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Newspaper
Dakota Daily Leader
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1883
Page
3
The article describes propagation of sugar cane from cuttings, plantation fire risks in Cuba, and the brutal incendiary methods used to destroy crops. It notes the dependence on constant renewal, soil exhaustion, and the vast capital needed for large estates. It portrays Cuban planters as genial yet improvident, often ruined by taxes and debt.
Figures cover Texas farm net gains 13.5 million, value of the big silver dollar 83 cents, England and US postal areas, Italian opera totals 1851–60 and 1868–81, Tennessee colored property value 6.48 million, Florida baby alligators sold to tourists, Somers Connecticut house ages totaling 715 years, Bennett estimates NY Herald value 10 million, tobacco consumption in France 1882 with breakdowns, 1882 Cuban cigar trade settlements, Irish Land Act fair rent applications and court outcomes through February.
ADetroit Post report recalls a husband whose wife vanished to pursue acting, leaving him to chase rumors and multiple red herrings. The man’s hair has turned white from stress as he reflects on the missing spouse and her pursuit of public life.
Curated snippets from New York and other papers share quips on self discipline money habits and attitude. Jokes about offices parties and phonographs mix with brief anecdotes from Yonkers Pittsburgh Norrisown Herald and Arkansas Traveler.
The New York Sun reports about 1,100 foundlings housed in a single New York institution over two years. Most were left on wealthy residents' doorsteps.
In a pref ace to Lecointre's Campagne de Mots the Abbe Moigne urges forming a joint company to explore the Red Sea bottom and the Bitter Lakes to seek remains of the Moses era. A German account calls the project one of the boldest and estimates excavations at 300,000 francs.
Huron Beadle County described as a thriving town platted in 1880 with a population of 2500. It hosts multiple churches, newspapers, a United States Land Office, rail divisions, machine shops, banks, and a planned $20000 grist mill in 1883. The piece highlights growth, infrastructure, and a bid to become state capital.
Superintendent Wm. F. Fitch leads Dakota Central Railway with offices in Huron. Train Dispatcher Frank Eldridge, Foreman Wm. McIntosh, Train Master W. E. Johnson, Sup t of Bridges E. F. Potter, Store Keeper H. J. Rice listed among officers.
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