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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
6
The city will open next Tuesday with strong staff led by Supt Sloane. A new two division class structure aims to place brighter pupils in a faster track while others catch up, under Prof Sloane's supervision. List of teachers by grade and building provides names across High School, Illinois, and Utah buildings.
The article extols Dr. French as a dedicated leader shaping Presbyterian Higher Education in South Dakota. It traces his lineage from Rev. Charles P. French to his role as president of Huron College, noting his efforts to build a lasting institution and his influence on the state’s education.
Wm M Dietz editor of the Otsego Journal endorses Dr King s New Discovery as the most popular remedy in Otsego County. He calls it infallible for coughs and colds and valuable for lung and throat diseases. H Wheeler s drug store guarantees satisfaction with price Soc and 1 trial bottle free.
Obituary notes the death of Hon. S. C. Martin in a Hudson sanatorium Wisconsin after illness. Pioneer and longtime Wessington businessman and former fifth district county commissioner served in the 1906 legislature. Remains brought to Wellington for burial. funeral conducted by Rev. H. P. Carsen on Sunday.
Advertisement seeks a trustworthy man to devote part time to a business. Opens an opportunity to manage a branch of a large company and provide faithful service. Location referenced as North.
For sale Dr T M Shanafelt offers his grants for purchase. Details unclear in the fragment but indicates a sale of grant rights or holdings possibly from a medical or academic donor. Potential buyers should seek full particulars and terms from the provider.
A fragmented item notes a public bus run from the depot to a hotel costing 10 cents. The text references Mr. Holbrook and mentions the vehicle as a free royal run. Details are incomplete but indicate transport in a local setting.
A State Fair exhibit invites the public to attend and enjoy displays, demonstrations, and activities highlighting local industry, culture, and community engagement at the fairgrounds this week.
Huron hosts a week long fair September 9 to 13 featuring Delbaugh & Meyer novelty Roman rings and the human elevator, Pollard the juggler, and a cowboy relay race for a $250 purse. Free street entertainment and city lighting planned. citizens urged to plan trips for pleasure and sightseeing.
The report lists pauper Solobe Clement and an individual noted as E. ia E. in the weekly relief ledger for the week ending August 3 1907. It records individuals receiving aid and related administrative notes from the pauper relief office.
A Sioux Falls man describes months of backache and restless days and nights. He claims Dean's Kidney Pills relieved pain and warned against delaying treatment before serious disease develops.
A damaged OCR fragment discusses universal medical views on life span limits and the factors limiting human longevity. It references life expectancy and knowledge gains in medicine, but the text is garbled and incomplete.
A notice about long distance telephone pricing offers a day rate of 1.9 dollars and a 75 cent leg for the Twin Cities route. It also mentions a section with points in North Dakota.
Charles H. Andrews of South Bend Indiana shot his wife in the Saratoga hotel and then killed himself. The couple registered there and were not seen again until a revolver shot was heard. Andrews died en route to a hospital while a note to C W Andrews Jr Elkhart suggests a motive.
Chicago reports a blast aimed at O Malley’s place misfired into Carmichael Stove Company’s gas-fitters workshop. The three story brick Carmichael building sustained major damage in the neighborhood around North Clark and Kinzie. The incident appears part of a broader gamblers war with two prior attempted wrecks in a month.
Police probe indicates a double death by gas in a Chicago bed is a murder and death by own action case. Charles Jacob and wife Matilda are believed to have despondently killed themselves after she turned on the gas as her husband slept. The motive cited is despondency over the husband’s idleness and his printer work.
Lincoln Nebraska August 27 Jay Gallogly, a Bailey sanitarium attendant, awoke to find a woman entering his room with a carbolic acid bottle. She flung a large amount into his eyes nose and mouth as he slept. He died in agony. The assailant believed he was trying to kill her relatives.
Arthur Radmann aged eighteen drowned when a steel boat capsized on Lake Josephine. William Urman aged twenty-five nearly lost his life, dragged ashore by a fish line as the unconscious man clung to a pole. Local fishermen reported the accident near St Paul on August 27.
A report notes tat wound and an escape by the victim with no details about the mysterious attack provided. No further explanation or names are given in the readable text.
Paris reports France will not send an expedition to conquer in Morocco and will maintain non recognition of Mulai Hafid as sultan. Berlin dispatches echo Germany understands France's difficult position as Murat gains in the south. Officials cite adherence to conventions and avoid hostilities while awaiting further guidance.
Reports say invading Turks killed grain and took property while not withdrawing from Persian lands. Merivan in Persia’s KUR destination east of Suleimania is reported occupied and clergy plead for help. If Persian government is powerless the people seek Russian aid.
Panama August 27 The Canal Record weekly newspaper will launch next week as the official organ of canal authorities. Joseph Buckma Bishop secretary of the Isthmian Canal Commission will oversee the paper and now also serves as chief of the trouble bureau handling all complaints.
Paris reports 4208 violations of wine laws with 3640 convictions. The prosecutions include a mayor who resigned amid protest over perceived inaction by authorities, and a growers' defense committee member among those charged.
London reports that Augustine Birrell the chief secretary for Ireland announced in the House of Commons during the afternoon that the government would take up seating measures for Ireland. The statement followed questions about security and governance amid ongoing tensions.
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