17 Aug 1905
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Newspaper
Huron Weekly World
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1905
Page
1
Last Friday night lr. Charles and Brown died Monday afternoon in a pair of sad local fatalities. Details on causes or ages were not provided in the brief notice.
Mrs Dellie Irene Hazen nee Mickelson widow of George Hazen died Friday night at her Huron home after a three day illness from acute appendicitis She was 18 years 11 months and 3 days She lay in state in Miller after a special train burial followed in Miller cemetery The Miller funeral at the opera house drew many Huron Brookings Sioux Falls friends Reverend A O Swartwood preached a sermon on life in Christ noting eternal life through faith She had joined the Huron Baptist Church and was deeply religious Surviving are her husband her parents two sisters and four brothers with several relatives in Sioux Falls St Paul Minneapolis and Minneapolis area were named in the notice Meanwhile Charles Brown a longtime Huron resident died after a week long typhoid fever His funeral was held at Grace Episcopal Church on Nebraska Street
The Great Northern is loading rails on cars at St Paul for shipment and will begin laying rail anew next week with the construction of a handsome passenger depot. The pressed brick and sandstone building will cost about 15 dollars and sit about 100 feet back from the avenue. Frankfort News Messenger reports A C Johnson and family of Winona visited on a special car, planning a private park at the ranch. Two deer have arrived and two more are en route, with a buffalo promised by Scotty Philip to enhance the park and ranch grounds.
A local notice mixes a prize contest description with railway expansion to Huron Ohio Street. It notes rails laid for a new extension, a twelve man crew under M Hanson, and W Thomas contracting with grading to finish by tomorrow noon. It also mentions a prize sewing machine contest and correspondent vote counts.
County Board of Commissioners reviews an itemized bill amid the Whiting injunction case. Officials weigh claims, costs, and procedures as the legal dispute unfolds this week in the county court.
The document presents an itemized April May 1905 bill for county cattle inspector R W Clarke. It lists multiple inspections, plant certifying, deputizing, and travel with amounts largely at four and five dollars, totaling an abridged claim the board allowed, prompting questions of its prudence.
The 1905 South Dakota State Fair in Huron runs September 11 to 15 with preparations well advanced. Grounds and buildings near completion, painting underway, and a detailed map to be published. Governor Elrod, James Wilson, and Knights Templar events highlighted. daily bands, free attractions, parades, balloon ascension, and horse and baseball events planned to draw crowds.
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