Huron Notes On Local Visits And Weather Blitz
Local items report E Robbins starting an artesian well on the Day Harrison farm. Visitors include John A Kemp, Prof. Pinkham, and Otis Botsford in lumber. Mrs Dougherty’s diphtheria tragedy. December rain breaks a long dry spell. Masonic officers installed. a snowbound euchre party at Moody residence with prizes awarded.
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E. Robbins
Day-Harrison Farm
Chas. Bates
Yankton
Sullivan
Ed. Marr
J. M. Richards
Omaha
North American Insurance Co
Gen. Hazen
Prof. Pinkham
Miller
Otis Botsford
R. S. Botsford
Fairview Farm
Oakes
Otis
Iroquois Herald
Knoxville
Tenn
W.M. Cash
Huron
Joseph OC. Bloodgood
Hattie Summerville
Berkshire
Troy County
New York
J. D. Bloodgood
George Dinneen
St. Marys
Kan
George
Lake Preston
Chas. W. Wood
Charley
Dan Dougherty
Wisconsin
Dougherty
Glenn
Signal Service
G. W. Moody
Nate
J. E. van Gent
Saturday Night Snowstorm Delights Huron Area
A heavy snow and wind storm visited Saturday night, with 45 mph winds and zero temperature. Immense snow drifts formed but no casualties. railroads cleared by Sunday, trains resumed on Monday. Also reports an O R C meeting, a funeral notice for Vera Bramwell, and a medical ad for Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Free Offer for Engravings With Tooth Powder Purchase
Advertises a promotion offering a 20 by 24 inch engraving for buying two 25 cent bottles or one 50 cent bottle of Ideal Tooth Powder and sending bottle neck tickets plus 8 cents in stamps. Claims the powder cleans teeth, removes grit and acids, and keeps breath sweet with a trial push.
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Evangeline
Montag
Pxant
Holiday Excursion Rates on St Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba Ry
The St Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway announces holiday season excursion fares. Tickets will be sold December 24 25 31 1889 and January 1 1890 at one and one third fare for round trips. For Dakota and Montana routes the round trip rate is one and one fifth fare. Tickets valid for return travel through January 1. Apply to agency or F I Whitney GP and TA St Paul MN.
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St. Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba
Dakota
Montana
St. P.M
M. R’y
F.I. Whitney
G. P
T. A. St. Paul
Mion
Castoria Advertising Through Generations
An old promotional passage extols Castoria for infants children and mothers, noting its use from baby to adult and in childbirth. The text blends product claims with historical markers such as the Battle of Bunker Hill and discusses catarrh and mucous membranes. Pond's Extract is cited as a superior astringent remedy for nasal catarrh.
Ideal Tooth Powder Promises Decay Prevention
Be slow to blame Mary Hewit suggests trying Ideal Tooth Powder to prevent decay and save dentists' bills. A reader from Gieberner, Pa., reports initial gum irritation but later can brush vigorously and notes enamel hardening after use.
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Mary Hewit
Jay Gould
Vanderbilt
Ea Giebner
Waterloo Battle Fought on Friday
A historical note states the battle of Waterloo occurred on a Friday. No further details on date or parties are provided in the text.
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Waterloo
Court Day in Fil with Native Court and Jew's Harp Oracle
In a colonial scene the native court sits in a thatched house to hear two youths charged with stealing a fowl. An old judge shows a pince-nez but uses a Jew's harp to beguile the dull proceedings as the verdicts fall: three months for the first, then three days for the second, amid hushed tension and tribal authority.
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Lord Coleridge
England
Samuela
Timothe
Bastar
Vatureba
Cornhill Magazine
Farmers' Sons Who Became Famous
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes presidents and leaders born on farms including Washington Adams Monroe Jackson Van Buren Tyler Polk Taylor Buchanan Lincoln Garfield and others. It adds anecdotes about Jay Gould Henry Ward Beecher Henry Ward Hescher Evarts Chauncey Depew Reed Reed Hewitt Sunset Cox De Witt Clinton Platt and more, tracing humble farm origins to prominence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Washington
Adams
Monroe
Andrew Jackson
van Buren
Tyler Polk
Taylor
Chauncey M
Peekskill
Vanderbilt
de Witt
Sunset Cox
Zanesville
Abrams
Hewitt
New York
Thomas
Platt
How to Buy a Horse Told by Pall Mall Gazette
A novice seeks help to buy a horse and is coached to test an animal at a dealer. The guide outlines a casual inspection routine and a rough estimate of the horse’s age, joking that a horse may be seven or eleven years old.
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Tone
Ind
Pall Mall Gazette
Explosion in House Stuns City Readers
A report from Texas Siftings notes an explosion in a city house linked to a wife seeking funds from her husband for gas payments, with authorities investigating the incident.
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Texas
Rice Mystery Tears a Row of Wives and Husbands
In a frontier tale from Youth Companion a six box rice cherished by Mary disappears from a cabin. Accusations arise among three families until a rodent culprit is revealed by a beech log and rice scattered in a hollow. Mary corrects her suspicions and sorrowful lessons endure.
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Sie
Popular Dr Shakespeare and Bride Receive Darby Welcome
Dr and Mrs E O Shakespeare arrived in Darby after a long trip and held a welcome at Bride’s brother Charles O Baird’s Summit Street home. The Defiance Dram and Fife Corps performed a classical program and the band was invited to the doctors’ hospitality with gifts and thanks.
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E. O. Shakespeare
Darby
Bride
Charles O. Baird
Summit Street
Dram and Fife Corps
Why Some Chimneys Will Not Draw
Fragmented OCR note discusses chimney draft problems in cities. It mentions air circulation, tall structures blocking air flow, and the need for taller chimneys to improve draft.
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Tia Santas
Pigeon Message Training Attempts Across Military Use
The text notes several reasons to train pigeons for military message transport. It claims swallows are faster and harder to shoot, and reports promising progress in the experiment with a claimed speed of 153 miles per hour.
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John A. Kemp
Tacoma
Huron R.A. C. No. 10
M. F. Knight
F. M. Dean
E. C. Walton
Chas. S. Ammundson
J. A. Colcord
L. Hazen
C. H
J. M. Jarvis
P.S
Wm. H Saxton
F. E. Stevens
Vale
F. F. Smith
L. Adler
Geo. W. Sterling
B K. Rowley
M. H. Markey
T. D. Higgins
John Connors
W. E. Finch
H. C. Shirk
Sentinel
Sam Layborn
R. Addington
Buffalo
Frank R. Bramwel
Vera Mande
A. Bowe
Colorado Street
Horilla
Hall
F. J. Cuenry & Co
Prop
Toledo
Burns
Dem
Pond
Castoria
Bunker Hill
Cts
South Dakota
Third Street
California Fig. Syrup CO
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