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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1944
Page
12
Huron Public Library releases a slate of biographies and science titles this week. Schulman profiles Sammy Schulman the INS photographer extraordinary while Fowler John Barrymore biography Good Night Sweet Prince appears alongside Santayana portrait in Persons and Places.
The Navy Department released 134 new U S naval casualty figures. Included is Ross Helmer Upland seaman first class of U S Naval Reserve. Parents listed as Mr and Mrs Els worth B Apland of Brookings.
Delores Krumm recounts E S Callihan of Sanborn County who, in 1886, drove a two cylinder steam automobile 20 miles from his farm to Woonsocket in two hours. The vehicle featured a 175 psi boiler, brass bearings, steel frame, cast iron crank, three rubber wheels, a water gauge, and used kerosene and hay as fuel. His feat preceded modern gas cars by over 50 years and signaled a machine age in the Dakota prairies.
A Woonsocket inventor born near Artesian developed steam powered machines from 1880s onward. He built a threshing machine a train locomotive and a tractor. His models, exhibited at the 1919 State Fair in Huron, remain associated with his family including Ben Callihan who died in 1937.
The War Department announced promotions in Washington on January 20. Lt. Col. Howard William Karl Zellhoefer of Sioux Falls South Dakota was promoted to colonel. 1st Lt. Ellis Williar of Lampe CE Rapid City South Dakota moved to captain. South Dakotans advanced from second lieutenant to first lieutenant include Nelson Edward Anderson Lead Arnold Leroy Mahlum AC New Effington and Harold Robert Hirsch CE Rapid City.
The United States Civil Service Commission seeks accountants and auditors to fill internal revenue agent positions now available. It also notes the discontinuation of the written test for department guards to patrol Washington government buildings. Information and applications are via local secretary Earle B. PuJley at the post office in Hur.
Relief ad promotes Creomulsion as fast acting cough relief. It claims to loosen phlegm and soothe inflamed bronchi membranes, offering a money back guarantee if the cough does not stop promptly.
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