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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
8
A collage of brief items records residents and visitors in Huron and nearby towns. Travelers such as J W Lee and Chad Dickenson depart for Chicago and Iroquois while Mrs. Carl Luckow and Miss Mabel Vansyckel arrive or return from trips. Congregational services resume and local school hires are noted alongside roadwork and commercial moves.
Through the Huron Improvement Society a reading room opened June 2 in the Odd Fellows building with over one hundred July readers. Donations from St Martin's and Grace Episcopal churches, local officials, and many merchants funded the $3750 start, with ongoing support for furniture and supplies. The room serves men and strangers, offers periodicals, and hosts monthly meetings. a funeral for Ruth Baxter is noted with cholera listed as the cause of death.
W H Smith asserts South Dakota harvested the largest and best crop ever, with 2,240,000 acres of bread wheat yielding 29.12 million bushels and 1,000,000 acres of macaroni wheat yielding 21 million bushels. Other crops included 800,000 acres of oats, 370,000 of barley, 350,000 of flax, and 1,750,000 acres of corn. overall totals imply a multi‑tens of millions bushels rise from last year amid favorable weather and minor rust concerns.
W H Whalen superintendent of the Northern Jaws Division of the C and N Way and his wife son and daughter arrived from Boone Iowa Monday evening to visit Mr and Mrs Frank Booth. The text notes Whalen has an injured right side and is described as supéfin'éimtent of his division.
After the Journal-World sale the Linotype machine, installed in 1903, remains legally owned by the Linotype company. Mr Kelley, who leased it, moved the device from the office this morning, while former and new Journal-World incorporators dispute its possession.
We express sincere thanks to kind neighbors for assistance during illness and death of our baby. JM and Mrs Baxter, Mr and Mrs Hollar Bush and family.
The new two story pressed brick market building by Albert Lampe is complete and occupied on the lower floor. The market features granite flooring and hardwood finishes with modern equipment. The second floor hosts a sizable hall available for rent.
Dakota grown winter wheat seed boasts outyield and better grade versus spring wheat. Thoroughly recleaned and ready for sowing, the advertised seed claims ten years of favorable results. Write for prices and samples to D B Gurney, Seedman, Yankton.
A Beadle County Circuit Court notice lists petit jurors drawn for the September 1906 term. The term, initially to begin September 4, adjourned to September 25 at 10 a.m., with jurors directed to report. Names include Ben Perry, Hartl, Frank Kritz, Foster John Ravenhill, Barrett E T Gorsuch, Bonilla Fred Schultz, Banner Peter Resier, Wessington. additional names cover Richland, Milford, Huron, Logan, Carlyle, Sand Creek, Vernon, Cryle, Banner, Fairfield, and more. The list names 40 plus jurors with associated towns and initials.
The Public Schools will open September 4 with all hands ready for the start. A teachers' meeting will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the High School. The superintendent will be in his office Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday from 9 to 11 for school business.
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