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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1903
Page
2
Through trains will run into Huron from Watertown and Benson with daily schedules starting October 5. Outbound service departs Huron at 6 20 a m and reaches Minneapolis by 5 55 p m while the inbound runs from Benson at 3 50 p m and Watertown at 7 25 p m arriving Huron at 9 35 p m.
The Chicago and North Western Railway introduces through coaches between Huron and St Paul and Minneapolis on the North Western line. Trains depart Minneapolis 8:30 p.m. St Paul 9:05 p.m. arriving St Paul 7:35 a.m. Minneapolis 8:10 a.m. From Huron 8:30 p.m. to 7:40 a.m. arrivals. Also offered with Pullman sleeping cars between Redfield and the Twin Cities via Brookings. For details contact local agents.
The Great Northern Railway will issue half rate clergy permits for 1903 valid on most western lines including those between St. Paul and Chicago and on the Trans-Continental Association routes. A $1.00 permit fee applies and application blanks are available from all GN agents.
Passengers aboard the St Louis condemn the steamship line for sending a crippled vessel to sea from Southampton. They cite defective boilers and delays from Cherbourg to Sandy Hook, with resolutions calling for accountability and possible lawsuits. The line defends the voyage as hampered by weather, not boiler failure.
Five sailors were killed and four wounded when a powder charge in an eight inch gun on the battleship Massachusetts exploded during target practice near Culebra island. The blast was caused by an accidental discharge of a percussion primer with the breech open. Quick action by officers and crew flooded the turret with water and removed charges to prevent further explosions. Survivors were burned and injured. one man jumped overboard to escape flames.
The Hamburg Ameri can steamer Pennsylvania rescued thirteen distressed seamen from the Norwegian steamer Siggen after it lost its propeller in tempestuous seas. Elapsed five days drifting offshore, with no tow possible, the Siggen was scuttled as a danger to navigation.
Henri M. Patee, son of the National Bank of Perry’s president, was awakened by a noise, confronted by two robbers, wrestled one of them, and was shot in the breast as the weapon was wrenched away. Bloodhounds from Knoxville were ordered to track the assailants.
Washington reports say President Roosevelt held important talks with leading senators on the legislative outlook for the session. He seeks anti trust legislation and ratification of the Cuban reciprocity treaty, with assurances that both aims will be fulfilled.
Chicago Jan 19 Congressman J N W Rumple of Marengo Iowa is at St Luke s hospital with an inoperable neck tumor. Surgeons say operation is impossible and his death is feared in a short time.
Two men were killed and more than a dozen injured when two boilers blew at Ranney refrigerator factory A in Greenville Michigan at 11 a m. The blast caused an estimated 25000 dollars in damages.
Advertisement for Dr Doran touring Huron South Dakota offering medical consultations Friday January 29 at the Depot Hotel from 9 am to 6 pm. He claims to diagnose any disease in five minutes with a $50 guarantee and promises cures for a vast list of conditions from eye ear and throat diseases to sexual disorders and cancers using injections and painless methods. Consultation fee is $1 and returns monthly for follow ups.
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