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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1901
Page
3
An old advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for nervousness poor sleep and despondency blamed on weak kidneys. It claims the product acts directly on the kidneys using its soothing toning substances.
Huron figures note Masury Paints as leading brand from long established makers. Local retailers C. H. Longstaff and A. C. Johnson promote Masury while guests visit and political topics surface among town talk. State officials and lawyers pass through Huron sharing business and legal updates.
A Manchester Michigan man praises Electric Bitters for his wife’s five year paralysis from disease saying she can now do her own work after two bottles. The advertisement claims the cream cures female nervousness insomnia and dizziness and offers a 50 cent bottle from Boby Holland Wheeler, druggist.
The church marks a jubilee as it ends an eighteen year period weighed down by an interest heavy debt. Officials celebrate the relief that clears ongoing payments and restores financial stability for the congregation.
The Huron Methodist congregation celebrates October 6 1901 as the mortgage payoff day marking debt freedom and a jubilee. Dr C B Clark former pastor and noted pulpit orator will deliver the address with an accompanying program forthcoming.
Advert says the pills end headaches by boosting blood and health. It claims widespread proof from sufferers, notes price of 25 cents and a money back guarantee not offered, and lists Holland Wheeler as the local druggist selling the medicine.
D C Wallace of Alpena reports to J H King in Alpena that threshing machines show strong results in Jerauld county. He cites two fields near Alpena yielding 21 and 16 bushels per acre, indicating July heat did not cause major damage and fields are average for the county.
Red Cross Pile and Fistula Cure offered by Reabros Co Dept X Minneapolis Minnesota. Free book on piles sent to any address.
John H. King and F. M. Wilcox went to Chicago this morning while Dr. Alford came from the capital Friday. Judge and Mrs. Gaffey dined at Kent's Friday. W. H. Roddle of Brookings was in town Thursday. Rev. W. A. Thrall is home from Charles Mix county. Laura Klopp of Estherville visits the Fullinweiders. Justice Van Dalsem united John J. Tracy and Kate J. Sexton Friday. Masury Paints lead U.S. sales. C H Longstaff sells them. President Heston checked the Schaller bird and mammal collection for shipment to South Dakota Agricultural College. will move to Brookings in ten days.
Captain Adrian C. Anson of Chicago will umpire games between Waseca and Litchfield Algona and Flandreau at Lake Benton Minn on August 16 and 17 1901. Local bets lean toward Waseca and Flandreau as interest heightens and Lake Benton prepares for a large crowd. Morning trains from Huron reach Lake Benton by 11 18 and return after games with a 5 53 departure. trains stop opposite the ball park crossing.
Cascarine advertised at all druggists cures biliousness constipation and dyspepsia. Price 50 cents. A sample and book on diet and cure mailed free by Rea Bros Co Minneapolis.
Bayard E. Beach recounts a near-drowning after a sailing party of seven including five women capsized in Lake Michigan. He swam two miles to shore after three hours, was picked up by a steamer, and all aboard survived. He plans dry land boating henceforth and shares greetings from Janesville, Ludington, and friends while praising dry baths and Dakota.
Twenty nine officers and men wrote from the front to say Bucklen's Arnica Salve heals scratches bruises cuts wounds sore feet stiff joints and burns. It also treats skin eruptions and piles. Price twenty five cents a box. Cure guaranteed.
A soaking rain Thursday night measured one and thirty three hundredths inches. The corn county narrowly avoided ruin as the timely downfall made or break the crop prospects, and the rain ensured the crop would win out.
Report notes thousands of acres of fields in Beadle County ready for a fine corn crop. Wheat threshing already under way with above average state yield. Hay also good, producing best overall crops in years for the county.
Great Northern funds a stock service with weekly Monday trains from Huron to St Paul to sell cattle Tuesday mornings. Stockyards will be built at Sheffield Yale and at Hazel Grover. A new water well and tanks are planned at Huron to improve shipping facilities. First train Aug 18 and then every Monday during shipping season.
Mrs. George Long of New Straitsville Ohio credits Dr King’s New Discovery with curing a long lingering cough and saving her life. She also reports her husband’s severe pneumonia improved after one bottle. The advertisement promises cures for throat chest and lung troubles with trial bottles at Holland Wheeler’s drug store.
Saturday saw visits by B F Teets of Liberty and Hon Frank Crane and wife in Huron. State Superintendent Collins dined at Kent's. The state board of equalization finished its Pierre session. Local notables and travelers include Senator Kittredge and Dr E E Loffier among others. The Old Soldiers Picnic is planned for the 29th at Miners Grove.
A committee led by H. J. Rice organizes Encampment week with an expected large crowd. The Chicago and North Western sells excursions to Huron on Aug 18 from Pierre Watertown and other towns. A Waseca versus Flandreau baseball game offers a $100 purse and a tempo of amusements surrounds the event.
Nickel Plate Road offers $13.00 round trip to Buffalo Pan-American and return with sales daily. Tickets valid ten days from sale date, with especially low rates for 15 and 30 days limit from Chicago to Buffalo and back. John Y. Calahan, general agent, 111 Adams St., Chicago. Chicago city ticket office also at 111 Adams St.
Congressman Charles H. Burke of Pierre sold his half interest in the real estate firm Wm H Brown & Co to Mr Brown for 100000 dollars. He takes much of his proceeds in firm lands in North and South Dakota and retires to focus on duties in Washington. Brown continues the business as Burke lists his acquired personal interests with the firm.
The notice lists several dwelling houses for sale in Huron with prices from 450 to 3500 dollars. Two bargains at 500 dollars each. Also choicest homes on Lawn Ridge and Idaho Street. Call for particulars. Offices over Standard Savings Bank.
Adjutant General Conklin of Clark and Quartermaster Dowell of Pierre arrived to organize the state militia encampment set for August 14 to 19 at a site north of the North Western depot. Aberdeen Mitchell Pierre and other cities will send companies.
The article urges readers to use Hood's Sarsaparilla to tone nerves, improve digestion, and boost appetite and sleep after a summer vacation. It claims strong bodies come from this medicine, noting that outdoor life alone leaves people tired and unwell despite darker tans.
Advertises through trains to New York City with vestibuled sleepers Chicago to Boston and dining cars. Meals offered on an American Club plan from 35 cents to 1.00. John Y. Calahan, general agent, 111 Adams St., Chicago, invites inquiries.
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