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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1884
Page
1
Advertisement fragment offers 10 cents per line for special notices and job work. It promises neat, prompt execution of book and blank work and prints lawyer briefs in approved legal style. It mentions legal printing services and advertising.
Harold Arnott plans to propose to Grace Mainwaring but learns she loves him and is already betrothed to him. Harold’s rival Militant, a fortune-hunter, confesses truth and aid as Grace’s father arranges the match. A near-fatal accident leads to discovery, reconciliation, and a resolved engagement with funds secured for Harold’s life at The Coombe.
A fragment recalls a 1838 funeral for a woman over 100. Fourteen elder women formed a circle around the bier, as a younger centenarian Tomasa Camera attended. The scene featured prayer, smoking, and a strict domestic circle at the house.
The potato, first from South America, was brought to Virginia by Sir John Harvey in 1629. By 1695 Quakers in Pennsylvania mention potatoes, and by 1775 a single sixteen acre patch yielded a thousand bushels.
A Cleveland Leader writer likens Dakota to vast prairies opened by freedom. He notes an 1879 entrant under pre emption laws securing 160 acres, growing wheat, and selling for 4400 after three years. A tired New England clergyman shifts to Northern Pacific lands, reinvesting a 500 bond and expanding holdings.
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