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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1889
Page
4
The South Dakota Horticultural Society begins its annual meeting in Madison tomorrow with plans for lectures exhibits and new horticulture initiatives announced by organizers and members.
A business leader laments that modern commerce hinges on advertising, stating it is nearly useless to try any venture without promotional efforts. The remark underscores the era's growing reliance on public visibility to attract customers and sustain profits.
A New York paper quotes on Senator Pierce of North Dakota calling him author of several poor novels. In Sioux Falls a spy skating on the river fell through an air hole and drowned on Saturday.
Spearor Moony works on a prohibition bill and plans to introduce it in the senate early this week. The move signals ongoing legislative attention to alcohol policy considerations and potential regulatory changes.
Secretary Windom proposes a silver policy plan that arouses strong discussion in financial circles. The plan gains broad support in the west while the east questions its wisdom, yet all regard it as the most feasible proposal to settle the silver question.
A promotional description extols Hood's Sarsaparilla Calendar for 1890 highlighting a colorful lithographed child’s head in a tansy crimson hood. It praises fourteen color lithography, clear price figures, and colored inserts, urging readers to obtain a copy by asking a druggist or sending six cents to I Hood & Co Lowell MA.
O Masters of DeSmet claims an instrument that detects any mineral or water vein underground and states it can reveal location depth and extent. He says the device located a vein about one mile from town at 266 feet deep and promises further discoveries with continued use.
The text contrasts two advertising approaches. A seller with imminent bankruptcy dumps cheap bargains via town bills to clear stock, while a stable, year long advertiser uses a solid annual ad to project permanence. The latter earns trust by inviting inquiry into reputation, prices, and goods quality, building confidence and mutual benefit.
The Illinois State Grange offered a ten thousand dollar prize last spring to invent a straw-binder reducing twine costs for farmers. Forty inventors submitted plans and a working machine has been built, but no award was made as the inventor refused to relinquish rights. The device will go to market and may cut into binder twine profits.
Franklin H. Giddings argues in the Chantanguan for January that railroad relations with the state will remain semi private and semi public. He foresees administration commissions expanding and judicial decisions guiding public obligations toward a harmonious balance. Evils from rapid growth and policy instability will fade as mileage stabilizes and a tradition guides policy.
Watertown attorneys urge Judge Andrews to relocate his court to Watertown in response to election day tensions. He reportedly remembers how Watertown and surrounding counties backed him, but favors Brookings and Kingsbury County residents who stood by him.
Turner county pays its county treasurer two thousand dollars annually and a faithful deputy seven hundred fifty dollars a year to handle duties. The state treasurer earns eighteen hundred dollars, but Turner county patrons deem this expense affordable due to local wealth.
Fragmentary plaintive note quotes readers frustrated with missed deliveries and printer failures. It conveys sentiment about not receiving the newspaper and readers lamenting unreliable service. The text mentions reachability and timing concerns related to printed copies.
An auctioneer in Bath Maine mocked the low bid on his goods and held up a five dollar bill which quickly sold for four dollars ninety cents to a bidder, reflecting a sharp discount at the sale.
L. Custis of Wessington prepares 20 000 pounds of tar and chicken for export to California and plans to begin within a few days.
In fifty years only 4,468 of 6,669 cadets admitted to West Point have earned admission. Of those, 2,305 graduates remain.
A St Louis Republic excerpt cites C death details with gender splits and methods in a historical survey. It notes France and the United States using rope, firearms, asphyxia, jumping, poison, edged tools, and other means, with anecdotes on invented devices and tragic outcomes.
A New York World article recounts luxury clients who pay with jewelry or pawned items, including a rich widow who discounts bills and a wife of a miser who adds to invoices. The piece highlights methods dressmakers used to recover debts and preserve business.
A St Louis Globe-Democrat item recalls letters mislaid in New York and London. One letter to Uel G Starr of 205 Pearl Street vanished, then reappeared years later under a floor near a door after a carrier left it. Another parcel containing $70,000 in drafts traveled from New Orleans to New York and England before finally being found in a dead letter office.
A claim agent describes a scheme by a European collector to pay for a woman and her daughters to have their names written on hotel registers and other books, aiming to place them in prominent historical or scenic sites. The woman sought pricing this summer. the agent notes the plan was not pursued.
In Frank Leslie's Magazine a portrait of John Forster is sketched, detailing his relentless meddling with Dickens. The tale includes a dinner remark about Dickens five children, Forster's boastful interruptions, and culminates in a biography titled The Autobiography of John Forster with Incidental References to Charles Dickens.
Frank Christin Jr of Towes and Hardware explains a nail hole repair method using glue and sawdust packed into the hole. After drying the paste hardens and restores wood, a technique he has used thirty years with bellows repairs where leather replaces nails.
A New York woman proposed a cooperative maid service allowing busy women to hire a needle skilled helper for weekly tasks. The plan would reduce issues of unstitched garments worn shoes and disorganized closets by sharing the cost among several subscribers. The concept aims to ease domestic burdens and provide reliable weekly assistance.
A wire with current passes vertically through a sheet of paper. Iron filings sprinkled over the paper align to form a pattern showing the magnetic field around the wire. The diagram illustrates the circular field lines expected around a straight conductor.
First published December 12 in Buavta County South Dakota notice of application for letters of administration. Estate of Elizabeth Walker petition shows cause why letters should not be granted. Dated at Huron December 6 1889. Joan Woop County Judge. Attest J L Spaulpine Clerk Geo C Coorzn attorney for petitioner.
A young woman from a northern mountain town writes to a city house asking if a song titled Rang herindg amg ag hippy cut exists and requests the price, noting she will respond by pen. The fragment suggests a culture feature on music and Far West life.
A fragmented note mentions hospitals and wards with phrases about hanging up items in remembrance. The readable text is unclear about names, places, or concrete actions.
Notice records a mortgage from N M Thompson of Beadie county Dakota to H A Maxfield dated December 15 1885 to secure one thousand five hundred dollars with I B Hermon as attorney for the mortgagee.
Notice is given that by virtue of a judgment and execution issued in Beadle County South Dakota the property described as the northeast quarter of section 20 township 110 range 60 west containing 160 acres will be sold at public sale. The sale is to satisfy the judgment and costs totaling twelve hundred twenty four dollars twenty cents with interest from the judgment date. Sheriff Huron South Dakota. December 16. Plaintiff's attorney B Hewran.
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