Local Huron Notes Roundup of Visits and Travel
John M. Davis returns from Chicago while Alonzo Wardall heads to Topeka Kansas and Walter Bandy travels east for Christmas with Iowa friends. Hood's Sarsaparilla touted. Mrs. May Hartigan visits from Tracy and Mrs. J. Roy Hubbart comes for Christmas with her parents. James B. Cogan buys Burrows grocery stock to run a first class store.
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Alonzo Wardall
Topeka
Kansas
Walter Bandy
Iowa
B. F. Teets
Sioux City
Cherokee
Hood
S. John A. Ludtke
Fort Dodge
Barrows
E. H. Wilson
Salem
Huron
Redfield
J. A. Cleaver
Peoria
Ill
Cleaver
J. Roy Hubbart
Fremont, Nebraska
City
F. H. Kent
James B. Cogan
M. D. Burrows
Cogan
Pension official in Huron on bureau business visit
O L Sues special examiner of the pension bureau based in Sioux Falls traveled to Huron Thursday for department business. Dr OC B Alford distributed Christmas gifts and visited relatives. Elder Watson planned weeknight and Sunday services at Rows and Fourth church. Al Bosly and family from St Lawrence stayed in town and left for Los Angeles to settle there. An eastern exchange offered a Christmas card verse about a man’s misadventure and lost memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. L. Sues
Pension Bureau
Sioux Falls
Huron
Pension Department
OC. B. Alford
J. L. Oliver
Watson
Rows
Fourth Streets
Dr Kings New Discovery Featured in Cough Remedy Ad
An old advertisement praises Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs colds and consumption, urging buyers not to accept substitutes. It notes a trial bottle at Wheeler's drug store and lists regular sizes 50 cents and 1 dollar, promising safety reliability and money back if not satisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Dr King
Peddlers Can Peddle in Interstate Case
A. Strand of Ed wards wholesale supply house Minneapolis was discharged by Judge E G Smith after appeal from a $23 fine for violating a peddlers law. Attorney C H Childs aided, writ of habeas corpus granted, court ruled state law conflicted with interstate commerce law, with a similar supreme court case pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton Press
Dakotan
A. Strand
Edwards Wholesale Supply House
Minneapolis
E. G. Smith
Strand
Boyle
Circuit Court
C. H. Childs
Law
French & Orvis
Childs
Supreme Court
Electric Bitters for Female Complaints Remedy
Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for your troubles. If not, get a bottle now and get relief. This medicine has been found to be peculiarly adapted to the relief and cure of all female complaints, giving strength and tone to the organs. Also aids loss of appetite, constipation, headaches, fainting spells, nervousness, sleeplessness, melancholy, and dizziness. Health and strength are guaranteed by its use. Fifty cents and one dollar at D K Bryant's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Henry Bruns
Grand Junction
Iowa
D. K. Bryant
Unclaimed Letters at Huron Post Office December 18 1897
List of letters remaining unclaimed includes Barnie Boose, Wm H Helm, Wm Keil, E T Lillie, John Wheely. Parties calling for the above must say advertised in the Huron ITE and provide date of publication, paying one cent at the stamp window. D B Jerrris, Postmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
South Dakota
Barnie Boose
Wm H Helm
Wm Keil
E T Lillie
John Wheely
D. B. Jerrris
Buckle Arnica Salve Offered By H Wheeler
The advertisement proclaims Buckle Arnica Salve as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands and other skin eruptions with a guarantee of satisfaction or money back. Priced at 22 cents per box and sold by H Wheeler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckle
H. Wheeler
Russia occupies Port Arthur linked to Daphne visit
Berlin dispatches say the Cologne Gazette reports a trusted source that Russia’s Port Arthur occupation followed the British warship Daphne’s entry into the inner harbor after Chinese protests. China lodged a complaint at Pekin while Britain’s Far Eastern squadron rests at Talicman and may soon reach Port Arthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
Berlin
Paris
Cologne Gazette
Daphne
China
Pekin
Talicmoan
Cologne
Germany
Russia
Asia
Japan Hears of Port Arthur Occupation by Russia
Yokoyama December 22 report that Russia notified Japan of the temporary occupation of Port Arthur and that a large Japanese squadron has departed Nagasaki.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokoyama
Russia
Japan
Port Arthur
Nagasaki
Pella University Abandoned for Des Moines State Run
Dec 24 Des Moines reports that following the Baptist state conference at Marshalltown Pella university will lose church aid and shift educational focus to Des Moines. A B Chaffee, president of Pella, is expected to head the new state university replacing Des Moines college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella University
Des Moines
Baptist State Conference
Marshalltown
Ds Moines
A. B. Chaffee
New State University
Des Moines College
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Family Pills Ad
An old advertisement warns against mercury based remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. It notes the product contains no mercury and is taken internally to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Also claims testimonials free and price 75 cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Tremaine’s free first night for illustrated lectures
Gov Tremaine closed an eight night series of illustrated lectures at the opera house amid packed crowds and high praise. The Pipestone Daily Star called it the finest lecture course in the city and Brookings Register noted crowds of Brookings citizens enjoying sun pictures and Tremaine’s travel knowledge. He opens a new course Monday with a free night and seats should be reserved at Dunning Longstaff’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremaine
Pipestone Daily Star
RK. Tremaine
Opera House
Brookings Register
Brookings
Old and well-tried remedy for teething
An advertisement promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a trusted teething remedy for babies. It claims to soothe the child ease gum pain relieve wind colic and cure diarrhoea. The price is twenty five cents per bottle.
The Hot Springs Water and Health Resort Ad
Picturesque Hot Springs in the Black Hills of South Dakota offer famed relief for rheumatism neuralgia and other ailments through its waters. First-class hotel and bath facilities with daily tourist tickets and special low rates on the first and third Tuesdays this month. For details contact Chicago and North Western railway agents. Wanted A reliable canvasser eager for honest labor may secure a good job by visiting this office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hills
South Dakota
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Secret Russian treaty promises Port Arthur and Kiao Chau
William steps into the Russian plan as a secret accord already signed. Russia funds fort building and supplies, while China seeks Russian advice and loans amid British loan failures. Russia demands British engineers’ dismissal in North China. German drill instructors will be replaced by Russians as contracts end. Russian officers already drill North China armies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Port Arthur
Kiao Chau Bay
Russia
China
Woman praises Dr Hartman and Peruna cure letter
A reader thanks Dr Hartman for his advice and a free copy of Health and Beauty. The letter claims restored health and urges every woman to obtain the book, noting it was sent by the Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company of Columbus Ohio. A 1898 pamphlet offer is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jason
United States
Dr. Hartman
Peruna Drug Mannfacturing Company
Columbus
Ohio
Anti British Doubts Rise Over Port Arthur Clash
A strongly anti British dispatch from St. Petersburg notes England seeks Port Hamilton or Lazareff to offset Russia in Port Arthur. It argues Europe faces grave diplomatic risk, urges Germany’s Pacific squadron to help preserve balance among Russia France Germany and Britain Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Novosti
England
Port Arthur
Port Hamilton
Lazareff
Japan
Europe
Pacific
Russia
France
Germany
Great Britain
Bourse Gazette
Odessa
Prince Henry
China
Wiliam
Napoleon III
Mexico
Incident Considered Trivial in Constantinople Incident
Washington reports the navy department received state department news via Minister Angell that the firing on the Bancroft was known but deemed not of great importance. No further details were provided on location or casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Bancroft
State Department
Angell
Constantinople
Package Stolen From Express Office In Columbia
A $10,000 cash package disappeared from the Southern Express office in Columbia between Sunday and Monday. Superintendent Leary suspects one or more office employees and will stay in the city with secret service agents until the culprit is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
S. C
Southern Express
Secret Service
Express Company
Pinkertons
Leary
Russia Supplying Funds For Port Arthur Forts
The Pekin Times correspondent says China is provisioning Port Arthur and will reconstruct the forts with Russia supervising and funding. The Russo-Chinese bank has offered 120000 Berdan rifles to China with payment due five years hence, a proposal China has accepted. Japanese ministers hold long cabinet councils after news from Port Arthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pekin
The
Times
Port Arthur
Russia
Far East
China
Kobe
Japan
Strong Strike Sentiment Shakes Fall River Mills
Fall River cotton manufacturers face potential strike as workers resist wage cuts. A faction of union officials seeks a January 3 strike at seven mills Union Sagamore Border City Shore Durfee Chace and American, home to about 11 000 operatives. Another plan calls for a broad strike March 1. Owners await guidance from M C D Borden of New York owner of Iron Works mills who has not acted yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Mass
Union
Sagamore
Border City
Shore
Durfee
Chace
American
M. C. D. Borden
New York
Iron Works Mills
Verdict of not guilty in Breen shooting case
Milwaukee jurors acquitted Motorman David Breen and Conductor Adolph Schwartz in municipal court after a second trial over a June 4, 1896 shooting during the Bayview street car strike. Six defendants faced trial. the first jury failed to agree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Breen
David Breen
Adolph Schwartz
Bayview
Major cracker firms announce general price increases
New York December 24 The Times reports that American Biscuit and Manufacturing Company New York Biscuit Company and United States Biscuit Company the three largest cracker makers have announced a broad and notable rise in the prices of their products after ongoing negotiations over a possible combination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the Times
American Biscuit and Manufacturing Company
New York Biscuit Company
United States Biscuit Company
Railroad Right of Way Sought Through Alaska by Underwood
John M. Underwood of Minneapolis arrived in Washington to obtain a railroad right of way through American Alaska territory. He is a prominent Northwest contractor and served in the Minnesota legislature from 1889 to 1895.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John M. Underwood
Minneapolis
Alaska
Underwood
Northwest
Minnesota
Joint Traffic ruling cuts grain rates east of Chicago
New York December 24. The board of managers of the Joint Traffic Association ruled to reduce rates from 22 4 to 20 cents on domestics and exports of wheat oats rye and barley and their products and corn products from Chicago eastbound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of Managers
The
Joint Traffic Association
Chicago
Alameda sails with heavy gold shipment to San Francisco
The Oceanic Steamship Company vessel Alameda departed Auckland bound for San Francisco carrying about £100,000 in gold. The voyage from Sydney area follows standard security procedures, with no incidents reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superry
Oceanic Steamship Company
Alameda
Auckland
San Francisco
Merit System Upheld Law Constitutional In Illinois
Illinois Supreme Court upholds civil service law as constitutional in a mandamus to force Chief Ripley to hire from the classified list. Decision sweeping strips most Harrison administration appointments, with department heads excepted, and signals mass removals and reassignments as the civil service commission cleans the upper police ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cniiaco
Supreme Court of Illinois
Springfield
Ripley
Chicago
Civil Service Commission
Harrison
Coal men organize for massive rail coal profit
New York reports a planned coal combine is near creation with J Pierpont Morgan influence. The scheme would unite anthracite companies under Pennsylvania Reading railroad charter, bypass middlemen, and pay transportation rates to markets while selling directly to retailers, yielding an estimated 44.6 million dollars annual profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
J. Pierpont Morgan
Hohenlohe Bereaved Wife Of German Chancellor Dies
The wife of Prince Hohenlohe, the imperial chancellor, died of inflammation of the lungs on December 23. Born Marie von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleberg February 16, 1829, she married Prince von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst February 16, 1847. Also notes the steamer Al Ki sailing from Saguay to Skeguay with 150 passengers, including Mrs. S. A. Hix of San Bernardino, bound for the Klondike after passing the mountains when possible.
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Beri
Prince Hohenlohe
Princes Hohenlohe
Marie von Sayn- Witgenstein
Tacoma
Wash
al Ki
Skeguay
S. A. Hix
San Bernemino
Cal
California
Sac
Klondike
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John M. Davis
Mary Trombower
May Hartigan
Tracy
E. J. Miller
St. Martin’s Church
C. A. Blake
Doe I. Crawford
de Smet
Kingsbury County
al. Bosly
St. Lawrence
Mre. Thomann
Los Angeles
Mercury
William Stepped
Kiao-Chau
Dakota Lady
U. Teid
Biscuit Trust
Kiondike
Gund
Amersa
Free City Delivery
John Cundeprewinc Company
LaCrosse, Wis
Frank Gans
Avent
Huron, Se
Dak
Torbett
A.C. Haller
Dubaque
Towa
Illinois Supreme Court
Law Constitutional
Hohenlohe
S Haguay
Asa Smith
Greencastle
Indiana
S.S.S
Wwe Whikeel
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta, Ga
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