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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1897
Page
3
Sioux Falls resident Archie Burch visits Huron while numerous others arrive or depart for business and social trips. Improvements around town include repainted depots and a rebuilt grand stand as the local baseball team strengthens for upcoming tournaments.
An obituary from the Royal Neighbors records Captain Jerry E Elson who died May 30 1897 at Huron South Dakota of apoplexy. Born July 30 1836 in Coshocton Ohio he served as a private later captain in the 9th Iowa Infantry earning high praise at Pea Ridge Vicksburg Lookout Mountain Missionary Ridge and Bentonville. He practiced law in Iowa and Dakota and held civic roles in Shellsburg and Huron as mayor police judge and church supporter. He is remembered as an honest faithful man and ardent patriot cherished by friends and comrades.
The Friday evening performance at the opera house drew a crowded audience for the Juvenile cast of forty. Fairy and elf roles were well acted with bright costumes and pleasing music under the Congregational church ladies supervision.
Electric Bitters is a tonic and alterative for all seasons. It touts relief for languor liver torpor headaches indigestion and constipation and says prompt use may avert fevers and counteract malaria. Sold at Holland Wheeler's drug store for 100 per bottle.
Stands at the head and never fails says Ang Bogel of Shreveport. J F Camp Bell of Safford endorses it as a sure cure for consumption coughs and colds. Not an experiment after a quarter century it remains top. Free trial bottles at Holland Keeler’s drug store.
The Northern Pacific Railway company offers hundreds of thousands of acres in central Minnesota to actual settlers at prices from $2.50 to $3.50 per acre with ten year terms. Maps and full information available from F. W. Wilsey Eastern Land Agent St Paul via letter.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has issued a stylish pamphlet describing Deer Park illustrated with fine engravings. Copy can be obtained by sending a two cent stamp to D O Jones Manager Central Building Baltimore.
Advertisement touts Buckle's Arnica Salve as the best remedy for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands and related skin conditions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded at 22 cents per box, sold by H Wheeler.
The Cuban government begins issuing its first coins in New York this week with ten thousand ready and a contract for three million more. Orders for thousands of coins arrive as collectors seek souvenirs and potential value rises.
At Belle Fontaine bridge a St. Louis Keokuk and Northwestern construction train backed down onto a trestle undermined by Missouri river water. The trestle collapsed causing eight carloads of rock to plunge into the river. Foreman John C. Horn and laborer Robert Hatfield were killed.
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended the long and short haul clause through July 16 until December 31 for traffic to the Kootenai district to let American railways compete with the Canadian Pacific.
The Times correspondent in Athens states there is no foundation for reports of fighting at Candia between British troops and bashi-bazouks. No British casualties have occurred in Candia, according to the dispatch.
Northwestern Miller reports Minneapolis flour production last week at 211 325 barrels, down from 272 235 the prior week and 149 570 in 1896. Superior and Duluth mills produced 47 320 barrels, with declines from the week before and from 1896. The market shows no new features as buyers hesitate awaiting anticipated lower crop prices.
The advance guard of the returning Christian Endeavor army departed Portland bound for St Paul and is due Saturday. About 3,000 excursionists are expected to visit the park with over 10 000 to reach St Paul. The Northern Pacific has ticketed 1,400 park tourists from San Francisco.
An advertisement denounces mercury and potash in old blood disease cures and promotes Swift’s S S S as a guaranteed vegetable remedy. It claims these tonics harm bones and joints, warns against bloating the system, and offers free books and a $1000 reward for proof otherwise. The copy targets scrofula, eczema, rheumatism, and general blood poisons, urging readers to avoid mineral tonics and request literature from Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta, Georgia.
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