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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1884
Page
3
Guests from Iowa urged a flouring mill investment with a large bonus while sermons and church bells signal active religious life. A phantom party honored Rev. B F Humenrey. Local business shifts include mapmaking advances, seed catalogs from D M Ferry Co, and agency changes in tobacco stock and pianoplans.
The article notes the active role of Rev J K Seymour in erecting a new church. It describes seating capacity, acoustics, and a liberal fundraising day with multiple services and subscriptions. A separate section reviews Mrs Frank Eldridge's concert at Campbell's Hall with praise for Miss Gattiker and the performers.
A Saturday night concert at Campbell's Hall raises funds for the poor of Huron. Miss Gattiker Mrs Eldridge Professors Soldan Kendall Bushnell and Messrs Aplin Reed will assist with the Social Orchestra. Miss Chandler donates the hall and aids ticket sales. Funds aim to relieve urgent cold weather distress among needy families and women with children, started by Baptist Sunday school officers and joined by local musicians.
Beadie County Agricultural Association met at Parker's Hall with about forty members. Officers elected by acclaim: Edward Sterling as President A W Page Vice President J D Rubidge Secretary J N Miller Treasurer Directors elected Jerry Berger John E Ward and A F Robinson. Fall meetings set for September 9 to 12 and a directors’ meeting scheduled February 1 at 8 S W Roberts office.
News notes from Huron and Beadle county report rail traffic shifts, personnel changes, new Sunday schools, business visits, and local development. Finch leaves for Peninsular Division chief clerk. Ketchum resigns from Plankinton line. surveyors eye O Neill City to Pierre route. union of merchants planned at Parker Hall on Feb 9. community members and firms profiled.
A fragment from the Altoona area column recounts a man touting a petition for liquor license in Altoona disguised as a tax relief measure. He coerces signatures by claiming nearby residents are eligible, inflating the petition’s reach to include nonresidents. The piece notes other local items and obituaries in brief.
Honor list prepared by Prof Br shows 139 names in grammar and high school trade scholarship readings. Notable entries include Abbie Turner L. Ford George Wilder Willie Holt Grace Dickinson Irving Russell Frank Jones Kitty Walton Harry Sterling Fred Baker Lillian Russell Dana Durand Hattie Hoadley Eva Whitcomb Albert Voss Freeman Bloodgood Holland Wheeler Arden W. Cheney John Wright Maggie Westdahl Fred Ford Grace Hudson Hattie Grant Leon Corbin Fred Sterling Nellie Mills Russell Deyo David Thompson Gracie C Mildred Thom Nellie Bots for Will Russell.
Horde, Dak A & Sons announce fall stock of ladies shoes sold very cheap. A practical nurse can be found at northwest corner of Main and Third streets. Brockman's nursery at 118 cents, and references for Mrs. Saran Van Antwerp and Mrs. B R Jewert are noted. Hay for sale and a cockle mill purchase by Mr. Hitchcock are also mentioned.
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