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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1890
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR shows train schedules with times and days for Going West and Going North lines. Mentions mail and express daily at 3:20 p m and other daily departures at 8 00 a m on select days. Agt IL W Wood appears as agent.
The article recounts Captain Walters and Gen Scott during the Mexican War, detailing the capture of Santa Anna's coach and his wooden leg with coins, the fate of the treasury funds, and the later establishment of a soldiers home. It also includes miscellaneous anecdotes and letters from the era.
Quote from a New York figure urging fifteen top lawyers to draft a will and test heirs by offering 100 to expose flaws in the will. The fragment hints at a contentious estate matter and the motive to reveal hidden issues in the document.
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