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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1903
Page
6
The text notes scrofula is commonly inherited and many are affected from childhood to adulthood. It lists neck swellings abscesses cutaneous eruptions inflamed eyelids sore ears wasting and general debility as common indications.
A testimonial from Mrs. J. H. Jones of Parker City Indiana claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cured her daughter who suffered scrofula with neck and ear lesions. The ad asserts thousands of permanent cures and promises to cure.
J A Bowler of Sioux Falls visited Huron on Friday. Judge Gaffey from the Sixth Circuit was in the city Thursday. Two trainloads of cattle passed through. The Beadle County Herald debuts at Wolsey. Auditors and superintendents called on residents. Various residents and visitors from Groton, Marshall, North Dakota and Indiana stopped in. Repairs proceed after the opera house fire as wreck crews return from Parker. Local business leaders and officials attend meetings and ceremonies. A new artesian well is drilled near Huron. significant community figures attend commencements and revivals. The Huron choral union plans October rehearsals. E O Minard of Hitchcock dies. funeral in Hitchcock. Mission society meets with papers on India. letters from India shared.
A veteran farmer reports superb crop prospects across the county despite a late spring. Wheat is well steeled and thick, oats fine, corn coming on, and hay secured by recent rains. Township reports indicate continued strength barring hail, making the James River valley look like a garden.
An advertisement touts Paine's Celery Compound as a cure for hopeless cases. It claims the medicine builds up strength restores energy and provides vitality when tired or discouraged. The copy urges households to keep the remedy on hand.
A medical note describes sore hands with itching burning palms and painful fingertips, plus skin roughness and redness. The symptoms suggest dermatitis or skin irritation needing evaluation by a clinician. Treatments may include moisturizers and avoidance of irritants.
An old advertisement extols Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent Pills for eczema and skin conditions. It promises instant relief and a permanent cure, plus a bundled treatment for scalp hair loss and other humours, while mixing a modern moral aside about Rockefeller and philanthropy.
After chapel exercises on Wednesday Sam Vorhees of the Huron College Athletic Association presented trainer R. J. Wells with a silk watch fob featuring a gold mounting and diamond settings. Vorhees noted the gift as a token of the class esteem and Wells accepted with surprise and pride.
The Argus Leader warns farmers about traveling vendors offering unsafe or overpriced goods. It urges shopping local, reputable merchants who contribute to taxes and community welfare, citing risk and lack of recourse with distant sellers. It also notes prohibition shifts and high license systems as temperance measures, with debate over lasting effects.
The piece critiques John D. Rockefeller's philanthropy to American colleges, arguing it shapes political economy teaching toward conservative wage fund ideas. It questions whether universities should accept oil-backed donations and whether such gifts teach the country valuable lessons or perpetuate profit from essential goods.
William Muller of Andrus South Dakota promotes squaw corn seed as a link to Dakota’s pioneer corn era. The seed once mature in Dakota soil and sparked the region’s corn cultivation, with planting and harvesting once drawing wide interest. A Minneapolis Journal note cites a 1902 New York University review of liquor legislation by Russel Headley.
The article argues laws are better guides than theories in liquor reform. It cites Mr Headley on prohibition's weaknesses and notes that practical restraining measures by state and local authorities have fostered temperance sentiment. Railways and businesses increasingly ban liquor and view excess consumption as degenerating and deadly.
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