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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1898
Page
8
Local notes report Fred Holton’s business in Hitchcock, J. S. Oliver’s Chicago trip, and Adams McConnell’s Republican sheriff bid. Officials, court activity, firemen, and social events populate Huron with visits, arrests, graduations, weddings, and theater life. civil, legal, and civic matters frame a bustling community week.
A vintage promotion touts Syrup of Figs as a pleasant cleansing remedy for colds headaches and fevers without after effects. The California Fig Syrup Co. is cited as the maker.
R A Larkin, Wolsey high school principal, has been elected principal of the sub-Freshmen department at the agricultural college of New Mexico. The post pays 1200 dollars per year and places him on the college faculty. Larkin, a college graduate, had been discussed as a Republican candidate for superintendent of schools. He will not pursue that candidacy.
An advertisement urges using Mrs. Winston's Soothing Syrup for teething babies. The old remedy soothes the child and gums, allays pain, cures wind colic, and is touted as best for diarrhoea at twenty five cents a bottle.
Louis Monney, a Huron, South Dakota saloon keeper, shot himself after taking his dog behind a clothing-store billboard on Second Street. An inquest returned a verdict that death resulted from self-inflicted wounds amid long illness and despondency. The story notes his business, health, family distress, and a life insurance policy.
A historic note from Upland Indiana recalls Maria Wright Hall at Taylor College bearing the donor’s name. The article recounts Maria Wright, wife of Rev. Joan R. Weighs, president of the college, and includes a broader anecdotal view on charitable giving and local religious figures. It also shifts to an 1897 advertisement for Paine’s celery compound lauding its tonic and health-boosting claims.
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