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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1898
Page
4
Notice to readers to pay outstanding subscriptions or visit the office. The publisher cites financial need and urges timely payment. A dispatch hint suggests Mr. Hanca may not win the Ohio senate seat.
The report notes that the Pando campaign's failure marks another step in the movement toward Cuban independence, framing the setback as a momentum shift.
The system of quarterly payment of taxes is being tried in Atlanta Georgia with gratifying results.
The congressional mill began to grind again Monday but the grist will be small due to excess chaff to be blown off.
The article notes that more than half of government spending goes to pensions and asserts satisfaction with the fair compensation of pensioners, framing it as a duty and a source of citizen loyalty.
The Parkston Advance changes ownership with ex auditor Hipple handing control to new management. The future paper will back the Democratic party and may align with Jacksonian, Cleveland, Bryan, or fusion Democrat factions, though the exact stance remains uncertain.
A satirical editorial argues for hospital treatment over jail for tramps, claiming removal of the stomach would end their wandering. It suggests breakfast ordinances lead to permanent hunger, sun bathing, and flea-killing, as a drastic deterrent to roaming.
The Watertown Public Opinion, Argus Leader, and Yankton Gazette favor building a wall around the Republican Party to bar Senator Pettigrew from reentry. The Huronite notes no law can keep a man who insists on being a Republican.
The Yackton Gazette misreads the state as safely Republican based on a judicial election. South Dakota remains closely divided and will require strong leadership and campaign effort to carry the state in November. Lee’s popularity endures, but Republican unity and vigor are needed to avoid defeat.
Prof. Shepard of Brookings College Experimental Station reports on sugar beet culture in South Dakota. Tests from fifty counties show average saccharine content 16.11 percent with 87.19 percent juice purity, Beadle county samples at 15.20 percent sugar and 86.47 percent purity. He says results position SD to lead beet sugar production and foresee large factory development soon.
The framers overemphasized elections saddling a large tax on voters. From 1896 to 1906 elections cost at least 375000 annually to the courts. Judges elections and biennial legislature are criticized as wasteful, with a proposed six year legislature and redrafted constitution seen as saving millions for taxpayers.
The Huronite argues for moving the state capital from Pierre to Huron as the move would benefit all interests and improve efficiency. It cites Huron as near the population center, with stronger business reach, transportation links, and media support, while noting Pierre locals and merchants as less dynamic. Brer Reed will be glad to live twenty miles from the capital.
Capt J P Davis of the state board of charities and correction says a light and fuel deficiency of six to seven thousand dollars will exist at the Yankton insane hospital before year end. The Plankinton reform school faces a hard struggle after a fire, with appropriations too small for inmate growth from 90 to 125. The penitentiary he found in the very area is also noted.
Capt Davie commends the state for a nearly costless wall project at the institution, calling it a great improvement and a safeguard. He praises the management and the board's supervision over related expenditures.
The Aberdeen News weighs Patti grew's return to the Republican party and argues that if he repents and votes the ticket power cannot stop him. He may rejoin anytime but cannot be a boss or dictator, as the party values its freedom from such control after two years.
The text depicts Senator Kyle visiting the White House to press removal of a Republican appointee in South Dakota. It urges Republican managers to discipline the presumptuous gentleman and probation him for a year or two before granting full senator prerogatives and responsibilities.
Miss Ida Hortense Todman, long a compositor in the Huron office, wed Monroe Weeks Read of Deadwood at Judge G G Bennett's Forest Hill home with Rev. A S McConnell officiating. The ceremony, in ivory satin, featured a gold pin tied to Read's mother’s wedding day, followed by supper and plans to live at the White House.
Weather records show December 1897 in Huron was colder than December 1896 by five degrees. The 17 year mean is 19 degrees, with 21 degrees in 1896 and 16 in 1897. Highest 18 degrees on the 29th, lowest 20 degrees below on the 4th. Northwest winds, 11 clear days, 5 partly cloudy, 15 cloudy. Precipitation total 0.67 inches vs 0.59 average. Month deemed a typical South Dakota December with no notable storms.
An advertisement seeks male agents with no experience required. It invites applicants to write for the agent’s outfit and address communications to the Catholic News at 5 Barclay Street in New York.
Northwest Nebraska Stockmen report 15 percent annual herd losses with 90 percent blamed on wolves. Range bosses north of Kearny describe wolves as a growing menace rivaling jackrabbits in Australia. They consider sharpshooter packs, wolf dogs, or other measures as existing methods prove ineffective. Foreman Henderson Clark recalls a dramatic encounter with two large gray wolves, ending with a wounded horse and a dead wolf, illustrating the danger to riders and stock. The Northwest group plans a regional convention to discuss a unified plan for total wolf destruction across Nebraska Wyoming Colorado and South Dakota to protect cattle industry.
Two inventors press for government backing by proposing bird powered flight for military use. One would ride a self leveling chair pulled by eagles to scout enemy camps. The second plans a balloon carried by a dozen storks with the operator in the basket steering the flight.
New York sculptor Giovanni Turini completes a 40 foot bronze Miss Liberty for Caracas to stand atop a 20 foot pedestal in the public square. The figure, designed with a torch and glowing seven star band, will be illuminated by electricity both day and night with concealed wiring and a base plant.
Albert S. Russell of Jefferson Iowa says he has solved perpetual motion with a device: a partially submerged cylinder hanging above a square pail, cups with perforations that cycle as water rises and falls. He claims the design could power mills without fuel by cycling cups and gravity.
William B Beakes Jr wired the hennery door to deliver a shock to any intruder. An unknown man, seeking shelter, touched the knob and was knocked unconscious. he recovered with no recollection of the events or identity of the intruder.
Two brothers near Harrodsburg Kentucky resemble each other so closely that one joined the Baptist church and, lacking suitable clothes, paid the other ten cents to be baptized in his stead. The anecdote appeared in the Lexington Argonaut.
John Smart aged 78 joins a merry group on Cold Pond at Medford Center Maine. He jokes about not believing in growing old till necessary and emphasizes keeping joints limber. This Lewiston Journal item notes the playful sentiment and activity.
The 1898 Swedish Arctic expedition led by Dr. A. G. Nothorst will explore the eastern Spitzbergen area and the waters between Spitzbergen and Franz Josef Land. The voyage aboard the Antarctic, captained by Emil Nilsson, will focus on geology biology hydrography and cartography with aims of rich scientific results.
In Baltimore Hundred a man named Max Dukes uncovered a large iron pot while cutting timber. It contained 4500 in silver coins buried on the farm, likely left by a wartime owner whose heirs never learned its whereabouts.
The tramp steamer Algoa sailed from Tacoma with a record 877,509 bushels of wheat, valued at $312,000, for the northwest coast of Africa. The voyage is expected to take about 70 days.
In Olathe Kansas William Short celebrated his ninetieth birthday with a family gathering. A feature of the event was a brass band composed of seven of his grandsons who played during the dinner.
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