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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1894
Page
3
The Huronite reports on intercity ties between Huron and Pierre with musicians traveling both ways and signs pointing to imminent peace. Local events include visits by notable residents, new arrivals, and a dogsale, plus court actions and a medical ad.
This excerpt likens life and health to bridges between earth and paradise. It extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for women’s diseases such as prolapsus and uterus inflammation, claiming it cures related conditions and suppressions.
A carload of Dorcet horn sheep passed through here led by J Finley Scott. They came from Washington Pa and are to be placed on ranches along the Missouri river. Scott notes the breed suits the climate and resists disease, thriving on native grasses due to their size.
The Modern Mother reports that Syrup of Figs provides gentle laxative relief preferred by children over other remedies. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company, it is promoted as the true remedy and widely accepted.
A museum displays a perfect fly embedded in amber provoking questions about its entrapment. In drug stores a curiosity shows as large drastic cathartic pills sold in cheap packaging, with readers asking who buys them. Round sugar coated pellets in glass bottles are advertised as liver regulators and remedies for headaches constipation and dyspepsia.
B K Rowley purchased two fine bred greyhounds from A P Slocum kennels and will raise them with care. He travelled through Huron yesterday with the puppies and paused the train twenty minutes to buy infant food and a nursing bottle. He plans to enter the dogs at Waterloo in 95.
A Thursday evening concert in Huron drew a large, enthusiastic crowd including guests from Pierre. Miss Stoddard impressed on piano while Miss Sibyl Sammis received encores for a powerful, cultured voice. Louise Mackenzie debuted with a clear, sweet tone winning immediate favor.
The next meeting of the South Dakota Press Association will be held in Pierre on January 21 and 23. Secretary Halladay works on arrangements for the boys during their stay in Pierre.
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