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Newspaper
Dakota Daily Leader
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1883
Page
2
A poem urges a wife and husband to accept daily duties and shared burdens as the work of the world. It warns leisure never comes with age and wisdom requires constant effort. The speaker emphasizes living each day at best and fulfilling one part of life's calling despite time passing.
In a storm shrouded New England valley, Cyrus welcomes Octavia Freeman home after she departs to Lewiston. He hides his longing to marry and build a life near his forge as Octavia contemplates mills and independence. Their reunion foreshadows joy and the costs of distance.
A grieving blacksmith Cyrus clings to a ghostly memory of Octavia after she reveals she wed another man. He imagines her tending his forge and garden, while the village pities him for his delusion as he remains content in a world where Octavia is always near.
The Reporter and the Lion describes John J. Jennings, a Post-Dispatch reporter, entering W. W. Cole's circus den with George Conkling the lion tamer. A new lion attacked Jennings causing severe scalp and shoulder injuries. Conkling chased the lions, but Jennings was knocked down and injured, with observers calling for action against Conkling.
A newly married couple aboard a Lake Shore train into Detroit quarreled with a passenger over her bonnet and cloak. The woman then said politely for her son to close the window behind her, silencing the critics as the train rolled on toward Wyandotte.
Commissioners of Beadle County D T invite sealed bids by June 25 1883 noon for up to 50000 in Beadle county bonds 6 percent semiannual interest 20 years with 15 year redemption option to fund a court house and jail Envelopes marked Kids for Bonds sent to L J Mouser County Clerk Huron D T Commissioners E C Walton Charles Hitchcock John Blain reserve right to reject any bids
Sealed proposals will be received by Beadle County Dakota Commissioners for a two story brick courthouse with jail attached at Huron. Plans at Charles B. Cook Winona Minnesota June 8 to June 15 1883. Bid bond of 1000 dollars and two thirds bid amount required. Right to reject bids reserved. Proposals to be marked and sent to I J Mouser County Clerk. John Bullarr.
Sealed proposals are invited by the Dakota Hospital for the Insane trustees in Yankton Dakota Territory for building a west wing chapel laundry boiler house barn and other improvements. Bids due June 13 1883 at 2 PM in the superintendent office with plans available for inspection at W L Dow's office. A thousand dollar bid entry fee forfeitable if the bidder fails to enter a contract. Surety equal to one third the bid amount. The board may reject any or all bids. Proposals should be marked for building and sent to J R Sanborn Yankton DT.
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