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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1896
Page
2
Vancouver April 11 news from the Empress of Japan reports a devastating explosion at Kiang Ging after a mutiny by two Chinese regiments. Soldiers seized fort guns and killed officers while a magazine exploded, wiping out two battalions and many nearby. witnesses described a chaotic massacre with unclear cause.
A blast at a grading camp between Adelaide and McCourt hurled rocks into a tent, killing one man and wounding many, with two said to be fatally injured. A special train carrying physicians has been dispatched to the scene.
Five men armed with masks visited Dr. Cooper in Calvin L. T. on a Wednesday night and demanded $7000. Finding only $5000 in a trunk they escaped toward the mountains, leaving authorities to hunt them. Fishermen fear many lost at sea after Arctic ice drift and fierce snowstorm near St Johns N. F.
Beadle County Dakota board session on April 6 1896 audited numerous county bills including salaries for county officials judges jurors and clerks. Meetings continued April 7 with per diems and additional bills and a resolution to sell tax certificates prior to June 1 1896 and adjournment to April 25 1896.
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a universal remedy for female disorders from puberty to menopause. It claims regular uterine action prevents sickness and pale complexions and promises relief from headaches, nervousness, bearing down, and fatigue, with nursing mothers benefiting milk quality. It urges prudent mothers to start treatment at puberty to prevent disease and decay.
The piece laments a girl’s decline from springtime vitality to illness and possible early death without proper treatment. It stresses parental responsibility as daughters bloom into womanhood and warns of fading eyes, pallor, and languid steps signaling disease.
Miss Lottie Donell of 702 Natoma Street San Francisco describes a long struggle with rheumatic wrist pain and female weaknesses. She says after using Dr Williams Pink Pills she regained energy and vitality, recovering from chronic illness and weakness, and plans to continue recommending them. Pills sold 50 cents a box, six for $2.50, by Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
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