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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1886
Page
8
Train timetables show lines between Huron, Columbia, and Hawanong with daily services and freight runs. Northbound No. 22 mail departs Columbia in the evening and arrives in Hawanong next day. mixed and freight trains operate on several nonSunday/holiday patterns.
A fragmentary OCR text shows a scattered schedule with times and initials, mentioning daily arrivals Sunday at 7:00 p m and closing at 6 06, with references to science club and a person named Gronex J Love P M. or similar.
In Mazxip Dakota August 4 1886 Rev J B Pomeroy Mr Albert Hall of Gettysburg and Miss Bertha Bergeen of Huron sign indignant meeting call over Rev Haddock murder Sioux City. Huron Railway says fairground rate ten cents during coming fair. Stone for Odd Fellows hall set in place. WU telegraph office in Huron handles most messages in South Dakota with July total of fourteen hundred. Baby dies of cholera infantum at 4 PM Friday August 6 1886.
Local notices report M F Wright traveling to Chicago and Joseph H er returning from St Pauls. Parents visit families in Illinois and North Dakota features. Mrs Cupp visits Tangy Elson and Dinona while Alderman Rowley hosts guests. Nellie and Mrs very pleasant visit Huron from Peoria. Dick Archer and Mary Mitchell visit Lizzie Burke in Waseca Minnesota.
Nathan W. Freeman shot Joseph Kessler in the left temple during a fight at the Menzie stable. Freeman brandished a revolver after a quarrel over tying horses. the weapon discharged, injuring Kessler, who remained alive but badly wounded. Freeman fled after threatening to quit his job and was later found nearby.
The proprietor James EB Goodkey of Western Sangh Yard reports remedies exhausted after varied attempts. He asserts the product neither constipates nor harms officials, maintaining confidence in its quality amid ongoing local dispute.
The Northwestern company announces three harvest excursions on August 18 and September dates for eastern visitors to view Dakota. Tickets from central New York to central or pleasant Dakots offered at as low as $10.00. Promote the event through papers and letters to friends, highlighting Dakota as a paradise for those seeking healthy, comfortable homes.
On Monday August 9 a surprise china wedding celebration marked the twentieth anniversary of Mr and Mrs T A Lewis. Guests from Linn county and nearby towns visited the couple in Huron area bearing fine china ware and baskets of edibles, honoring the long marriage.
Notice notes the death of M W Sherrers father in Madison Wisconsin last Friday. Funeral services occurred the following Sabbath and Mr Sherrer plans to return to Huron within the week. Jupex Church names W A Lynch of Huron as clerk of the Sully county court.
Mr Tillotson takes the Wright House on the first of next month for a three year term. He will manage the property and continues as proprietor of the Wells House in Pier. The Wright House staff plans a smooth transition and the house will remain a premier South Dakota lodging.
Syrup used during teething relieves pain and helps babies sleep naturally. Lovell and Earl Earl report another carload of horses arriving at their sale barn on East Third Street in Huron.
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