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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1885
Page
3
A visitor in Little Rock complains about dirty streets and poor sidewalks despite a sizable population. He mocks streetcar speed, fuel, and conduct while tabulating racial tensions and politics seen in the Arkansas legislature with humorous rowdy observations about the gallery and speakers.
A reader letters section cites a one eyed black person paid five hundred fifty dollars annually for wood cutting in the legislative house. The writer hints at debt collection methods in Arkansas and compares Dakota to Arkansas while urging people to stay put.
Harrisburg resident Hayling reports a running leg sore healed after using three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The remedies are sold by Geo. A. Fessenden at fifty cents a bottle and twenty five cents per box.
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