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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1903
Page
1
Robinsons announces a red tag shoe sale to close out winter footwear and odds and ends. Many pairs are new styles but with limited sizes and widths and some items are out of style. Prices are set to move quickly starting Tuesday January 20 1903.
Brief notice listing a person named Robinson from Third Street in Huron, South Dakota. No additional context or details provided in the readable text.
The Toledo workhouse board ordered all prisoners held for stealing coal from railway yards released. It directs the superintendent to receive no more inmates for petty coal thefts and states no prosecutions for coal thefts will be recognized during the coal famine.
Aimed at mothers of children with skin disorders the article extols the Cuticura treatment. Warm baths with Cuticura Soap cleanse the skin remove crusts and scales while Cuticura Ointment soothes itching and inflammation. Cuticura Resolvent Pills cool the blood in severer cases. Millions use Cuticura products for cleansing scalp, treating dandruff and rough hands, and for soothing various irritations.
The ways and means committee voted to report a bill authorizing full rebates of duties on all coal imported into the United States for one year. The measure backs Treasury action to refund duties, while amendments seeking permanent free coal or a one year limit were defeated. President Baer described coal road difficulties and price disparities amid holiday slowdowns.
Mayor Low and coal carrying railroad presidents met to discuss the coal supply in all five boroughs of Greater New York. Present were George F. Baer Reading Company F D Underwood Erie Fowler Ontario and Western Thomas Lehigh Valley and John B Markle representing independent operators.
Mayor Carter H. Harrison comments on a proposed tariff rebate for coal imports. He says once law, Chicago will fast track coal to break up the combination by importing at cost plus railroad tariff. He is already investigating sources, hoping Canada becomes the principal immediate supplier.
The special grand jury reports the clearest evidence to date involves a March agreement affecting about a dozen Clinton district mines with Walter S. Bogle and Crescent Coal and Mining in Chicago as key players. The pool allegedly controlled mine outputs to be sold by a Chicago factor. Witnesses include Max Eichberg, Charles W Gilmore, Norman S. Birkland, and WW Abrams detailing coal dealer secret meetings and room usage prior to the inquiry.
Chicago January 14 The Rock Island management places what is the largest single engine order on record for 225 locomotives to serve both passenger and freight traffic. The total cost is about four million dollars driven by greatly increased traffic and new lines needing power.
The steamer Celtic will sail from Liverpool on January 14 to New York with notable travelers including the Duke and Duchess of Manchester the Earl and Countess Carnovan and George Westinghouse among its passengers.
Milwaukee January 14. General Superintendent J N Barr orders a tracing system to assure prompt delivery of all coal the road handles. No freight class except fruit and livestock will have preference over fuel, and any minute delay in transport will hold the responsible persons accountable.
Railroads from St. Paul to Chicago will drop the fast freight schedule and rely on slower trains until coal supplies improve. Some fast freights ran on a 24 hour cycle, consuming large coal quantities. with shortages, lines will economize while preserving business.
From Annapolis reports indicate Secretary Moody, hurt in a Monday runaway, remains satisfactory in health and hopes to return to Washington soon. The update signals a positive trajectory for the secretary’s recovery and duties.
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