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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1903
Page
3
Miss Florence Goodrich of Cavour visits in Huron this week while Dr. Wood returns from Aberdeen. Many residents travel, visit relatives, or report on business, farms, and social events including a wedding license, a dance at Daum's, and a sewer contract.
E. E. Vance of Huron captured the individual title with H. G. Freeman of Pierre second. A. Warner won the Friday putting contest and a golf set prize. J. McD Campbell claimed driving honors. Friday’s five-man Pierre team then took the silver trophy cup as state champions for the year.
A sizeable crowd gathered on the avenue Friday morning to view a man and woman boxing exhibition and other features. Moments after a collection was taken, the event halted as the duo prepared to perform, with Dick Whor- involved in the stoppage.
Rev H D Wiard returned from California and the Catalina Islands where he stayed with Fred M Wilcox and family. He fished with Mexican Joe guiding and set a record bass catch while a tuna club tracks large fish. He may move permanently to California after enjoying the climate and country.
Charles Edwin Cort died in Huron on Monday August 3 1903 aged 62 years 5 months and 2 days. Born March 1 1841 in West Moreland Pa he moved to Rochelle Ill as a youth and later served as a first sergeant in Co H 92d Ill during the Civil War. Cort came to South Dakota in 1883 settling at St Lawrence before moving to Huron in 1889 to practice pharmacy. He leaves a wife six children two brothers and a sister. Funeral from the family residence Tuesday at 3 PM.
The team suffered another loss with general poor play and errors in the field. Brookings led by a handful of scores early after a sequence of hits, while our lineup struggled to get into the game.
A upcoming game with Brookings is set for the Huron diamond next Wednesday August 5. The piece notes team rotation issues during battery changes and urges attention to low excursion rates offered by the Chicago and North-Western for the National Educational Association meeting in Boston.
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