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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1895
Page
3
A house and barn near Bonilla were struck by lightning during Saturday night's storm. The city school opened for the spring term Monday morning after a week’s vacation.
An old remedy for teething is advertised with claims it soothes pain, softens gums, relieves wind colic and diarrhea. The ad lists twenty five cents per bottle. A local column quotes Charley Blake praising Auditor Rogers and notes commissioners adjournment and printed meeting proceedings.
A promotional pitch claims monthly earnings of 149.93 to 175.46 after expenses and asserts any person can succeed selling a $5 dish washer that washes and dries dishes in two minutes. Interested readers are urged to contact the Climax Mfg Co in Colombus Ohio for details and to share their experiences.
Professor Hicks predicts a regular storm period from the 7th to the 9th around the fall moon, unsettled weather near the 6th, and sharp cold changes with possible frost in central and northern areas after mid-month. From the 15th to 16th, warmer trends return, then central barometer drops and hail storms loom around the 22nd to 25th. April remains warm overall but prone to heavy disturbances. Farmers should guard tender plants during storm peaks and near frost risk.
An old advertisement warns against mercury in medicines and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. The note asserts the product contains no mercury, is taken internally, claims blood and mucous system effects, and offers testimonials and drugstore sales at 75 cents per bottle.
The Huron Fire Department with forty nine volunteer members praised for lifesaving work elected F. H. Holton as chief, J. Finckle as 1st assistant, Wm. Harman as 2nd assistant, Ed. H. Boos as secretary, Geo. Ackerman as treasurer, and Alex Mcintosh as janitor at the annual meeting.
Risdon writes from Hot Springs Soldiers' Home describing a large stone building on a hill with electric light steam heat and many rooms including a chapel billiard room and library. He notes fair five dollar weekly board in Huron and free bath access for veterans in the city. He mentions Captain OC Marston once of this city who eloped, was relieved from duties, and accused of temperance lecturing while leading a dual life and running a magic lantern show as "Holy Lana."
A monogrem notes Lula R Fuller died at home near Cavour South Dakota on October 21 1894 from typhoid fever. The obituary includes a memorial verse and mentions neighbors Sherm Davis and family occupying the Episcopal rectory with Mose Sherer living in the same house for years, clarifying no clerical role for Sherer.
The contract for printing the Session Laws of 1895 for South Dakota is awarded and orders are being received. Delivery within sixty days after adjournment. price per copy three dollars fifty cents. This edition is the sole authorized publication by the legislature. Send orders to
D P Ward a Baptist Sunday School missionary arrived Monday evening and traveled to Sioux Falls the next morning to continue his work.
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