The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-12-14

Ed Jefferson returned from his sad
errand to Iowa Tuesday night. His
mother died at Dunkerton, Thursday Of
last week.
A woman's deliberations over what to
get her husband for Christmas generally
ends with her buying something for him
that she want herself.
The Planklnton Mills will sell flour
for cash thirty days at the following
prices: Best Patent Soc, Royal Patent
6oc., Standard 55 per sack.
1t will be very strange il you cannot
find at REYNOLDS drug store something
nice for a christmas gift. either for old
or young. Step in and look over the
stock.
w. G. Richards rode into town this
morning with the carcass OF a wolf
strapped on the ponY's back behind him.
The hounds picked 'em up on short
notice.
The Minneapolis Times states that one
road has hauled through Nebraska over
100 cars Of emlgrant goods belonging to
the poor mortals returning to their
northern homes.
LID. Waterbury stepped in the office
this morning and said to tell the readers
OF the GRAPHIC that he has the largest
stock Of Christmas candies in the county.
II you don't believe it, step in and see.
The spooning social at the Kinball
House Wednesday evening was a great
social success. The ghost parade was
unique and especially the new woman
character. Nearly eight dollars were
cleared.
Elkton and st. Lawrence both lost
their flour mills by fire last week. II
the Kimball mill should go up in smoke
some day this community would realize
better perhaps how valuable such n plant
is to a town.
The rain and snowfall Mt Yankton
from 1874 to 1888 averaged 30 inches
annually. From 1858 to 1895 the aver
age was 25 inches. a falling off OF nearly
20 per cent in the last eight years. We
should have a wet spell pretty soon.
Multiply the length. breath and height
of the wagon box in inches, then divide
the product by 274S (the number of cubic
inches in a heaped busheD and the ans
wer will be the number of heaped bush
els of ear corn in the 10 ad.
II. NJ. Miles came home Monday morn
ing, having completed j. NJ. Greene's
we'll in Ola township last week. Mr..
Miles expects to begin drilling on the
we'll on the Ochsner farm as soon as his
tools can be brought from the Greene
farm; the rig and engine are already in
place and the reservoir completed.
The Kimball Reading Room assecia-
ton will give a military and geographi-
cal social in their rooms over the old
Frank Smith hardware store. Wednesday
evening, Dee. Is. Mush and milk Toe.
coffee, d%oughnuts and pie, 5 cents each.
The proceeds to be used for the reading
room and gymnasium A general inyi-
tatiOn is extended.
The large and SNOWY advertisement OF
the Ochsner drug store on this page is
attractive enough without calling at.
tentiOn to it, but still it cannot begin to
tell the whole story. The little store is
just packed with new goods and it's no
trouble for the gentlemanly manager,
Mr.. Drake. to show them. Just step in
and see how pretty a holiday girt a very
little money will buy.
At the annual election of.the w. r. G..
Wednesday the following officers were
elected: Mrs. Jane Richards, president;
Mrs. Cordelia MAYNARD. senior vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Eleanor Curtiss, junior vice
president; Mrs. Ellen +. Stuyer. treas
urer; Mrs. Ellen NJ. Miner, chaplain;
Mrs. Martha Dains, conductor: Mrs.
Annie Sailor. Asst conductor; Mrs. Mary
/ Williamson, guard; Mrs. Mary Cross,
Asst guard.
1t would be a capital idea. says an ok
change. for all newspaper publishers to
let the following stand at the head OF the
editorial page: "Ten cents a line straight
will be charged for obituary notices to
all business men who did not advertise
while living. Delinquent subscribers
will be charged Is cents per line for an
obituary notice. Advertisers and cash
subscribers will receive as good a send
off as we are capable OF writing without
!! any charge whatever"