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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1883
Page
5
Public notices from Kimball Publishing Co detail advertising terms including $2 yearly in advance and monthly invoices. Also lists St Paul Railroad timetable, county officers, commissioners, coroner, clerk, and other officials with names and roles.
The column lists fall signs in town, weather notes, local ads, and brief notices. It mentions snow in Jefferson Ohio on the 8th, new carvet samples at the furniture store, local prices, a monkey and parrot event at White Lake, and a proposed post move with business opposition. It reports a Sioux Falls convention vote on prohibition, a town council preliminary meeting, and various local happenings including a pastor’s schedule, a fatal apoplexy, and changes in the Smith & Son hardware firm to Smith & Calta. A placard in a Tennessee store window is noted.
Waterloo contractor plans two story brick store on vacant lot between Smith and Warners. Park aims for groceries and china as Maynard builds. Regional corn and wheat yields praised in Dakota reports. Local anecdotes include a shoe seller Robinson and a demoralizing shift in politics amid provincial strife.
On Monday Tuesday and Wednesday this week up to two o clock 269 loads of lumber were sold by three Kimball yards. The counts show J A Smith Iowa Lumber Co and John Parker with daily totals and overall week totals. The figures reflect local prosperity and demand for building materials.
Mrs Ida L May Burbank longtime New York City resident, died in Kimball Dakota Friday September 21 after a few hours illness aged 22. She was the wife of Geo F Burbank of New York city. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon conducted by Rev J B Taylor with community sympathy expressed.
The Institute of Brule County for 1883 opened Tuesday Sept. 15 with an address by E. L. Drury and a full schedule of sessions on school law history and governance. Sanford Moyer, Prof. Crick et, C. W. Carpenter and Miss Torrison feature in talks. A notice bids owners reclaim a little boy’s coat and a cream pony near Kimball. Milk service announced by A. Il Gregory.
The article reports on the Sioux Falls convention proceedings, praising delegates for their work on the new constitution. It notes opposition from temperance advocates to prohibition, supports a compromise allowing a future prohibitory amendment, and discusses the state name issue and electoral provisions.
Local merchants advertise a broad mix of goods and bargains. Hutchinson & French sell white lead and stock stationary. Weeks & Wells offer roasted coffee and Pine Tar. Barnes Bros bakery promotes bread and candy. Cameron's stable and Bank of Kimball advertise services. Abbott Akin offers abstracts. A Foote lists loan capacity. Blue Front hosts sewing machine sales.
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