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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1909
Page
6
Reports from bank examiners show deposits near 70 million dollars. Citizens contributing to a park fund oppose being taxed for school purposes. Mrs. Ross joined the WCTU in Sioux Falls, paid the membership fee, and recovered her money.
Chronicle report notes political burdens easing for Dick Richards as two mares labeled yeanded are herded in the Aldrich corral. One mare has been re branded while the other remains at home for a period.
Almady reports that Vessey Egan and Norbeck have announced for governor. The field looks large and suggests a lively campaign through the winter season with multiple contenders and competitive dynamics.
Chairman Tawney alleges reformer Heney, famed SF graft prosecutor, was paid 69000 by the government with 2300 received for unperformed services.
A Pittaburt demonstration shows the enduring harmony between labor and capital. The piece notes potential loss of lives and property but asserts that Carnegie, Frick, Schwab and similar magnates will not suffer, implying resilience of wealth holders amid unrest.
The conference committee nears completion and is expected to report by week’s end. Progress in trimming Senate schedules makes adoption of the conference report likely and the bill’s final passage to meet presidential approval.
The Milwaukee firm has again set its pontoon bridge at Chamberlain in place amid criticism of management and economy. Observers blame funding shortages and expect Brule County residents to raise funds after the harvest to support the bridge at that point.
A reader questions a Chicago Record article claiming the Christies were murdered by Tadins. The writer argues the Christies’ record is safe from attack by Indians and places the crime with a degenerate from Bullain, New York, asserting the report is a mislead by a yellow correspondent.
The Sioux Falls Critic argues Pettigrew in the United States Senate would remove the need for a spanking committee in Washington. It notes that during Senator Kittredge’s three years as the state’s sole senator he won fame for himself, for the state, and for his party.
Mr Gamble and Mr Crawford re registered in again at the White house. The Precious pair refuse to let others think they do their own thinking. They criticize strong senate men and urge a spirit of independence in representatives.
The Aberdeen News urges the Huronite to seek peace now and not wage war, advising that the guidance be directed at party leaders rather than rank and file privates. The call frames responsible leadership as essential to ending conflict.
Washington dispatches report President Taft will veto the Aldrich bill unless the conference committee amends it to align with party platform pledges. He will demand revisions downward not upward as proposed in the current bill.
The piece argues that local self government is an expensive luxury, citing Lawrence county at nearly half a million dollars last year. It notes residents pay $259 per capita and questions the county commissioners' grasp of business and economy, urging a better plan for county operations.
The Aberdeen News shifts stance amid the Crawford senatorial career, previously fierce in opposing him and publishing paired Crawford and Kittredge portraits. Now uneasy with its patronage role, the paper urges a frank, open fight on the stalwart line as primaries approach.
At a recent deanery meeting two clergymen, Rev. M H L Russell of Pierre and Rev. L K Smith of Wuron, were noted as journalists with major reporting and editorial backgrounds. Smith is praised as a talented poet with a new volume adding to the state’s literature.
The First National Conservation Congress will meet August 20 in the Alaska Yukon exposition auditorium Seattle under the Washington Conservation Association. Delegates may attend the Hague world congress where President Taft and J J Hill are expected to speak on transportation and resource conservation. The event aims to spur a national campaign for conserving natural resources with leading figures attending.
A quotation from Mrs. Wilson Woodrow in American Magazine mocks fashion as a hysteria tied to equal suffrage. It notes grotesque styles provoke laughter, questions why the wardrobe era bursts forth now, and why wearers stand before the cabinet in provocative poses.
A critic notes a shifting feminine ideal from stern masculine dress to daringly new, picturesque appearance. The subject proclaims strength while adopting fashion that blends power with fragility, advocating freedom of movement over traditional restraint. The piece mocks the era’s superficial standards and celebrates bold self presentation.
The Aberdeen News cites likely North-Western extensions and a web of Hill family railroads moving west of Huron and Aberdeen. Analysts foresee a connected system linking Great Northern and Northern Pacific branches with Burlington at Spearfish, boosting farm land value to about $100 an acre as Dakota markets expand.
House conference committee members pledge to uphold the house bill on wood pulp. The bill aimed to protect forests, boost cheaper paper via Canadian pulp, and shield the industry, while opponents like Craward Gamble and Aldrich voted to raise the duty. Ma Mann urges sending the bill to conference and criticizes Senate amendments.
A lawmaker warns the Senate amendment to raise the print paper tariff from 6 to 8 dollars per ton would curb Canada pulp wood exports and hurt consumers while benefiting two states rich in spruce wood. He pledges to oppose the conference report if those states push provisions favoring their interests over consumers and paper manufacturers.
Frank J. Cheney, senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co., sworn to pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Oath dated December 6, 1880, before A. W. Gleason Notary Public in Toledo. The firm claims the cure affects blood and mucous surfaces and urges sending for testimonials. Sold by druggists at 75 cents. also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Three months tuition free at the Sioux Falls Business College in Sioux Falls. D. Send for catalogue and particulars.
Richmond Kentucky July 21 United States District Judge Cochran sentenced Berry Simpson Elisha Slavin and George Stanley to life imprisonment at the Atlanta federal penitentiary for the murder of a federal deputy marshal during a Stearns Kentucky mining riot on Christmas Day 1908. They received an additional ten years for disobedience of a federal injunction in the mining controversy.
Ancient bones from a Swiss cave suggest men lived 100000 years ago amid wild beasts. Modern dangers linger as disease, says A. W. Brown of Alexander Maine who credits Dr King's New Discovery with curing severe lung trouble and stubborn cough. Cures for colds and pneumonia, 50c and 1.00, guaranteed by H. Wheeler, trial bottle free.
A Burlington through train between Chicago and Galesburg is reported to have lost a package from Adams Express Company containing about 10000 dollars. The parcel, en route from the National Bank of the Republic in Chicago to the Second National Bank of Monmouth Illinois, vanished somewhere between Chicago and Galesburg. Local authorities investigate possible theft on the rail line.
L. 8S. Napier of Rugless Kentucky testifies he suffered ten years with piles and pain before Bucklin’s Arnica Salve cured him. Advertises the salve as infallible for piles burns scalds cuts boils fever sores eczema salt rheum corns. 25 cents. Guaranteed by H. Wheeler.
Pittsburg July 20 The Plant of the Pressed Steel Car Company at McKeen Rocks partially resumes operations with 500 men landing from the Steamer Steel Queen at the wharf and entering the shops quietly to work. The American workers who left with foreign strikers joined the effort but then chose to return, while company officials expect full operation before week’s end.
Madrid dispatches report intensified combat as Moors assault Spanish headquarters at Melilla. Cavalry swarms, fanatical charges, and heavy artillery keep the battle raging through the night. Losses include a lieutenant colonel a commandant and a captain.
Washington July 20. During debate on the urgent deficiency appropriation bill lawmakers considered what to do with thousands of homeless cats in the District of Columbia. The proposal to pay the poundmaster to gather them was dropped and the felines will roam free, continuing their midnight concerts.
Washington July 20 Justice was done Ambassador O'Brien in the house of representatives by Mr Hobson Ala who in a speech last February charged the ambassador had endorsed the applications of certain Japanese of San Francisco to obtain liquor without a license Mr Hagan said he made the charge upon title information
Washington reports broad support from Latin American governments and major business sectors for a Pan American Bank proposed in New York. The plan envisions a capital of 20 to 30 million dollars with branches in Valparaiso, Rio de Janeiro, Lima, and Buenos Aires. Two Americans would run the institution, with agencies to be set up in Santos, Montevideo, La Paz, Guayaquil, Bogota, and Caracas.
M M Winter writes to the Huron city council accusing them of redirecting donated park grounds from public recreation to building a school. He argues the park was donated for all citizens and urges the council to revert the grant and keep grounds for park purposes only.
A Chicago jury ruled that bronze paint petticoat and a girdle constitute sufficient stage clothing for actress Lartha Faulk in a police censorship case. The jury found the posed costume act not indecent or immoral under city ordinances after about ten minutes of deliberation.
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