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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1882
Page
3
An advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best remedy for bruises sores ulcers and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. It notes price per box and distribution by Blount & Hood and promotes a New Year lottery tied to ticket purchases from R M Broadman Louisville KY with a $50 prize drawing.
A salvaged notice advertises J. M. Knepper A Son stock for hanging ldmps and silver ware, noting manufacturing for Edwin G Heatt of Huron Dakota under the Pioneer brand. It promises Havana long filler and wrap with a price claim of eighty dollars per thousand mail order.
A cluttered page fragment advertises quack medicines promising cures for liver and kidney ailments. It promotes a fifty cent bottle and notes a lottery with a $50,000 capital prize drawing in Louisville on December 30, 1882, urging readers to buy tickets for $2. It also lists stray livestock notices, local prices for wood, and small business notices including a Jersey bull sale and binding services.
The report describes a grand prize event offering 132400 in prizes at the Commonwealth event on December 20. It notes political intrigue around ticketing and public interest, warning against imitations of a popular medical remedy and urging belief in the genuine treatment.
A stream of visitors and residents biassed by Dakota life figures include M D Tillotson returning from the east, D W Knappen of Miller in town, Mr and Mrs Blount visiting from their mother’s home, and J Kimball returning from Watertown. Local professionals such as J M Dean and Chas Lape family arrival from Germany, Ed Trampe employed in Wombach market, and Determan planning westward settlement. Prominent editors and publishers, including HLH and J D Reeves, are noted with new presses and upcoming editions. Various residents depart for winter plans in Ordway Watertown or Rochelle while Will A Gallup contemplates winter stays and pre-emption ventures.
Calls at the office include H H Wibert and J M Harris of Iroquois and F W Rogers of Rogers Atwood Ashton. Dr C B Thompson of the Van derbilt Hotel Miller praised for running a premier hostelry on the D C R y. Mrs Hills and her children departed east, and her death brings a double loss to Huron as a beloved figure among residents.
The Pioneer Union Sunday School recorded 113 attendees last Sabbath. Preparations are under way for a grand Sunday school entertainment on Monday evening December 25. A new restaurant at Avenue Place run by C C Bennett opens to serve meals around the clock with a lunch counter for business travelers. Knights of Pythias plans a 56 member lodge within 30 days, promising a strong original chapter in the northwest. John Webster reports a genuine sulphur well at 35 feet on his property. Dr Hagensick is returning to Huron with family after his daughter Alma's illness improved after the fire. A Chillicothe note mentions one inch of Snowell on December 7 and subzero cold on December 8. a correspondent’s column is set to begin next week.
S C Hanson occupies a hotel property with G McKinnis holding a lease until April 1884 He refused a purchase offer and furniture value indicating hotel prosperity in Huron McKinnis removed a partition to convert the place toward a restaurant and oyster house The Bell building now hosts Our Band with J W Spangenberg as band-master to elevate the group into the territorys top rock band within six months A schedule of musical entertainments is planned and expected to bring success
D L Stick and J A Kemp of Vinton Iowa bought the southeast corner of Dakota Avenue and Second and will operate as Stick and Kemp Bank. The new bank joins Bank Number Six making six banking houses in Huron, a notable showing for a town of its size and age.
The Illinois Central R. A. offers a special excursion from Sioux City to New Orleans Jacksonville Houston Austin Galveston and San Antonio leaving Tuesday January 9 at 2 30 p m at very low round trip rates. Return tickets valid through June 1 1883. Sleeping cars Sioux City to New Orleans through with no change. one change Sioux City to San Antonio at New Orleans. one change New Orleans to Jacksonville at Montgomery Alabama.
The article notes rapid construction in the Dakota Territory with J Jenison Dunneen and others erecting several dwellings near Eighth Fifth Third Idaho and Illinois streets. It also mentions work on a two story bakery and several shopfronts while observers tally 29 buildings under construction or contracted amid regional rail and newspaper competition chatter.
Legal notice announces the Dakota Farm Mortgage Company with officers J W Smith president J W Campbell secretary and John H Miller treasurer The firm plans to operate from a rear building location in Huron and emphasizes independence from the First National Bank W N Coler Jr joins as a New York resident benefiting local finance growth in Central Dakota
A reader criticizes the Huron Daily Times for its handling of the dissolution of West & Wilson and questions the Times status as a representative paper. The piece mocks the metropolitan journal tone and references Greeley's advice about local reporting.
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