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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1886
Page
6
A fragmentary war poem recalls a soldier’s farewell to a beloved as shells fall. A chorus of memories includes a kiss and a tribute to a captain’s grace. The narrator vows to honor a fallen comrade and Cherish the dead as life and death intertwine.
A tramp entered ant 2 Station, assaulted agent Davis and stabbed him to death. Neighbors captured the assailant and hung him, unidentified, to a nearby structure. In other news, details on an anarchist trial and various incidents including an oil train explosion and railroad work described.
August Spies Michael Schwab Samuel Fielden Adolph Fischer George Engel Louis Lingg were found guilty of murder in connection with the Haymarket affair and sentenced to death. The jury indicated foreseen executions, with authorities signaling broad arrests of alleged conspirators in Chicago.
Town notes pledges growth with new radiator and lighting plants as Watertown expands its brick factories. In Huron area a farmer, A Tower, is killed by lightning amid a string of local notices and political items.
A fragment notes a product called Man and Beast Liniment claiming it is older than its men and has been used for a year. Details are sparse and unclear about context or origins.
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