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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1890
Page
8
The fragment cites Shannon and Longstaff as editors and proprietors and mentions a Thursday January 16 1890 date. It references advertising and payment within the United States and appears to be header material from a newspaper page with editors credited.
Miss Anna O Neal of Huron visits town. Mary Weaver returns to Chicago from visiting W W Schuman. Rail and weather news describe severe prairie wind chills 18 below zero and drifting near Sioux Falls with trains delayed and plows active. Community notices mention church fairs, concerts, and local appointments.
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable case of catarrh. It lists endorsements for Hall's Catarrh Cure from firms Webt Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin and bank cashier E H Van Hoesen, notes internal use and 75 cent price, and mentions Adelina Patti gifting kangaroos to Jardin d Acclimatation and Elijah Halford taking to horseback riding.
The advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as pleasant to take and effective for promptly purging the bowels. It claims benefits include relief from colds aches and headaches and that it cures habitual constipation. It extols a unique taste that appeals to the stomach and urges readers not to accept substitutes.
The article traces the pen’s history from quills. notes the 1685 first iron pen on parchment as crude. It highlights Joseph Gillot’s 1820 steel pen in Birmingham, its high initial price, and rapid price drops by 1830 and 1860, ending with current cheaper steel pens.
An owner named Omas Rae keeps a black faced lamb with a pony and cow. The lamb loyally accompanies the pony, hides under its belly when frightened, sleeps in the stable, and even crosses a flock of sheep without heed, showing unusual companionship.
A clever scam circulates by mail with a refined letter addressed to Marie and signed “Ma Chere Marie.” It hints at a mistake between two women and entices the recipient to order furniture from Cherry, Mahogany & Co. The note lacks a proper address, urging a visit to the New York firm if the reader can’t resist the lure.
The report notes London as possibly the world's largest city with 3,814,571 people in the registration area of 75,362 acres in 1881. It states Greater London, the police district, spans about 4, square miles, with current estimates around 4,250,000 and the whole city likely over 5,260,000 souls.
A Cleveland business man frequently leaves his horse and buggy on the street with the front wheel bar removed. About twenty loafers jump into the buggy, whip the horse a bit, and dash a hundred feet before being pitched out on their heads.
A fragment from an Epoch piece shows the Living Skeleton challenging the Dwarf on why money is borrowed. The Dwarf contends a physical necessity. The exchange underscores frugality and debt in a whimsical moral vignette.
F G Wilde of this city lays out a vivid, humorous sufferer’s account of la grippe symptoms. He describes swelling of the head nose eyes and throat with dramatic comparisons and a warning not to panic. The piece blends medical whimsy with a light notice of illness.
Frank P. Addy travels to Herkimer New York and inspects a cottage on Quality Hill and shops for furniture stocks. Speculation grows that another woman may join Huron society circles upon his return.
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