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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1900
Page
2
Aberdeen visitors and local figures populate a row of notes from Huron. August rainfall totals and a lively kids baseball scene contrast with travel plans, business and chemistry of daily life as residents attend schools, trips to Pierre and Chicago, and a near derailment near the Indian school.
A bridge washout caused a train to stop abruptly averting a major wreck. Fireman Thompson escaped with minor scrapes while Brakeman Me cham suffered a broken collar bone. The train was under Conductor Claude Hinman.
Three weeks remain until the county fair. Stories cover local visits by John E. Hipple of Pierre Major Lewis Kimball of Lake Byron and Sheldon Osborn. Items mention hotel leasing in Wolsey carriages decor, farm sale in Lake Byron, a Huron beat Cavour baseball score 24 to 7, and disputed game season dates.
East reports say Col Roosevelt will spend two to three days in South Dakota with five speeches. Aberdeen to host one meeting and the rest planned in eastern cities and the Black Hills. General Grigsby leads the trip. dates to be fixed after itinerary completion.
A stick-pin with opal was lost Monday evening. Return to this office to receive a reward.
The Huronite discusses statewide corn projections and critiques a Sioux Falls column. It covers Beadle and Davison counties, comparing township counts, yields, and a correction from Aurora county figures, with notes on W. F. Elrod and Col. John H. King's crop estimates.
Notices appeal for places where students can work to offset costs. Students and the college seek part time jobs and household chores. Those offering positions should contact Pres. French promptly for placement and guidance.
Sealed bids for 120 tons of soft coal and 20 tons of hard coal will be received by the Huron city board of education until 6 pm August 25 1900. Soft coal to be delivered to the basement of the Illinois and Utah street school buildings hard coal to the bank building. Bids must state coal name grade and quality. The board may reject any or all bids. Bids delivered to the chairman of the committee on salvage.
The column lists notices and social items from Huron and nearby: jobs, returns from out-of-town trips, farm and irrigation updates, a carload of apples from Alderman nurseries, and local education and civic notes. It mentions a baseball tournament canceled and money refunded, a Whist club picnic, and school term plans. It ends with a quip about a wife who married three times in an Iowa town.
Two rooms suitable for light housekeeping available. Occupants are two ladies with one a college teacher. Address at Pres. French.
Former congressman Charles A Towne writes the notification committee to decline the Sioux Falls vice president nomination. He explains duty to Bryan and Stevenson and questions running on another ticket. Alleged dynamiters arrested in St Louis on dynamite charges connected to Olive street cable lines.
Seattle reports the whaling schooner Minnie wrecked in dense fog off Agamok island on July 26. All crew were lost. Steamer Alliance has arrived from Nome with the news. Wanted: a good piano for Grace Church rectory starting September 1.
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