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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1896
Page
3
A garbled era scatter of sensational ads and oddities mentions weather gloom, false cures, a California syrup medicine label, grain loss in North Dakota, a Nevada fishing hoax, railway fare cuts, and an arrest in Colongo. It reads like a late 19th century newspaper blur of misprints and notices.
An immense throng gathered at Antietam Maryland for the dedication of a monument to the hero Gordon Hastings of Pennsylvania. Governor Hastings and Maryland officials presided, with speeches stressing northern southern fraternal reconciliation amid a broad commemoration. Letters from President Cleveland and Major McKinley were read, urging unity and harmony as the procession reached the Danker church and battlefield overlook.
Milwaukee Wisconsin September 19 delegates from across the United States gather for the national prison association meeting to discuss reform. Governor Upham and Mayor Kuschenberger prepare accommodations with a local committee led by Joban Koch and Fred Pavat. Notables expected include Theodore Roosevelt ex congressman Richard Gunther and Dr Julius Morel among others. The congress runs three days.
J Johnson, a longtime employee at Stearns & Va Winkle on Fourth Street, shot his wife and then killed himself with a .38 revolver in St Paul after a jealousy dispute. Mrs Johnson was wounded in the left neck area and is reported in stable condition. The husband, described as distraught, died later at a city hospital. A prior separation and alleged affair with Alma Cunningham at 446 East Seventh Street are cited as triggers. Police say the couple resided with Mrs Cunningham, and William Manningham, a Bt Paul wagonman, had escorted Mrs Johnson away earlier.
In an August mint report the issue notes 2 690 000 silver dollars coined and argues free coinage advocates seek more. The piece says government profit from coinage totals $521 027, contrasting with a miner’s potential $822 027 if coinage ceased. It warns free coinage enriches miners and impoverishes the government and people.
Daily market notes report heavy livestock receipts and steady to higher prices across Chicago and Kansas City. Cash grain quotes list No 2 wheat and corn prices, with provisions and butter markets noted. a stray piece mentions a Shelby county Tennessee centennial display and a traveling huckster in Arkansas City.
In a crowded interview with Basil Hallward, Dorian Gray wrestles with the fate of the painted youth. The portrait’s secret power fuels jealousy, temptation, and a dangerous rift with Hallward over whether to exhibit the work and reveal the truth behind the haunting image.
A San Francisco reporter recalls a Marion County oil tale where a rancher, chasing wealth, forms a land company and drills for oil. After six months of costly holes with no success, a rival sabotages the drill, revealing how a rival poured oil to buoy the test and overtake the venture as it collapses.
A tangled spoof blends a Sheik Abdullah court scene with a wise sage and a mute poet, then shifts to stray verses and farm calamities including crop threats and a mortgage ploy. The fragmentary text interleaves ancient ballad talk with modern graft and a Virginia WH scene.
A scientific note reports that cat pupils are normally circular like humans but can narrow to slits under bright light. Lindsay Johnson’s England study shows varying pupil shapes in larger cats, with domesticated cats often keeping circular pupils. The piece ends with a joke from Harlem Life about Count de Fakerotti.
A local notice from Minnesotan presses recounts veterans speaking on a patent medicine claim linked to relief during wartime. Mr Sweet narrates the testimonial, praising a tonic and urging peers to try it, while legal notaries and publishers broadcast the advertisement to Stearns County readers.
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