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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1906
Page
5
In Tuvurs Bay on December 6 residents urge a merry Christmas while noting Crawford’s last election majority of 28,886. Jim Hill advocates government digging waterways to the gulf. The Sioux Falls Press is described as a constant reminder of a fly on an elephant’s back.
In Day County the leading senate candidate fell to Senator Kittredge. A proposal to add two more supreme court judges is tied to reform. With Congress and state legislature approaching, Sioux Falls press faces busy sessions. Roosevelt favors broader civil rights while urging the ship subsidy bill. Sixty thousand dollars was offered for land once housing the Sherman house. Aberdeen real estate appears valuable.
The administration cites Elihu Root as the strongest mental figure in Roosevlt's cabinet and notes the Department of Commerce and Labor has issued Bulletin No 57 presenting a census of United States manufacturers.
The country awaits the president's views on the Pana ma policy with interest as a coal shortage bites the North west. Christmas hopes rise while Roosevelt has sent his new cabinet to the senate for confirmation. New York's two senators take their seats at Congress opening. A woman who demanded a million from John D remembers his gift to the devil.
Senator elect Thompson of Vermilion marries his new wife, returning home after a long campaign. The Beres Republic notes no railroad pass is available for use as he settles into married life.
The outgoing and incoming governors are expected to present very different political agendas as they represent opposing viewpoints. The transition signals potential shifts in policy across governance, economy, and social issues.
The fragment asserts the president’s discharge order for a Negro battalion could shape Democratic hope and threaten Republican strength in the South in 1908, suggesting a pivotal political moment.
Reporters on sleeping cars demand higher pay to avoid being forced into passive roles. The action aims to secure sufficient compensation and prevent labor constraints that would hamper their independence and work conditions.
Another branch of the Standard Oil Company has been indicted on charges that threaten heavy penalties. The penalties amount to one and a half million dollars, and if the defendant must settle, it could bankrupt him, echoing warnings about wealth and ruin linked to Andrew Carnegie.
The piece mixes opinion on Johnson as a fearless public servant and Dolliver’s Iowa reelection, notes Boyce’s proposal to privatize the postal service with 7 percent return to capital, and reports the president's congressional message praised as straight forward and honest urging necessary legislation.
A minority faction in Congress seeks to force a tak revision as political capital ahead of the approaching campaign. The speaker condemns turning a public matter into a partisan issue rather than debating it on its merits.
Dispatches say Gamble will not oppose his friend Price in the speaker race. This easing of the path may help Price if true, though he will campaign as if the neutrality claim by the senator were not announced.
Senator Kittredge gives his stance on state politics in a long-awaited interview with the Sioux City Journal. The piece frames his response as a reply to persistent slanderers who have shadowed his career.
Redfield outlines a broad wish list including a wholesale grocery beet sugar factory woolen mill meat packing plant cannery works bottling works broom factory county fair more dwellings better train service better lighted depots and crossings and more railroads as steps to become a thriving town.
The lieutenant governor argues there will be no meeting of the new Machine to act Prices. He calls the Huron gathering a pro bono publico affair and says it was not political in any sense. The lieutenant governor is described as an amusing fellow and a horse could laugh.
The Interstate Commerce Commission will inquire into a national car shortage. The country’s growth outpaced railroad equipment, with railroads admitting inadequacy and loud complaints forcing government investigation.
Governor Crawford and his wife will lodge at the Locke during the legislative session. The new governor, who previously lived in Pierre, resists moving from city comforts to frontier residence as urged by reformers following Governor Elrod.
Members of the South Dakota Press association are called to meet in Sioux Falls on the 14th to discuss methods for helping railroads circumvent an Interstate Commerce Commission ruling on transportation exchanges for advertising. All members will attend, and a winter trip is proposed.
The column notes Mr. Thorson criticized Kittredge for not showing up at the Republican state headquarters during the last campaign. Thorson has long criticized Kit for spending too much time at headquarters and now faults him for attending too little. The piece ends with Thorson having done little else but criticize.
R E Dowdell warns railroads may stop transporting newspaper men despite ICC ruling. He urges South Dakota Press Association President Hackett to convene a meeting to discuss actions to keep carriers phoneline. Dowdell links pass danger to press freedom and cites Senator Tillman on race issues. He argues white and black populations cannot peacefully coexist.
Postmaster General Cortelyou aims to persuade Congress to raise wages for letter carriers rural carriers railway postal clerks and other Post Office Department workers. He argues the clerks are overworked underpaid and that higher pay is long overdue, noting comparisons with other government salaries. The effort centers on improving compensation across the postal service.
Advertises purchase of 1,000,008 pounds of clean white oats for cash. Quotes price for all or part, in three bushel sacks or bulk on cars at nearest railroad station. Send sample and delivery availability, from December to June 1 1907 with December and January preferred.
The Advertised Letter List shows names such as Maurice Alstrand Frank Averill Geo Barber W A Becker Tom Brown T L Bushnell J H Clark Minney Dykema J 3 cards and many others awaiting pickup at the post office. The list reflects 1906 mail practices with multiple initials and card notations.
W L Bliss a Huron and South Dakota pioneer died at his Nebraska street home Wednesday at 6 40 am cancer dating from January caused his death. He was 66 and had hoped for release since last July after Rochester hospital failed to help. He served in Civil War Co G Fifty second Massachusetts Infantry and helped lead the city board of education. He lived in Huron since 1882 coming from Illinois and ran a grocery business until recently. He leaves a wife and daughter Mrs D R Whitaker of Alvord Iowa and many friends offer condolences as no arrangements are yet made.
Wanted at once one hundred young men to learn tele graphy and prepare for railway and commercial tele graphic service. For further particulars call or address The South Dakota School of Telegraphy De Smot S D.
An old health note asserts the stomach as the key to digestion and warns that a weak stomach causes semi starvation, toxins, and blood impurity. It promotes Mi o na as the strongest remedy to strengthen digestion, restore appetite, and prevent nausea and distress after meals.
Frank J. Cheney of the firm F. J. Cheney & Co. testifies that they will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure in Toledo Ohio. This oath confirms the firm’s belief in the remedy's effectiveness and commitment to compensation.
J B Waterman of Watertown C writes his daughter was cured after a long epilepsy with Dr King’s New Life Pills and has not had an attack in over two years. Also advertised are body cleansers and tonic pills at Holland Wheeler's drug store for 25 cents.
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