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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1902
Page
4
The Aberdeen News declines to assist the Huronite in precipitating another capital fight. It supports no public opinion role, calling itself a recorder of events. The piece questions Huron’s influence and mocks Redfield Journal’s capital hopes while praising Dayton and Longstaff’s persistence.
Managers announce the Louisiana Purchase Exposition will be delayed until 1904. South Dakota will use the extra time to arrange suitable representation without extra sessions or county funding. The 1903 legislature will decide before the next session whether to fund an exhibition.
The newspaper boys and many friends of T. B. Roeberts of Armour learn he is recovering from a protracted illness. A surgical operation at Sioux County Hospital was deemed necessary. He has been under physician care for seven weeks and expects to leave the hospital today for home.
County health superintendent Dr Foxton calls for a dedicated place to treat smallpox and other contagious illnesses. He argues the city and county must provide proper care facilities due to widespread contagion.
Lands in Standing Rock reservation totaling 1,200,000 acres are leased for five years to Lemon Bros. & Walker at thirty and one half mills per acre. The agreement requires fencing of the lands and limits grazing to one animal per forty acres.
Cleveland friends presented a marble statue titled Peace to Senator Hanna. The gift honors his stance on labor and capital following a conference between labor and capital representatives in New York last year.
The Sioux City Journal agrees that the U S government should pay taxes on Indian allotment lands and concedes that Senator Gamble's bill seeks only strict justice for South Dakota taxpayers.
Geo W Nash of Yankton emerges as a leading candidate for the state superintendent of public instruction. He is a son of Canton journalist N C Nash, a detail that may influence the decision in his favor.
The measure would tax lands embraced in Indian allotments and collect the tax through the general government, promising substantial county and state funds. Senator Kittredge, close to the national capital press push, understands newspaper influence and is popular with newspaper men.
The article notes two daughters of Huron's Democracy married Republican husbands this week, claiming the foundations of Democracy are threatened.
A severe snowstorm rages over Wisconsin for thirty six hours while the banana belt region experiences springlike weather. The contrast highlights unsettled conditions across the Midwest with heavy snowfall in northern areas and mild warmth elsewhere.
Captain Englesby is named inspector of the state guards by Governor Herreid in another executive appointment. The move follows Gov. Herreid's pattern of filling key positions with trusted officers.
Senator Kittredge introduces a bill to appropriate an extra 100000 for the Aberdeen public building. The state mine inspector reports South Dakota gold production totaling 8040000 for the past year.
Corn King Phillips goes broke on rye and others fall to the drought of bad crops. The Des Moines Register signals a shift to test seed corn methods as growers brace for losses and seek new strategies.
The Jim River banana crop remains unharmed by frost so far with no reported damage or losses. Strong plant vitality supports expectations for steady yields this season.
Andrew Carnegie plans a ten thousand dollar donation to Mitchell to fund a new public library. The gift aims to support library construction and long term operation in the city.
The article argues that Beadle county will see a sharp rise in farm land values similar to Codington county in South Dakota. It cites historical price jumps from $20 to $40 per acre over three years and predicts doubling within two years, noting cheap land is disappearing and $25 an acre will soon seem low.
Prof Charles W Pearson of Northwestern University argues that biblical infallibility is a superstition and hurtful tradition. He downgrades miracles such as raising the dead walking on water and feeding multitudes as mere poetic fancies. He spoke at the Huron Assembly in 1900 and 1901.
The speaker praises a sacred book as more true than all other writings combined. They acknowledge its oddities yet affirm its sublime passages. It is described as a book to live by and to die by, not a back number, with hope for humanity's welfare.
The Aberdeen News quarrels with Huron over capital removal, recalling 1897 and 1901 battles and challenging Huron to advocate a move. A separate feature promotes Peruna with testimonials from Mrs. Paul Peschel of Newark and other mothers, claiming strong family protection against cold and flu.
Rapid City Journal notes Rapid City residents must be shown evidence before convicting Tompkins of reform school scandal. The piece recalls his long public service as county and city treasurer and three years as railroad commissioner, arguing campaigns can reveal character.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for catarrh cures Hall's Catarrh Cure claims to treat the blood and mucous surfaces. It lists endorsements from F. J. Cheney Co and Toledo wholesale druggists EST and TRUAX WALDING KINNAN MARMIN. It promotes internal use and 75 cent price with Family Pills as a paired product.
H L Loucks recalls predicting railroad control by a dozen men and now argues that private ownership is giving way to government ownership. He says public opinion is awakening to the possibility that the United States could own and operate its railroads for the people’s benefit, from regulation to ownership.
Sioux Falls Press notes E. D. Coe, pension agent at Milwaukee, nominated by the president to succeed himself. Coe, an ex soldier and former editor of the Whitewater Register, is praised for his work with South Dakota veterans and their quarterly stipends.
A readable fragment notes a box label for a remedy branded as Bromo Quinine Taviets claiming to cure a cold. The text emphasizes the signature on every genuine box as a mark of authenticity.
The House quickly moved to the committee of the whole to consider the urgent deficiency appropriation bill. It would fund government services for the current fiscal year with existing shortfalls. Mr Cannon explained the bill totals 16 704 200 dollars and answered many inquiries while Mr Clark of Missouri questioned who would pay for an Anglo entourage visiting London.
Washington Jan 21 after the Senate convened Mr Lodge chair of the Philippines committee reported the house bill temporarily to provide revenues for the Philippine islands He said the measure requires immediate attention and urged prompt debate Frye reported the ship subsidy bill agreed upon by the commerce committee West gave notice of a Democratic dissent and plan to file a minority report Nelson then presented the bill creating a department of commerce and defended the proposal
A January 13 landslide 1700 feet wide swept down from the mountain above Juneau, burying the Last Chance Mining flume with thousands of tons of rock and dirt. No injuries were reported as the Seattle city news reached Vancouver via Skagway.
Surgeons at Presbyterian Hospital Chicago create a new face for Br'er Osbon offering hope for recovery. Meanwhile Rochester Minn hospital reports success in splicing emaciated vertebrae. Reach Rochester to seek treatment before supplies run out.
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