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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1895
Page
6
Enterprising citizens form a nine member board with nineteen committees to improve Sea Cliff New York. They create a free library and reading room, secure rooms, a ladies parlor and recreation spaces, start an electric light company with 20000 capital, and push sewerage planning. Members pay 25 cent initiation and ten cent monthly dues.
The piece discusses typhoid fever transmission via contaminated water and air routes from cesspools and sewers. Dr Licard of Beziers explores experiments showing breath from typhoid patients entering sterilized water can yield bacilli, suggesting atmospheric channels for infection beyond contaminated drinking water.
The article notes several English townships each with one resident who holds all public offices. Nesbitt in Durham, Birches in Cheshire, and Wallerscourt in Eddisbury are cited, with George Brown and John Holland among the sole occupiers performing duties from rates to guardianship.
The narrator visits Santa Cruz, noting nine houses with a pink framed hotel. A blue print map shows a future city with plazas and streetcar routes, envisioning growth on the desert plain and hills. The piece highlights wool shipments, rich pastures, gold finds, and wheat culture experiments.
Local papers offer effective advertising for merchants despite small circulation and modest editorials. Reach more people in a day through the home paper than six months elsewhere, proving its value for goods and promotions.
In Butte County circuit court during the Giles murder case the bailiff supplied jurors with whisky. Davison was already convicted and sentenced to life. Mrs Giles faces a new trial. Judge Plowman orders contempt jail for the bailiff and threatens saloon closures until court adjourns.
A resident near the St. Paul and Duluth depot alerted others between 11 and 12 o’clock when two or three men tampered with the depot safe using a dark lantern. Citizens with shotguns and revolvers surrounded the building, one man being arrested after being found hiding in the baggage room. his partner fled. The arrested man, claiming Minneapolis origins, is described as medium height with a sandy moustache, Swede speaker, and wearing a light gray alapaca coat.
Peru Iowa dispatch reports C O Davis, missing Citizens Bank cashier, burned in effigy yet. W H Deardoff named receiver as detectives pursue a clue to the missing man. Davis, who arrived from Denver six months ago, ran a private banking operation and is believed to have fled with about $20 000 after leaving July 5 for Colfax Iowa.
The Sunday law revival by Judge Mc Adams barely curbed soda and mineral water sales by city druggists and confectioners. About one in twenty did not sell at all, a quarter sold only to regular customers, and the rest sold openly to anyone who wished to buy.
London reports show Liberal losses and strong Unionist gains in Derby and Manchester. Of 110 seats filled, 96 Unionists, 10 Liberals, 3% Parnellites, with eight Liberal seats captured and a Unionist seat won at Perth. Harcourt’s defeat alters expected majorities, while Balfour nearly doubles his Manchester margin.
Attorney General Crane declares the 1891 prize fighting ban valid and operative in Texas. He says the Dallas sheriff must enforce the law, despite views by some lawyers that the statute is invalid and inoperative. The Corbett-Fitzsimmons match is set for October in Dallas.
Arch bishop Guillion of Oaxaca receives an inheritance of 13 million dollars in gold from an English relative. The sum, at current exchange, equates to about 25 million Mexican pesos. Existing wealth plus the potential bestowal of the mitre by Rome fuels a church-backed push to recognize the heir.
General John E. Schofield started a trip planned from Seattle to Fort Spokane Fort Sherman and the Cascade locks down the Columbia River but cut it short after receiving telegrams from Washington. He immediately left for Washington.
The Northern Pacific reorganization committee in New York has extended the deposit deadline to Aug 1. A penalty of $10 per bond may be charged after that date at the committee’s discretion. The committee already holds three fifths of the total bonds.
Lawrence Powers, 80, a wealthy Table Mound resident and Dubuque county farmer, fell from a hay mow and struck his head. He suffered concussion of the brain and was not expected to survive. His wealth is reported at about five hundred thousand dollars.
July 16 report from Sr. Pavut notes grain in sight in Northern Minnesota and Northern Dakota rivals 1891 abundance, but with harvest losses due to labor shortages. Northwestern farmers seek outside help, offering entrants a chance to visit and work in fields to pay their way.
Western League games saw Grand Rapids 5 St. Paul 10 and Terre Haute 2 Milwaukee 5. National League results included Chicago 2 Baltimore 9 and Cincinnati 3 Washington 6 plus St. Louis 5 Cleveland 4 and Louisville 3 Brooklyn 16.
Coroner's jury in St Paun finds Clara Bergh's death the result of a criminal operation by Dr John F Johnson of Martel Wis, long time consulting physician, with Charles R Lowe a jeweler and loan agent named as an accessory. Jury deliberated an hour. attendees at the inquest expected the verdict.
Wheat harvests blaze across Nebasa Omawa with yields meeting expectations. Corn crop seen at 188000000 bushels and described in excellent condition statewide as of July 16.
In Dayton on July 16 authorities report more spurious bonds tied to Z. T. Lewis. Forged bonds were used as collateral while authentic ones were sold. Investigators believe as much as 300,000 dollars in forged bonds were hypothecated.
An ad claims impure blood causes fatigue and poor appetite, offering Hood's Sarsaparilla to purify blood, restore appetite, tone the stomach, and invigorate the nerves for energy and better sleep.
Maprio July 16 reports the Spanish and colonial ministers have agreed to immediately pay the Mora indemnity, a demand recently raised by the United States through Minister Taylor.
Paris observed the French Republic fete on the anniversary of the Bastille fall. President Faure reviewed the garrison at Longchamps in a quiet national celebration across France.
Aspury Park New Jersey July 12 Three influential members of the Cycle board of trade from Spalding Syracuse and Sterling say they will not tolerate the proposed new class B rule of the League of American Wheelmen They insist that contract riders who become professionals must sever ties with the manufacturers The manufacturers refuse to sanction professional racing
Hugh Thompson acts as trustee for the North Dakota Milling association and seeks removal of Receiver Lyon to hand property to himself. He filed in federal court, faces opposition in Minnesota, and anticipates a heated dispute over control. Burke Corbett and Attorneys Miller Bucklin of Crookston represent Thompson, Judge Cochrane serves as receiver’s counsel.
Margaret Long storf of Milwaukee provides the Minnesota Iron company a 30 day option for a half interest in a valuable iron property near Tower on the Vermillion range in sections 7 and 8. The royalty schedule starts at 20 cents for 50,000 tons and declines to 10 cents for output up to 200,000 tons and 5 cents for 200,000 to 300,000 tons.
Madison Wis July 13 Governor Upham fills the Seventh circuit vacancy after Chief Justice Orton's death by appointing Judge Webb of Grand Rapids to the seat.
Urpana O July 12 Additional forgeries continue to come to light on Z T Lewis. The amount of forgeries on hand now aggregate 111000 dollars. This does not include a large amount in bonds supposed to be forgeries.
Harner's Magazine for 1895 outlines The Simpletons by Thomas Hardy to run from December through November. It highlights Recollections of Joan of Arc by Louis De Conte, a Charleston and the Carolinas illustrated feature, Northern Africa focus, Chinese life stories, and A Three Part Novel by Richard Harding Davis. Complete stories by popular writers and cloth cases are offered with subscription details.
Per year Harper's Magazine Harper's Weekly Harper's Bazar and Harper's Young People priced at 20 cents each. Free to subscribers in the United States Canada and Mexico. Address Harper & Brothers New York.
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