23 Jan 1883
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Newspaper
Dakota Daily Leader
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1883
Page
1
Niagara Falls incident reports Thomas Hillson of Philadelphia leaping from the suspension bridge and being swept over the falls. No further details provided.
In St Paul Minnesota on the senatorial ballot Windem received 44 votes, Wilson 26, Cole 16, Dunnel 10, others scattering. Windem arrived this afternoon to contest the tally.
A large boiler exploded at the Ledger paper mills in Elkton Indiana this morning. Two men near the blast were killed and eight others were injured in the incident.
A dreadful explosion in San Francisco last night at the Graft Powder works caused an estimated thirty to forty deaths. About forty others are missing. Many of the victims were Chinese.
The steamer Cimbria from Hamburg bound for New York collided with the steamer Sultan last Friday morning in the German Ocean. Of 400 or 500 passengers and 105 crew, only 39 had landed by Saturday evening, suggesting a heavy loss of life.
The Watertown Daily Courier attacks Watertown’s lack of public enterprise. It urges formation of an active association to promote the city and county, flood states with information, and attract settlers and capital next spring. It cites frost of disinterestedness and warns of missed opportunities.
Late mail notes Rev. Thomas Harrison conducting seven week revival in Decatur Illinois with 650 conversions. Also reports Albany fire loss 300000 insurance 200000. Oak Harbor jail blaze prisoner perished. Memphis First Presbyterian Church burned loss 25000. Louisville Land League aids Charles Stewart Parnell in Ireland. Tex Senate tax bill targets saloons. Ohio bill for $250 saloon tax proposed. Rhine relief funds gathered by German Masonic lodges in New York. Philadelphia singing societies donate 500. Lexington farms lure Eastern riders. six year old horse sold for 1500. Brooklyn woman sues for 15000 breach of promise. Washington savings bank case settled. Ruth charged with perjury. Detroit ice accident. seven children rescued. Springfield jail escape via ventilating flue. Omaha gambling house safe nearly drilled. police alerted. Rechefus murder case updates. Montana land case in favor of settlers against Northern Pacific. Newhall house fire likely incendiary. Punch cigars ad embargo.
A brief listing highlights local cigar options labeled Huron's Favorite 50 and Huron's Favorite 100 with emphasis on selection and regional interest.
The 51 Pioneer Store advertises Ladies' Fine Writing Paper titled Huron Dakota with a landscape design in gold. It includes 24 sheets of cream laid note paper and 2 envelope packages for 25 cents.
Local catalog note highlights Huron’s Favorite 50 and 100 cigars alongside Baker’s finest line of Silver Ware. Ad promotes extensive Cigar selections and premium silverware as a special Dakota display.
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