Drought Relief and Crop Prospects Across Counties
The July 10 1899 crop bulletin reports warm days and cool nights with fair to heavy rains in many areas improving wheat oats and barley conditions. Drought relief varies by county with some fields still needing rain while corn hay flax rye and other small grains show rapid growth and good prospects amid localized damage and rust reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeas
Eeastern
Connes
Hanson
Hyde
Jerauld
Kingsbury
Lawrence
McPherson
Moody
Ennington
Sanborn
County crop reports show variable conditions across state
Beadle Rains boost wheat and small grains but central areas suffer from heat and low moisture. Bon Homme-Brule regions report good moisture, strong flax, and wide crop progress. Buffalo dry spells slow wheat. Campbell sees hail damage northwest but other crops excel. Charles Mix and Clark describe good rains. flax improves. Clay notes favorable weather with most crops heading. Codington reports good progress. Davison through Edmunds report mixed outcomes with hail and insects affecting flax and grains. Faulk and surrounding counties describe rapid growth and favorable weather overall.
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Buffalo
Campbell
Northwest
Charles Mix
Clark
Codington
Davison
Edmunds
Ringling Bros Circus Arrives with Vast Horse Cavalcade
A Sunday crowd gathered at the Great Northern track as Ringlings shows arrived. Fourteen rail cars carried thirty horses each, with sixty cars total delivering tents and paraphernalia. By evening Capitol Hill buzzed with the immense circus setup and over 500 horses being fed, while 500 men prepared on nearby grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringlings
Ringling
Ringling Bros
Chicago
Dacomas
Fishers
Lockharts
Souders
Marchand
Millie Turnour
Great Northern
Capitol Hill
Campbell on Lee Ayres and state reform
Pierre correspondent records L. C. Campbell ex-insurance commissioner’s comments on Governor Ayres influence over Lee Ayres Co and Lee’s politics. He criticizes Ayres for perfidy, predicts plans after leaving Pierre, and argues public offices are public trusts rather than private swaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre Daily News
L. C. Campbell
Insurance
Lee Ayres & Co
Campbell
Pierre
Ayres
Improved Sleeping Car Service to Chicago and Twin Cities
The Chicago and North-Western Railway announces Palace Sleeping Cars on the North-Western Line from Brookings to Kasota with a 4:00 p.m. Huron departure and 8:20 p.m. Brookings arrival except Sunday, reaching Kasota at 7:00 a.m. for breakfast and continuing to Milwaukee and Chicago the same day. Westbound service from Minneapolis at 4:20 p.m. and St. Paul at 4:50 p.m. links at Kasota to Brookings with a 7:35 p.m. departure and 9:20 a.m. arrival at Brookings Sunday through Tracy. Train from Chicago leaves 3:00 a.m. and Milwaukee 4:50 a.m. for Huron. Further details from ticket agents.
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Brookings
Kasota
Huron
Milwaukee
Chicago
Twin Cities
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Tracy
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Fire at Montello Milwaukee destroys dozen Montello buildings
A vague dispatch reports about a dozen Montello businesses burned after midnight with wires damaged. Later details list 12 buildings including a jewelry store two groceries three saloons a hotel a barber shop a tailor shop and three vacant structures. Cause linked to gasoline explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Central Railroad Company
Montello
Wis
Tin Plate Strike Rocking Local Mill Causes Idle Workers
Tin plate workers in the local mill strike for union recognition. All departments halt, about 800 men idle. Amalgamated Association branch organized though management kept the wage scale. Trust manager vows the mill will not operate as a union mill, and abandonment seems likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisson
Amalgamated Association
Watkins Accepts Responsibility for Paris Stranding
New York July 12 Captain Watkins reports the Paris stranding was due to an accountable error on his part and he does not seek to evade blame. The account was released by the local board of steamboat inspectors confirming his admission of fault.
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Watkins
New York
American Line
Paris
Board of Steamboat
Scrip Refused Over Cass Lake Townsite Filing
A representative of A. A. White offered scrip and money at the U S land office to file on the Cass Lake townsite but was declined. Pavers will be sent to Washington. Des Moines reports Gow ers and Northwestern Railway Company filed articles of incorporation as a Rock Island branch with 1 million dollars capital, all Rock Island officials as incorporators.
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St. Cloup
Minn
A. A. White
United States Land Office
Cass Lake
Washington
Rock Island
Des Moines
Gowers and Northwestern Railway Company
Dakota
Minnesota
Italian Officer to Be Pardoned for Bastille Day Fete
Paris reports General Giletta di Ban Guisepe, an Italian officer arrested at Nice June 12 for espionage, sentenced two weeks later to five years and a 56,000 franc fine, will be pardoned on July 14 during the French national fete commemorating the Bastille fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Generel Giletta di Ban Guisepe
Nice
Violin Tuition Offered By Prof George Hull After June
Prof George W Hull formerly of Sandusky Ohio will take violin pupils after June 24 Those wanting summer study should apply at the music store
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Hull
Sandusky
Ohio
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised cure for tired feet
An 8 line advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder as a cure for painful swollen smarting nervous feet and bunions. It promises instant relief from sting of coins and tight shoes, reduces sweating and callouses, and offers trial packages and mail orders from Le Roy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Money to Loan on Improved Farm Property in South Dakota
The undersigned offers loans on improved farm property for a term of years. Call or address Jno. H. Mier in Huron, South Dakota. Also ad for Banner liver medicine at 25 cents and Dunning & Longs staff. The Weekly Harre and the New York TM $1.25.
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Banner Loe
Dunning & Longs
van Buren Davis
Adelia G. Davis
Gesquena
Fifth Street
Huron
Beadle
South Dakota
E. H. Apr
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Crop Bulletin
Campbell Tales
Turkey
Ayres Administration
Honest Andy
Gettysburg Herald
King
Andy
Winona
Jno
H. Mier
Huron, S. D
Frank B
A. Fobes
Court House
S. D
Grotche W. Johnson
Down G. Measury
William A. Lyncna
Mortgagee
Beadless
Thomas W. Beadle
Mary B
Mary B. Lake
City of
Mary B. Beebe
E. Geaut
E. H. Apur
State of
Benjamin V. Hartupee
Lydia M. Hartupee
Frank Hartupee
Lagatees
Heira
Benjamin Wartupee
Poe
Asher F. Pay
E. H. Vance
F. E. Grant
Dakota Houronire
Beadle County
E. Grant
Greeet
Sara Pay
Ny Ey Yle Aylor
Land Office
Wilhelm Hohenhaus
H. E
North Rae
West
5Th
Ae Ee
William Schwartz
Gustave Schultz
Wilhelm Matter
Carl McEwen
Haron
C. A. Blake
Jne
Naxatios i
Ernst Kutschback
Bette Rogister
U. S
Mathias Aaate
Michael Lieber
William Brown
John 8S
America
Montgomery Ward & CO
Michigan Ave
Madison ST
Bonanza
Missouri
American Land Company
Dearborn Street
Ill
Mentior
O.D
Sears, Roebuck & CO
Chicago,bears, Roebuck & Co
ACM Bird
Dietz
R. E. Dietz Co
Laight St
New Yorks
Willaake
A.W. Stewart’s
East Third Street
Ada Duroe Waldorf
W. H. Thompson
Rocky Mount
William A. Buckley
Register and
U. 8
Timber
Emmett ©. Ackerman
Walter A. Medbery
Allen Rutledge
C. A. McConnahbay
Cavour
C. A. Blakg
Register
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