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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1903
Page
3
Mexican Liniment Promises Pain Relief Forever
An old advertising claim touts Mexican Mus tang Liniment as the standby remedy for generations. It is said to reach the core of pain and drive it from the body, with public belief noted in its positive healing powers. Marketed as sold everywhere.
Huron Items Show Busy Social and Business Changes
Rev. H S Wilkinson and Rev W H Hall were westbound passengers to Huron. Mrs H Kippax hosted seventy guests for whist on Third Street. The Elder Bros meat market will relocate to the old town hall room on Third Street after Jan 20, and R C Gibbs will move his confectionery to the former ler Bros building on Dakota Avenue. A new pest house was moved to Third Street, west of the Northern track, with the smallpox patient taken to city hall for transport. Cogan and Jameson Land Co opened an office in Blunt, planning spring buyers. Sioux Falls correspondence notes welcome Breen back in the capital, and predicts lively state merchant activity as Retail Merchants convene Jan 20 for a three day meeting in Sioux Falls with talks on price quality and food department needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Londale Theatre
Third Street
T. Cogan
Crisp & Jameson Land Comay
Sioux Falls
Cogan
Blunt
John Breen
Huron
Moses
Retail Merchants Association of
Ath Dakota
A.J. Alwin
New Ulm
C. E. Barrows
Theate Food Department
Order of Home Guardians
J. C. Milne
Erwin
Rocky Mountain
A.J. Bick & Co
F. M. Ziebach
W. M. Powers
Yankton
T. J. Wood
Opera House
Dakota Avenue
Western Union
Wessington Times
Wessington House
Tucker
Gordon
Wreckage and Damage Reported After Storm in City
The county notes no loss of life or livestock from Tuesday’s storm. Damage in the city includes fallen chimneys, shattered windows, a storm door blown through a fence, and a brick smoke stack toppled at the Illinois street school. Rail service lingers with Great Northern stalled. North Western trains partially resume westbound departures as tracks clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. 5 Hutchinson
Illinois Street
John Banks
Hugh Griffith
H. S. Mouser
J. A. Cleaver
Baptist Annual 1902 South Dakota church data
The 1902 South Dakota Baptist Annual reports totals for church life and finances. It lists 5722 church members, 61389 Sunday school members, church property valued at 237770 dollars, total benevolence at 59789 dollars, and Sunday school expenses and benevolence at 3475 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Janafelt
D. D
Huron
Early Riser Pills Receive Rave From San Antonio Reader
J Williams of San Antonio Texas writes that Early Riser Pills are the best ever used in his family. He unhesitatingly recommends them to everybody, claiming they cure constipation biliousness headache torpid liver jaundice and all other liver troubles. Holland Wheeler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overs Nation
J. Williams
San Antonio
Tex
Holland Wheeler
Kodol Aids Stomach By Resting and Digesting Food
A Victorian period sales summary notes Kodol supplies natural digestive juices and relieves nervous tension in the stomach. It claims the product lets inflamed stomach muscles rest and heal while digesting meals and converting food into rich red blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland Wheeler
Card of Thanks for a Deceased Relative
Acknowledges friends who offered services during bereavement and funeral rites for a loved one. Requests divine protection and prayers for those who helped and for the family. Signed by Mrs. C. M. Cass and families, and Mr. and Mrs. E. Cass, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Tee ts.
One Minute Cough Cure Recovers Child From Croup Attack
A Chester Michigan postmaster describes a severe croup attack on his child. After repeated doses of One Minute Cough Cure the swelling and mucus reduced, the child rested easy, and began to recover. The remedy is advertised to cure coughs colds la grippe and throat and lung troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croup
A. L. Spafford
Chester
Mich
Holland Wheeler
Legislature Is Organized In Pierre Session
The South Dakota legislature organized with Browne as speaker after a vote split along party lines. The Senate joined the House in a joint session as Governor Snow presented a partial message. Minor officers were named in both chambers and committees formed for elections, privileges, and journal corrections. Multiple local items and notices follow the formal proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huronare
Pierre
House
Berg
Frank Vreeland
Redding
Brown
Browne
Graybill
Brule
Senate
Snow
Bottum
Faulk
Jenkins
Roberts
Dillion
Yankton
Frank Kuhns
Lincoln
Z. M. Horsely
R. F. Edwards
Spink
Frank Smith
Stanley
T. O. Thompson
Clay
Charles Tuttle
Lake
Wilbur Hargrove
Turner
Ray Goddard
Sully
Howard Porter
Samuel Harter
Union
L. G. Walstrom
G. H. Stormont
Kings
F. D. Teall
Potter
Remarkable Cure of Croup Saves Boy
A mother from Inwood Iowa credits Chamberlains Cough Remedy with saving her sick child. She bought a bottle from A. E. Steere of Goodwin and administered doses every ten minutes until the boy nearly choked, later removing phlegm. She urges others to buy the medicine from druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Steere
Goodwin
Jorel Demont
Inwood
Iowa
New Corliss Engine Installed by Local Electric Light Team
The electric light company installed a 125 HP Corliss engine with a 114x36 cylinder and 100 psi boiler pressure. Thursday night it began steam tests, performing reliably under the local crew with an 11 foot flywheel weighing 8000 pounds and a 17 inch face to ensure steady service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Light
Corliss
No Substitute for Perry Davis Painkiller in Stomach Ache Claim
A speaker rejects cheaper or larger bottles and any imitation of Perry Davis Painkiller. They insist they want the original remedy, noting family usage across generations and certainty it is best for stomach ache.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Davis
Henry Schaller Tours Tacoma Visit
Henry Schaller writes from Tacoma Washington where he is visiting and enjoying life in the area. He notes fine weather and blooming gardens while meeting Alex McIntosh in charge of the waterworks plant for L H Hole and Chas Roddle of the same company. He spends days fishing and duck shooting on the sound and announces his eighty acre timber purchase with plans to profit from the investment. Before returning he will visit Seattle and Everett and inspect the country east of the mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Schaller
Tacoma
Wash
Henry
Alex McIntosh
L. H. Hole
Chas. Roddle
Schaller
Huron Nimrods
Sound
Seattle
Everett
Perry Davis’ Painkiller Relief for Lumbago and Sciatica
Advertises Perry Davis Painkiller as quick relief for back pain lumbago and sciatica. Claims to ease toothache like throbbing pain with a friend’s rub in. Sold in 25 and 50 cent sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Davis
McGarvey Anniversary Surprise in Almonte
Fourteen years ago, Wednesday, in Almonte, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. McGarvey of this city were married. Friends gathered at their home 640 Idaho Street to celebrate with about fifty guests and a cut glass bowl presented to the couple. Frank Bros. provided a phonograph concert and three records of songs by a local singer. The McGarveys have six children, four girls and two boys, and friends wish them a long life together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almonte
Canada
H. J. McGarvey
Idaho Street
Frank Bros
Legislative Committees for the 1903 Session
The Pierre report lists Senate standing committees with members for the 1903 session. Roles include Rules, Judiciary, Elections, Education, State Affairs, Ways and Means, Appropriations, Railroads, Federal Relations, Counties and Towns, Public Buildings, Cities and Municipal Corporations, Public Institutions, Public Printing, Mines and Mining, Agriculture, Live Stock, Engrossed and Enrolled Bills, Insurance and Banking, Public Health, Senate Journal, Warehouses and grain grading, Incorporations, Military Affairs, Charitable and Penal Institutions, School and Public Lands, Legislative Expenses, Highways and Bridges, Temperance, Irrigation, and related assignments across members such as Abel, Branson, Lawson, Few, Fooley, Payne, Stoddard, Rudolph, Bennett, McDougal, Johnson, of Hamilton, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Ilcox
Abel
Branson
Lawson
Bottum
Williamson
Robertson
Rudolph
Dillon
Schrader
Moody
Frieberg
Few
Seney
McCaughey
Porter
Montgomery
Royhle
Boehmer
Payne
Stoddard
Perkins Close
Bennett
Koepsel
Johnson
Douglas
Abell
Burke
Cahill
Saltmarsh
LaCraft
Hamlin
Fooley
Bennet
Boyland
Jenkins
McCallaghey
Rowley
Carlin
McDougal
Fiieberg
Perkins
Hamilton
Northrop
Wilcox
Neill
Ulmer
Stroller
Royble
Close
Thompson
Lane
Robertson,Johnson
McDougal, Payne, McCaughey
Newby
Trygstad
Branson ,Northrup
McDougal, Wilcox
Jenkins, Schrader
Northrup
Boylan
Cooley
Bottom
Senate Journal
Stoller
Temperance
Rudolph Williamson
Soothing Syrup Advertises Teething Relief
An old remedy for teething children, Mrs Winslow s Soothing Syrup, claims to soothe the child soften the gums ease pain cure wind colic and best remedy for diarrhoea priced at twenty five cents a bottle.
A Good Recommendation for Chamberlain’s Liver Stomach Pills
Mr J H Weber of Cascade Iowa praises Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver pills as a trusted remedy. He notes repeat buyers and urges readers to try them for dullness after meals bad taste biliousness poor appetite or constipation with prompt relief. Available at all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
J.H. Weber
Cascade
Iowa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Te Ort
H. S. Wilkinson
W. H. Hall
Elder Bros. Mea
Tyhall
East Th’s
R. C. Gibbs
Ler Bros. Meat Market
Dakota Anne
Great Northern
Baptist Annual
Matt.j. Johnsons
A. J. Bick & Co
Standard Oil
Turner County
Nelson
Goddard
Hildebrant
Hutchinson
Chaney
Kehm
House Journal
Lawrence
Wipf
Hayes
Rodge
Daly
Martin
Fossum
H. A. Tisdale
Summerton
U S. C
DeWitt
de Witt
G. M. L. Erwin
Aberdeen
R. M. Slocum
Herreid
H.S. Mouser
Mitchell
C. C. Moulton
F. M. Byrnes
Faulkton
F. C. Bemish
E. H. Chapple
B. H. Sullivan
Plankinton
Kent’s
W. J H. Harvey
Chadron, Neb
City
Tal
Chas
Roddle
Himself
H. J McGarvey
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