents a young lady seated in a chair on a billowing newspaper, vanishing while a veil is lifted, leaving the audience astonished.
A condensed reflection on life errors lists fourteen universal mistakes. It argues against imposing one's own standards, judging others, seeking uniform opinions, demanding youth’s judgment, shaping others, fixating on trifles, seeking perfection in actions, worrying about others, alleviating all that can be helped, making allowances for others’ infirmities, deeming the impossible only what one can conceive, and claiming to understand everything. From the New York Star.
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