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Newspaper
Huron Weekly World
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1905
Page
3
In November the store slashes prices on all in stock items to clear space for Christmas goods. Overcrowded shelves await room for carloads of merchandise ordered from New York and Chicago. Customers are invited to inspect the bargain offerings.
Local dealers promote Schultz Piano bargains in Chicago offering demonstrations and sales events. Agents advertise available models and payments, hoping to attract buyers with limited time offers and in store showcases.
An OCR fragment describes parlor suites with oak frames and upholstery in crush plush m h o g a n y leather and silk verona fabrics. The garbled text hints at material options and styles.
At New York hearings on insurance company conduct the Mutual Life Insurance Company was shown to pay for dispatching favorable reports about the legislative investigation. Witness Charles J. Smith testified he arranged vouchers totaling about 14 thousand dollars with charges for sending clippings from papers nationwide.
Cleveland reports twenty one deaths and forty two ships lost as a brutal thirty six hour gale sweeps the Great Lakes. Wires down and feared for the Siberia steamer owned by Gilchrist Transportation. Also notes the sudden death of General Jonathan A. Hi well known in the tanning industry of Towanda Pennsylvania.
Wichita Kan Oct 24 Ex Congressmen Jerry Simpson died at 6 05 pm of aneurism of the aorta after months of ill health. Born 1842 in New Brunswick he sailed as a youth and later served in the Civil War. A Kansas Populist he served 1891 95 and 1897 99 and later farmed in Roswell New Mexico before returning to Kansas for treatment. The sage of Medicine Lodge was famed for reform zeal and a socks free persona as he helped shape Populist sentiment.
Fall River Mass Oct 24 The textile situation here grows more critical than since last January's big strike. The Manufacturers' association of print cloth mills votes to deny restoring the wage schedule prior to the July 25 1904 12½ percent cut.
President Roosevelt finished a strenuous day in Alabama with a two hour Birmingham visit after stops in Montgomery and Tuskegee. He spoke to large crowds at the Tuskegee Institute and the state capital, then was cheered in Birmingham before departing for Little Rock. A minor pistol incident was promptly handled without further disruption.
U.S. mediation enters Franco Venezuelan dispute as government figures seek a settlement. Officials announce continued talks and potential bilateral agreements to ease tensions and restore normal relations.
Washington reports Secretary of State will not disclose details but says American Minister Russell will meet President Castro to help resolve the Franco Venezuelan diplomatic row over Caracas station closure and expulsion of the French Cable Company manager. Police estimate Cunliffe case may reveal $10,500 still missing after $60,60 found.
Bridgeport reports that police expect to recover nearly the entire 101000 stolen from Adams Express in Pittsburg. Edward Cunliffe was arrested and taken to Pittsburg. Friday night 9065 was found in a trunk belonging to a Black Rock family but the butler and employers are unaware of the sum's existence.
Official yellow fever update from New Orleans shows four new cases today, total cases 3 265, deaths 435, new foci 0, under treatment 3, discharged 2 867. Officials note consecutive days without a death and growing signs of eradication despite no frost.
Seven robbers dynamited the Ridgeville State bank safe and escaped with about $6,000. Cashier Branson was shot in the ankle as he rushed to the bank. They bound and gagged the town watchman before fleeing. Mindanao insurgents threaten extensive operations to capture and kill government friendly Moros.
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