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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1886
Page
8
Scattered OCR fragments reference country life and women with strained phrases. The lines mention Asher, Sopiog, and Tas aerate in unclear contexts. The overall sense points to incomplete notes about social matters, loans, and a possible local event but specifics are unreadable.
In a rough Pennsylvania town Bob Marshall, famed as a steady drinker, resists reform until a women led revival and a preacher pressure move him to pledge sobriety. After a heartfelt talk with his wife Susan she grants him permission to join the temperance effort, and the town sees a joyful mass enrollment as the couple share a vow that she is the happiest woman in town.
A Youth's Companion vignette describes a rural railroad station reunion where a long separated family bursts into humorous, affectionate greetings. An elderly man exclaims over each member as the scene captures grandparents meeting grandchildren, with playful phrases and warm embraces.
An Indianapolis Journal piece frames a hotel dining room scene where a head waiter recalls carting patrons and describes a humorous clash of appetites. The narrator boasts a successful railroadin’ of seven favored diners with steady hot plates and tender cuts, earning a vote of thanks from the fraternity.
A Chicago Herald story recounts how a Kentucky mare bought by George Stone nearly ruined by a cruel trainer. William Bair replaced the abusive trainer and treated the horse kindly. The mare thrived, learning to pick apples from a pocket and achieving a speed record of 2 10 1 2.
In a back room of a country store, a bartender accidentally pours turpentine into a drink then tops it with whisky. The customer drinks, compliments the "good licker," and demands a replacement drink to settle the matter, chasing a square deal.
A Reuters style recount shows a morphine addict dragged from a Willis Street drugstore by police, broken by a failed attempt to obtain relief and the pharmacist's grim remark on opium’s grip. The piece transitions to a Cincinnati Enquirer column arguing against war, listing fathers, sons, wives and mothers who deserve peace and predicting the greedy few would profit from conflict while the rest endure harm.
A discussion on the origins of diamonds and the mystery of nature. The piece compares diamond fields to sunlit gems in warm climates, notes diamonds burn without ash, and reflects on the elusive process of crystallization. It mentions experiments in France with phosphorus in carbon sulfur yielding tiny diamonds and hints at cost and practicality.
Old Pete's son returns from school and recounts a mispronounced phrase. The father laments schooling for his son and the stubbornness of learning to speak properly while debating linguistic pride and respect for education. The dialogue captures dialect and attitudes toward literacy.
A pension office statement under J E Smith lists 453 pensioners with an arm or leg amputations at the shoulder or hip joints. Most recipients fall in other categories with monthly sums from $1 to $100, the high grades being small in number. The report details counts and monthly amounts for various disability levels, noting special provisions and the unique cases of top earners such as Gen Black.
A San Francisco Post note recounts a townsman’s greeting exchange testing phrases like well and hearty. The joking thread shows locals affirming health with wit as various townspeople respond with the stock phrase while one line ends with the punch that Sam Wylie is dead yet “looking well and hearty” in a grim twist.
Perley Poore in the Boston Budget recalls Rufus Choate praising Daniel Webster for weaving love of Africa into every great speech. The piece highlights Webster’s view of national unity, seeing colonies as one family and the unifying power of the Constitution in shaping a united national soul.
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