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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1890
Page
5
Railway time table for The Burlington line notes arrivals at St. Paul and Dsparr with Vestibuled Express at 5:00 p.m. Mentions rates and ticket options to Washington and St. Paul area stations, with partial illegible text.
Fragmentary railway notice lists stations Duluth Watertown and East to Water town Huron and Way Points with St Paul M 8 Watertown 2 timing between unchanged segments.
The Northern Pacific Railroad operates 621 miles in Washington and connects Spokane Falls Tacoma Seattle and Portland. It offers a shorter St Paul to Tacoma Seattle Portland run by up to two days and provides access to key Montana Idaho and Oregon points. Send for pamphlets maps and Timetable details with stamps to the agent in St. Paul.
A promotional description touts the MANITO BA rail line offering free land and travel to Montana Montana’s Milk River Valley and to Helena Hot Springs Broadwater Sanitarium. It claims routes to four new states and Great Falls of the Missouri with a palace dining and sleeping car service to Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Montana and the Pacific Coast.
The poem warns of a son named Jamie who has left home and fallen into crime and vice. It laments a mother's sorrow as Jamie drifts from care into dangerous streets and questions parental responsibility and forgiveness.
At Heidelberg a German science congress heard O Ammon describe observations on 5000 soldiers. He linked skull shape to origin with round skulled men from the Black Forest and long skulled from the Rhine. He noted blue eyes and fair hair among some and faster growth in brown eyed individuals.
The Warsaw Courier reports a lawsuit in Poland terminated after four centuries. Begun in 1490 the case concerned a mere forty acres of uncultivated land. Descendants of the original disputants fought on, at immense cost, largely to lawyers.
The St Paul Pioneer Press reports Jim Igoe's hair turned nearly all light gray two days after the fatal collapse. The severe mental agony before death is blamed for the drastic change observed by his wife.
The Boston Globe notes butter was almost unknown to the ancients. Herodotus first mentions it. Spartans used it as ointment. Plutarch recalls a Spartan wife smeared with butter. Greeks learned of butter from the Sethians. Germans taught Romans its manufacture. Romans used it for body anointing rather than food.
A Good Housekeeping reflection argues that early lessons should include behaviors and principles. It contends teaching right conduct helps guide actions and questions whether delaying instruction breeds confusion. The piece favors practical, principle based guidance over wearying instruction and warns against only teaching rule based behavior.
A compact fragment presents a mix of maxims and literary notices. It quotes Envy turning on herself and warns against slander while praising concise writing and simple books over ornate cases. Names cited include Dr Southey and H W Beecher.
A novel boot sole developed in Nuremburg combines a spiral metal wire trellis filled with gutta percha and rosiney that can be nailed like leather soles. It promises 50 percent lower cost and greater durability than leather according to the New York Telegram.
The article notes that English post offices manage the mail system and states that the average cost of parcels is eleven cents.
A pioneer Leadville teacher recalls a school perched above a grocery store. Primitive classroom conditions included knotty benches and no plaster. Water pail spills, loud customers, and a sugar scoop showdown with the grocer sparked comic discipline and lively lessons.
A robust woman claims she can satisfy hunger by inhaling the aroma of cooking. She explains aromas like beefsteak and coffee sustain her and even cause elation. She notes tramps linger near kitchens for the smells and says she shares candy by inhaling flavor, though she calls herself a crank.
The article notes lingering superstitions affecting dining such as avoiding certain dinners and rituals. It cites women cautious about religious observances and guests wary of spilling salt or giving opal rings. It also mentions avoiding Friday departures and fears of black cats and knives or scissors as gifts.
A Baltimore Sun meditation urges that men, regardless of wealth, should balance labor with recreation and learning. It argues the truly rich find meaning in social causes, charity, and self improvement during retirement, rather than clinging to work or wealth for identity.
The discussion traces screen use from ancient Assyrian bas reliefs to medieval English halls, noting a pivoting horizontal bar for adjustable display. It cites the Young Ladies Journal on future screens needing beauty to be acceptable in refined homes.
The readable bits indicate a Washington Post fragment about a young woman confusing a tariff with omens of the states and a Michigan visitor astonished by a remark about a railroad town, with unclear context and several garbled names.
The German emperor favors a varied diet for meals starting with a salt bun, followed by a half penny bun called Lucca eye. For sandwiches he uses a fine Vienna flour bread with a distinctive outer crust. Dinner features soup and broth sticks made to an Italian recipe from a Baleta court site.
Colonial hunters Mills and Eckhart discover a decayed Kentucky rifle in a high tree near Colusa County while exploring a sunlit limb. A skeletal body hangs in the branches with a moldy coat and a torn notebook recounting a desperate, hunger filled diary of bears and confinement. The manuscript ends abruptly with uncertain dates, prompting serious doubts about authenticity.
In Wloclawek Poland a man named Pawlikowski died at 115 after serving in Kosciusko era clashes and Napoleon I era campaigns. He worked in fields until recently. His father reportedly reached 126 and a brother 116. He leaves three sisters aged 102 99 and 93.
A fragmentary Detroit Hoes Freak snippet notes a Montana Indian death on a highway. After days of ae, the conclusion states that the cause was 22 i w zero. The passage hints at regional remarks about sufficiency of fatal causes near a section.
A reader from Chicago praises Pond's Extract as a conscientious remedy. The writer jokes about debunking pessimism and mocks critics while urging the patch to label optimism more clearly.
A reflective passage notes how people judge others while ignoring their own flaws. It argues that criticizing others comes easily while recognizing personal faults remains hard.
The piece discusses Mrs Winslow’s Soo Syrup as a remedy for teething and sleep in children. It contrasts modern fashion pages detailing children’s evening dresses with memories of the era when a child’s only evening gown was a nightdress.
An old advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as best for cuts bruises sores and ulcers promising to cure or pay if not. It lists price 25 cents and mentions J C Donlin selling it in Huron South Dakota.
The city of Orlando Florida enforces a rule prohibiting saloons to be located less than 200 feet apart, reflecting zoning and public order concerns.
An advertisement asserts lactic acid in blood causes rheumatism and that a purifying medicine neutralizes acidity and strengthens the body. It notes Paris summer trends with increased American French speakers versus English.
An advertisement extols Electric Bitters as an epoch making remedy from sickness to robust health. It claims benefits for kidneys liver and stomach and promotes the tonic as a restoration aid, available at J C Donaldson's drug store for 50 cents and one dollar per bottle.
It is estimated that about six thousand conversions to Christi occur daily. The report notes abundant material still available for work and outreach.
An advertised remedy claims to cure cold in the head hay fever and catarrhal deafness and restore taste and breath. Warranted by the Medical Company of Oroville California. Six months treatment priced at one dollar with mail service one dollar ten cents. Sold by J C D Company.
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