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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1890
Page
5
A colored excursion train bugged by noise slows at a station as a widow’s tale of a buried cousin’s baby shocks picnickers. An old man reports a fatal accidental injury from a nearby cartridge, leaving the car still with horror as the train moves on.
The New York Sun notes Mr. Flagler’s new yacht the Alicia off Larchmont, a luxurious floating palace with a full office aboard. A large crew, a typewriter, and a secretary’s desk highlight an era where Standard Oil magnates blend business with leisure.
A railroad agent reports 70 percent of emigrant travel heads to the northwest, with most year’s travel complete in a month. He notes 60 percent of eastern movers choose the northwest over the middle west, while migration to the southwest and south mainly comes from central western states. The southwest is generally preferred to the middle west, with southern migration more from the central west than from the eastern states.
Seth Low rejuvenates Columbia College policies without regard for outdated contingencies. A financially constrained student paid the fee but could not continue after two lectures and sought a rebate. The treasurer delayed, a rule blocked the request, then a courteous reply and a refund check arrived within four hours from the president.
A female dromedary named Druid gave birth Wednesday evening at Capt. Cassell’s stable. The calf stands about three feet tall with long legs. This is the fourth dromedary born at the rk, with Horace the first dying in infancy, Kate sold to a circus, and a second Horace still alive.
The article notes the death of Samuel Adams Turner of Norwell ending a link to Ebenzer Cobb and Peregrine White, tying 270 years of New England history. It also mentions Russian singer Tavaray’s loss of money and jewels at Covent Garden, Savannah’s Exchange tower clock removed for unreliability, and Old Pico’s decline in Mexico at age 90 with poverty and unpaid rent.
A court orders the recognizance forfeited and judgment for 9 000 dollars in a case involving George F Penniman and Chester A Grinnell. An offer to reimburse the claimant and a settlement to the court were discussed, with execution stayed until July 16 1890 contingent on an 9 000 dollar acknowledgment filed by Penniman. Witnesses and accomplices faced bail and later release amid the proceedings. Snow discovery at Manistee Michigan draws crowds as workers find a snow bed beneath sand and note its impact on nearby grading.
In Boise county Idaho a sheep owned by James Johnston of Round Valley is described as a year old on May 22. It has only two hind legs and walks upright like a kangaroo. The leg and tail hair are smooth and woolless, the head is woolly with one eye centered on the skull, the neck bears guinea fowl like feathers, and the shoulders are woolly where forelegs would be.
A party at Matinecock point hauled a 7 ft 2 in shovel nose shark weighing about 250 pounds. The large shark was killed for landing and displayed near Campbell's hotel on Wednesday drawing hundreds. A second smaller shark of the same species was captured in the same haul.
The era of revision talk is met with opposition from ordinary citizens who demand honest umpires to ensure Giants victories. Amid varied notes, reports describe canal works on the Seine costing up to 185 million francs to extend navigability to Paris. A Harvard Law graduate’s seven years of study with a 5000 dollar balance stirs disbelief. Eiffel uses the tower and a balloon at night to test signaling from high altitude. A square drill hole failure is noted with no successful method found. A large skate observed near Victoria B C measures 6 feet long and 4 feet 11 inches wide. Pilgrimages to Rome add to papal revenue, totaling about 10,000 pounds in various Italian entries in February.
Erie system operates fast vestibuled trains between Chicago and the Atlantic seaboard offering first and second class day coaches and Pullman dining cars. Travelers save up to 3.00 dollars to Boston and New England cities with gas lighted cars and through service to New York and Buffalo. Tickets available at local agents and Chicago offices.
An 1888 advertisement extols a temperance bitters product said to boost brain function nerves digestion and blood circulation. It cites testimonials from GEO W DAVIS of Baronne Street New Orleans and J SHAEN of Tow Bridge Street along with a offer of a free book and address in New York.
A Boston Herald report describes Paul, a gentle boy with shaggy hair, who sits with his father and answers rapid counting questions. He instantly computes quantities like beans, oats, and water, displaying quick insight though his mood shifts from excitement to doleful calm.
Dredging off Santander uncovers a well preserved sixteenth century warship wreck buried under sand and mud. Divers recover guns showing Castile and Aragon arms with Isabella’s scroll, suggesting a transport heavily laden with plunder from Naples under Gonzalo de Córdoba. Coins include Charles VIII of France and issues from Italian states.
Sir G G Stokes chaired a Victoria Philosophical Institute session on Parailise Is Peete Lost. Hormuzd Rassam spoke of his Babylonian and Assyrian excavations and argued the Eden locale cannot be fixed as river courses and volcanic activity have altered the geography.
An English exhibit aims to show all devices assisting invalids with care by the English Association of Trained Nurses. Nursing is described as both art and profession. The piece notes the shift from old nursing figures to modern trained nurses and the potential instructional value. A storm causes crop damage in Fremont and Speakerard areas as farmer Pratt reports losses.
The Lewiston Journal cites a patron urging grass removal to improve street conditions as wet weather and dusty dryness make walking uncomfortable. The era notes a steamship charter from New York to Australia and remarks on Leslie Stephen's appearance. The French post office tests a newspaper distribution system.
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