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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1890
Page
7
A letter from W H Garrison of Salem Ohio describes working on a farm for a month and then obtaining E C Alien & Co albums and publications and a twenty day period for an agency, signed by Garrison.
Advertises gents and boys underwear from 1.00 to 2.00 per pair and wholesale gloves mitts. Heavy knit cardigan jackets 1.25. One dollar good pants and 25 cent jack knife. Ladies sewing companion and vanity items 10c. Dakota Ave Huron South Dakota between two barber shops.
A vivid survey of peculiar place names across New England and beyond. It recounts Kite End in Manchester New Hampshire, Hogtown near Bangor Maine, Barbary Coast in Portland Maine, and Christian Shore in Portsmouth New Hampshire, noting origins and local lore.
Beautiful plumage describes the plantain eaters, notably the violet plantain eater from Senegal and Guinea coast, with similar species in South America. The violet, crested, and crowned plantain eaters are detailed for size, coloration, and distinctive crests, noting their rarity and museum value. The article from the Philadelphia Times praises their vivid plumage and asks for more specimens.
M L Vignon devised a quick procedure to determine lime and sodium carbonate needs for softening hard water. It uses lime solution for titration with phenolphthalein in alcohol as indicator and then titrates the filtrate from 100 cc water with sodium carbonate to measure calcium and magnesium salts excluding acid carbonates.
A fragmentary poem by George Horton recalls plucking a wild river flower and a whispered lesson learned on the shore. The speaker laments a loss yet notes the flower’s enduring inner truth imparted to a single soul.
The Open Court notes that belief in witchcraft persisted after the 1600s with ministers like Rev. Ebenezer Turell warning against divination and witchcraft cures. He describes practices such as using horseshoes and witch papers, warning they invite Satan and invite greater dangers, reflecting colonial attitudes toward superstition.
Santa Barbara judge Fernald famed for courtesy meets a priest at the train. Each offers bows and witty retorts about who should precede the other before the San Francisco-bound departure. Both depart smiling as the train pulls away.
The fragment describes Algerian native women with forehead tattoos of blue cross marks between the eyebrows and nose root, plus extensive tattooing on hands, forearms, chests, shoulders, and wrists. Tattooing is performed mainly by women using needles or Barbary fig thorns and colored with antimony powder.
The piece argues money is a powerful practical force in organized society and that earning money through property ownership is a legitimate step toward success. It warns against making money the sole aim of life and urges balancing financial striving with higher, nonmaterial goals.
While exercising my setter I found a dead looking shape that proved to be a hen lying flat in a bare corn field. The dog hesitated then sprang to alarm as she fled with a flurry and loud cackling, near a forest and stream.
A notable businessman known for a successful printing enterprise operates print shops across the city. The article highlights his prominence in the local industry and growing footprint in multiple districts.
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