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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1904
Page
8
Mrs Almira Newland Risdon died at 11 30 p m after paralysis struck her Thursday. Born January 19 1838 in Stillwater New York she married Allen H Risdon in 1877 at Hudson Wisconsin. She lived in this city since 1886. Funeral held Saturday at 2 pm Rev H D Wiard officiating Riverside Cemetery burial.
Work on a new long distance telephone line advances toward Highmore this winter with three crews digging holes pole setting and wire stretching. Copper replaces iron as weather allows leaving 60 miles of old line. local exchanges still use iron. The system is praised as second to none and destined to bring phones to most farmers.
A Beadle county widower, known for lavish affections toward a local widow and teacher, was fined after ignoring a court injunction. The case sparked wide newspaper attention and prompted eastern widows to seek correspondence, with letters arriving from New York and Maine as curiosity grows.
Albert Edvenson aged 25 died at his parents home at Utah and Third Street Thursday at 3 am after a week long illness from tonsillitis and stomach complications. He leaves a father and mother two sisters Mrs John Ebert and Mrs Ed Donaldson and seven siblings. Funeral arrangements note the bereaved family will be present on Saturday.
An old advertisement offers a $100 reward for a catarrh cure not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes testimonials about F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo and lists West & Travux as Toledo wholesalers, Hall's Cure taken internally, with claims of blood and mucous surface action.
Frank S. Webb of Huron Lodge A. O. U. W. received a letter from Master Workman H. J. Partridge of Tracy Lodge No. 96 thanking the local lodge for aiding during the funeral of Phillip Miller. It notes the widow will receive $2,000 and stresses the need for family protection.
A vintage advert claims Electric Bitters cures nervousness sleeplessness and stomach upsets. It states the product tones the stomach regulates kidneys and bowels stimulates the liver and purifies the blood and guarantees satisfaction with a 50 cent price.
Mrs S W Oviatt 78 died at her home near Broadland on Tuesday December 6. Born Julia Salisbury in Medina County Ohio June 22 1829 she married Samuel Walter Oviatt April 22 1847. The couple moved to Beadle County South Dakota in 1892 and farmed near Broadland. Survived by husband and five children Frank Walter Sidney DeLane and Mrs D A Sauer all of Huron. Funeral was at the Frank Oviatt home and burial at Broadland cemetery.
Tickets to a Sioux Falls musical festival will be sold at reduced rates via the North Western Line. Valid December 14 15 and 16 with return until December 17 inclusive. Apply to Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
Prof. M Schoenert found one Shetland pony dead and another dying from poisoning in his yard on North Colorado Street. Dr J P Foster declared it poisoning and Schoenert plans an investigation. The ponies are valued at 350 dollars and were part of a larger team.
An old advertisement touts Dr King s New Life Pills for digestive and other ailments. It claims the product is gentle yet thorough and available for 25 cents at Holland Wheeler s drug store.
I wish to thank everyone who kindly assisted during the death and burial of my beloved mother George Rispon.
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