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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1891
Page
7
The excerpt recalls Mr. Bassett urging two lumber yard workers to think before acting and to perform tasks directly on the pile. He notes common merchant failures from a lack of thought, sharing his grocery store experience of bad credit limiting profits and illustrating how thinking improves efficiency and payback.
The fragment discusses pony characteristics on an island, noting height around 18 to 13 hands, strong limbs, and a bold head with Arakan eyes. It suggests origin from thoroughbreds brought by a wreck and highlights fast trotting and pacing, endurance, and seasonal breeding, with foals often not gelded and high mortality from floods.
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes U S progress in gem collection with diamonds found in Georgia, pearls in Wisconsin, turquoises from Maj Powell's New Mexico cache, and Persian blue varieties. It praises beryls aqua marine from Portland Missouri, and amethysts from North Carolina Brazil and the Orient, including a prehistoric turtle shape altered by cutting.
A colored couple staged a public protest on Fulton Street where the woman repeatedly shook her companion while a placard on his coat advertised a new nostrum. Passersby watched as crowds formed at each corner, with no police on the scene and the act drawing mixed reactions.
A sea captain sought a mate at a village inn and learned a widow is also short of a partner. She proposed a swap: if he would take her as his, she would be his, yielding two mates for the captain. The widow kept her word and the arrangement stands.
Col. Clark S. Edwards of Bethel wrote 457 letters to his wife during the rebellion and she preserved them all. The surviving correspondence provides a detailed view of the war era. Mary W. Whitney succeeds Maria Mitchell as astronomy professor, highlighting a notable academic transition.
A cheeky and surreal exchange describes a patient claiming a queer symptom in his stomach and an apothecary contemplating the odd sight. The dialogue turns to a humorous line about swallowing an elevator, suggesting a playful, absurd medical anecdote.
An advertising page extols Castoria as a safe, harmless remedy for babies. It features testimonials from mothers and nurses praising its effects on infants, with claims of improved health, rest for mothers, and no narcotics. The copy also mentions other products and quack remedies, plus a tip about blister beetle cantharides.
Advert reads Erie system Fast Vestibuled Trains between Chicago and Atlantic seaboard promising elegant Pullman cars. Travel to Buffalo Niagara Falls New York Albany Troy Boston and New England at savings. Rival line touts through coaches and Pullman dining cars Chicago to New York. Envisions gas-lit cars heated by steam with various routes including Columbus and Ashland daily. No extra charge for fast time or luxurious accommodations. contact for tickets and reservations.
A portrait of the veteran commander Count Helmuth von Moltke at ninety describes his daily routine. He rises at five, drinks coffee by a spirit lamp, tends to garden and farm until ten, then eats soup or a biscuit, enjoys wine, and handles correspondence until one. From one to two he lies.
Court decree from 1685 orders dwellings to be placed beyond a specified distance from the meeting house. Trustees in New York reportedly sought to seize and sell the estate in modern times. The item is drawn from Bastion Globe and Pittsburg notes with scattered merchant and textile remarks.
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