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Newspaper
Huron Weekly World
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1905
Page
5
W Henson recovering from a severe siege with pneumonia. A B Fairbank traveled to Salem for legal business. Bishop Hare passed through en route to Sioux Falls after a weekend at the state capital. Various church events, socials, and local ads fill the week with sermons, dances, and school activities.
A large Anglican consecration for Rev Frederick Foote Johnson assistant to Bishop William Hobart Hare took place at Trinity Church Newton Conn led by Bishop D R Tuttle with 110 clergymen present. The tour party including Clyde Mann and J E Todd traveled the western state to gather information for campaigns and growth.
The Warner Comedy Co brings the strongest midwest repertoire to the Grand Opera House on November 13 with A True Kentuckian. Illusion dancer Miss Cora Warner joins a vaudeville and dramatic program with a continuous performance. Ticket prices 15 25 35 with ladies free Monday night. Opening for two trainees at Madison Hospital Training School in Madison South Dakota.
Sully County, larger than Rhode Island, shows no saloons or jail and no pauper. The treasury holds enough cash for any emergency calls, tax rate is at the lowest, and the county has had only two licensed saloons briefly in Fairbank on the river in the northwest corner.
Early frost crippled farmers from the Black Hills to Custer with storehouses short of potatoes and late apples frozen on trees. Orchard and farm produce losses were widespread as the ground froze before harvest.
Bad Lands appeal revived by ex Governor Herreid for congress to reserve a township or two as a national park. The region is praised as a fantastic natural work that will draw travelers once better known. Clear Lake to build sewage system after legal limit of town indebtedness changes allow funding.
At a Meade County commissioners meeting an item reading ribbons for the typewriter was questioned. One commissioner objected saying it was not the county’s business to furnish clothes for the typewriter.
Mrs James Carland died when an acetylene gas plant exploded inside her Armour home. The house was wrecked and burned to the ground. Two children were severely burned and a man working on the gas plant was severely injured and reported as not expected to live.
Mrs J T McNabb died instantly in a runaway accident at lead. Her husband was probably fatally injured as the frightened team bolted and threw both from the carriage.
Reports say Marquis Ito will leave Tokyo on November 6 to serve as Japan's ambassador to Korea. Other items note Closings and international finance moves including Morgan firms and Harriman.
Secretary of War Taft and his party reach Panama while Michigan endures the season's first heavy snowstorm with several inches reported in Bay City. In other news, Mrs. Delia George dies in Lancaster New York at 108, and Lorenz Bull, Quincy financier and early railroad builder, passes away. The WCTU votes to hold its 1906 national convention in Hartford. Tokyo reports Baron Komura and H. W. Denison proceeding to Peking as Japan's special envoy.
Robbers derailed a vault and safe at the Bank of Creighton in Creighton Missouri and escaped with four thousand dollars. Other items note crop concerns and official appointments alongside international royal and foreign trade moves.
Mayor William T. Austin of Galveston Texas dies. Luke Howard fatally injured in Sellsville while looping the gap in a car. King Edward names Archduke Arthur of Connaught to confer with Japan and bestow the Order of the Garter. Viscount Hayashi to be appointed ambassador to Britain. Adolph Moses prominent Chicago lawyer dies in Asheville North Carolina. Isthmian Canal Commission names Edwin J. Williams of Evanston Illinois as disbursing officer for duty on the Isthmus of Panama.
Nebraska City judge Paul Jessen rejects tendered seat on Arizona's top court. Chicago Congregational pastors issue ultimatum to Mayor Dunne over Sunday closing. William T. Pike appointed American consul at Glauchau and William R. Esteg at Zittau. Florence Dixie dies in Scotland. Walter G. Tubby named chief of division for isthmian canal construction.
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