Post Office Listing Marks Thursday Mail at Huron
Notice indicates the publication is entered at the Huron South Dakota Post Office as second class mail matter every Thursday.
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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
4
Notice indicates the publication is entered at the Huron South Dakota Post Office as second class mail matter every Thursday.
A contested selection process leaves Underwood chosen while details on Bieta Gaels remain unclear. The report provides no firm dates or locations but confirms a decision affecting team alignment.
The text notes a major booking in Minneapolis on a Tuesday. It highlights H L Walker of Brookings, South Dakota, as a key contributor to the vastness of the deal, suggesting the booking is the biggest of its kind in the country.
Governor Crawford resurrects Mr. R. Pease and appoints him as delegate to the International Tuberculosis Congress in Washington D C late next month. It is hoped Pease will not lie supinely on his back with his nose in the sand in Washington.
The Clay county board of managers unanimously decides not to hold the county fair this year due to widespread anthrax. They state it is safer to skip the event than risk further spread of the disease.
Judge Parker, once a prominent figure, opened the Democratic campaign in Portland Oregon warning the coastal public of impending calamities before the Ides of November. He offered a stark critique of the era, not delivering specifics and drawing mixed reactions from western audiences.
The article portrays Tom Lawson as a remarkable stock broker and writer whose Frenzied Finance exposes drew national attention. It notes his stock moves in Trinity and National, his aggressive advertising plan to push National to $15 a share, and his aim to raise hundreds of millions to challenge the financial System.
The Armour Herald notes it is not receiving insurance statements this time and questions why democratic papers would receive Republican patronage a year ago, as stated by the Iroquois Chief.
The Sioux City Journal quotes Gov. Cummins saying a good voice matters more than what is in the head, noting exceptions. The piece adds Cummins has fared well under this rule in stirring times and recalls a 1911 episode involving Canadian reciprocity while highlighting South Dakota’s attention to his remark.
Three million acres of public domain in Tripp county will be opened for settlement in October. Registration and drawing are set for October 5 in Dallas, a new town in Tripp county, with the process expected to conclude within about ten days. The opening is anticipated to attract thousands of settlers and bring land under cultivation.
Congressman Burke championed the opening of designated Indian land to public settlement during his terms in Congress, crediting his efforts with the government decision to make the land available for homesteading and community development.
A Chicago judge fines a fallen woman and inflicts cruel words urging her to leave the city or jump into the lake. The author condemns the sentence as moral injustice and contrasts it with the forgiving message of the Bethlehem teacher. Society is harmed by such judgments.
Minnehaha county auditors and commissioners approve bills totaling 3357.92 marking a per vote cost of 62 cents for June primaries. Across 53 counties states costs approach 175000 dollars, with Crawford 2343 and Kittredge 2743 votes in this county. Democrats cast 326. Republicans 5086. The piece questions reform costs and party fairness.
The article explains Taft’s rejection of Mr. Bryan's proposed government guarantee for bank deposits. It argues the scheme would remove safeguards against reckless banking and mainly benefit speculators, warning that depositor trust hinges on bank prudence. It cites a New York bank example where high rates harmed deposits and suggests guarantees would blunt market discipline.
The New York Tribune questions the merit of a government backed deposit guarantee. It argues the plan reflects the author’s good intentions but lacks substantive strength, noting the suffering averted in Nebraska by such guarantees.
The piece argues oratory is learned, citing Bryan and Pettigrew as examples of skill grown through effort. It lauds Republicans for steady progress, praising Taft Sherman and the party's role in policy, trade, and national strength while warning against Bryanism and Democratic reversals.
A prize essay argues the Republican Party protects individual rights and national integrity. It credits Civil War unity, free citizenship, open commerce, a stable currency, and public works from canals to irrigation, asserting restraint on immigration and taxation to curb foreign capital advantages.
A one hundred dollar reward is offered for information leading to solving a case. No further details are provided in the accessible text.
Claimants offer free testimonials for a catarrh cure with a 75 cent bottle price. Distributed by druggists on Hallis Family Pills for constipation.
Local notes record visits and movements of residents including Miss Agnes in Murphy, Dr. Feige, Miss Julia VanderStein, Editor J. A. Bushfield, Mrs. W. J. McDonald, Mrs. W. M. Barker, Mrs. J. W. Butterfield, Miss Orrd Booth, and others. A license to wed was issued to Michael Nolan and Margaret C. Davis. Mrs. Lucy M. Davis died of pneumonia near Hitchcock. James Lo advertises American vacuum cleaner demonstrations. Moore's fountain pens arrive. Dr J M McCormack to speak on health topics at Hotel Royal with a planned public lecture.
Last night at eight o clock Rev Risen Bark officiated the marriage of Miss Harriet Mills of this city and John Mellinger of Huron at John Mills residence on Beach street. The ceremony was very quiet with only a few attendees.
The C R La Pac Ry offers specially attractive bargains in hard wood timbers along the Soo line.
Showers mostly absent with fair conditions in the Sioux valley. Light frost occurred in northeastern locales and lower Sioux river valley near week end, while temperatures ran below normal with few counties exceeding rainfall, and parts of Custer county calling for rain.
Superintendent May oversees the Beadle county display at the state fair and urges all corn growers to bring in their produce. He emphasizes the county’s excellent corn crop and promises county officials will assist by placing exhibits next week.
On the first and third Tuesday of each month the Attalia Development Company trains popular excursions from Minneapolis to southern Washington farm lands. Fare will be refunded to all land purchasers. Write for details to R. C. Dahlhjelm Manager 225 Railway Building Minneapolis.
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