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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1903
Page
8
W H Newcomer returns home from Iowa and Adjutant General Conklin visits. Curtain stretchers for rent at the Racket Store. W H Roddie assistant attorney general visits. Miss Leva Tolmie files on a Cheyenne river homestead. Scotty Phillips prominent stockman visits. Jim Scott Ninth Circuit reporter rooms at James Valley Bank building.
Huron public schools began the regular spring term this morning with an exceptionally large attendance. A prairie fire four miles north of Hitchcock destroyed about 200 tons of hay across two sections, damaging several farms and the school section. Notables include Oscar Hunt newly appointed South Dakota National Guards storekeeper and Frank Clark now managing a large saw mill in Helendale Mississippi.
Easter across Huron featured music heavy services at Presbyterian Congregational Methodist and Catholic parishes. Choirs flourished with special solos and instruments while congregations welcomed the dawn despite chilly winds and a bright sun.
A store clerk promotes Vinci cod liver oil as a digestible tonic that boosts strength and appetite. The salesman claims iron in the product aids weak people, with a money back guarantee if it fails to help and asserts ninety eight out of a hundred users improve.
C H Longstaff and T A Parker of Kansas City lead a group securing stock in a Wilson County, Kansas oil lease holding 1600 acres in the center of the state’s oil field. E J Miller and M Booth hold significant shares as the company offers stock at a low price amid strong faith in the venture. At a separate note, Norbeck Nicholson outfit planned another artesian well near Andrews farm, and local officials including General Morris and George Longstaff visited Huron on land business.
Curcaip stretchers for rent at F W Bentley appointed game warden for Beadle county. M 6 Murray bought a driving horse from A W Stewart. Mrs E W Harris of Fargo visits sister Mrs A W Stewart. Judge Whiting arrives in Huron to court for the week. Python M Wilcox reports a pleasant time and will return about May 5. Chicago and North Western runs monthly home seekers excursions to South Dakota. Mrs A Fuller departs for West a to care for sick sister Mrs E Brown. John Vanderburg leaves for Minneapolis for business college with send off from friends. Mrs John Pyle and Mrs E H Grant go to Salem for Huron college presbytery presentation. H W Hinds completes landscape contract for Faulkton county courthouse grounds. Attorney Alva E Taylor to lecture on The Merchant of Venice at Congregational church. Presiding Elder Dobson preaches and administers sacraments from Hitchcock to Redfield and Tulare then back. Bonanza Oil and Gas Co of Kansas City incorporated with local Huron participants.
South Dakota Board of Agriculture will hold its next meeting in Huron on Tuesday April 21. Members include President C C Moulton Faulkton and others such as H A Fletcher Watertown Forrester H Smith Toronto John H King Huron and Geo H Whiting Yankton. The session will discuss fair arrangements and enforcing the new law locating the fair at Huron.
Governor Charles N. Herreid proclaims Friday May 1 1903 Arbor Day in South Dakota. Public schools and institutions urged to observe with exercises and tree planting at the Capitol in Pierre on April 11 1903.
Milo Booth will relinquish active management on May 1 as A. C. Thompson and L. C. Dexter, Chicago dry goods men, take control. Booth remains part owner and stays in Huron, while Parker Bros. history dates to 1881. The firm becomes Booth Thompson and Co with families moving to town this month.
Geo. A. Poe of Hitchcock, head of the South Dakota Land Co., reports a strong spring outlook after a hard winter. He notes 15 carloads of immigrants goods unloaded at Hitchcock since January 1, signaling population growth and rising land prices as settlers return.
The State Sunday association executive committee plans a large three day convention in Aberdeen June 16 to 18 with Chaplain Daley as chair. The provisional program outlines sessions on Bible study methods, home study, Sunday school management, and teacher training, plus evening South Dakota and Denver convention reports and a Jerusalem convention reminder. Rates of one and one third fare on rails are expected, and speakers are being lined up with a full program to follow.
An ad asserts Kodol digests foods you eat improving comfort after meals. It markets the product as aiding digestion and relieving indigestion with a broad health claim. The copy emphasizes quick relief and daily use for stomach comfort.
Mrs Mary Haller of Mount Crawford Virginia says her son was saved from severe cramps by Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after a physician deemed him beyond hope. Three doses restored consciousness and full recovery within twenty four hours. Remedy sold by all druggists.
The advertisement states Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are easier and more pleasant to take, milder in effect, and more reliable than pills. They cleanse and invigorate the stomach and leave the bowels natural, while pills are harsher and often cause constipation. Sold by all druggists.
Excursion tickets sold at reduced rates via the North Western Line on April 23 24 and 25 with return until April 27. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western.
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