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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1902
Page
8
Local notices list residents visiting or passing through Hitchcock Yankton Fort Pierre and Woonsocket. Advertisements promote Rocky Mountain Tea and a Mankato Commercial College catalog with brief social mentions of travels and Lake City fairs.
Hitchcock cements status with a snappy win as Davis and Swelton fan 17 batters. Potter James and Shoemaker spark quick infield play while Wolsey lads deliver a sturdy late game, yet the odds overwhelm them.
An old medical ad touts Perry Davis’ Painkiller as superior to medical science for neuralgia. It urges relief through topical application and warmth, warning against cold and dampness to ease the throbbing and pain in nerves.
The Chicago and Neria Western Pierre excursion carried about two thousand passengers to Pierre on a sunny Sunday. The main event was a close baseball game between Huron and Tracy. Huron won 3 to 2 after a tense ninth inning, with both teams playing well on the diamond.
A historical cough remedy claims La Grippe can be cured in 48 hours if taken early. It promotes Wemage White Wine of Tar as the best cure, selling at 25 and 50 cents.
The James Valley Bank of Huron has received its South Dakota charter and is hailed as a strong new banking group with forty local incorporators whose combined financial stake nears one million dollars. Officers include G S Hutchinson president Charles H Bonesteel vice president and Frank J Sauer cashier. Directors are William Waibel Charles H Bonesteel Geo S Hutchinson M L Tobin and John J Green. A July 4 patriotic lecture by Dr Stantz and Bible school leadership by Dr Robinson of McCormick Theological School are noted as parts of an assembly program expected to be packed with events.
Advertises Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets with a promise to cure a cold in one day. Claims refund if it fails and features E. W. Grove’s signature on each box. Sold at druggists for 25 cents.
At Ashland Park Huron from July 1 to 8 the Epworth Assembly will feature events and speakers including Gen O O Howard on July 4 in the afternoon. The message urges all to attend as this may be the last chance to hear the eminent Civil War general who is described as one of the era’s last great leaders.
An offer invites readers to obtain a free sample of Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets from any drug store. The treat ment is described as a reliable remedy for stomach disorders biliousness and constipation. Regular size 25 cents per box available at all druggists.
Huron golfers prepare for an interesting game as the Pierre golf club plans a Saturday visit. Fort Dodge bankers Webb Vincent and G S Ringland are listed in the city, with mentions of Mrs Herron and family guests in Sioux Falls. Rocky Mountain Tea ad copy appears among notes.
The notice cautions buyers that Palmkiller (Perry Davis') can cure dysentery and bowel troubles but warns against stores selling worthless substitutes for extra profit. It advises purchasing from reputable sellers and notes large bottles are 25.
A letter from EZ. CU. Belknap describes a knee ligament injury cured after seven months of failed liniments casts osteopathy and static electricity. Thanksgiving treatment began and by Christmas pain and lameness disappeared. He then began public demonstrations and gave up glasses.
Edwin C. Belknap writes that after eight years of astigmatism he could not recognize a person at thirty feet but later played golf and saw a ball at 150 yards without glasses since December 13, 1899. He lists prior ailments and claims no pain, good meals, and sound sleep. He expresses gratitude and spiritual improvement from Christian Science.
A Fair Haven editor credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with averting pneumonia and severe croup in his son after whooping cough. The ad states the product is sold by all druggists.
From Wednesdays Daily a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Vince Leavitt Tuesday afternoon. Mrs C H Bonesteele and sons depart for New York this morning where she will visit during the summer. F M Wilcox will occupy the old laundry building soon remodelled for his real estate business. Strayed one two year old light red cow and one two year old red heifer with mark in left ear. Ed Murraine returned from Missouri Valley Iowa with prospective buyers. His offices are over the James Valley bank corner Dakota avenue and Third street.
Sheriff Kerr directs hunt for Roy Underhill after discovering Mrs McKathron alive and traveling toward a distant point. He investigates river search, questions Underhill’s carriage use, and follows clues to locate the suspect in a dramatic town case.
Underhill told the sheriff that Mrs McEathron was not in the river. He said he drove her to within two miles of Iroquois Tuesday and she boarded the train. He claimed he tore the tongue from the wagon and left the buggy on the bridge where found.
The Waterloo Casket Company, exhibitor of fine caskets and burial furnishings at the South Dakota Funeral Directors Association meeting, contracted Tolmie and McIlvaine to handle goods in Huron and nearby. A casket priced at 500 dollars was among items, and an enlarged invoice of undertaker supplies will make Huron’s selection the finest yet. Henry Myres, president, and traveling rep F W Dixon represented the firm, with Tolmie and McIlvaine ready to handle funeral services locally.
List of uncalled letters at Huron postoffice for the week ending June 14. Names include W. E. Barnes, Cordelia Seepage, I Eggan, Laglebright Eggan, Laura Larson, John Persson, W. Rice, F. H. Shaffer, M. Sefferan, F. Walters, E. R. Warring, Charles Wilt, and N. Cooper as postmaster.
From 2 p m to 3 p m on Friday June 20 and Saturday June 21 Winter and Les offer calico at a 10 yard limit per customer. The first hour will see a 20 percent savings on white goods and fresh fabrics. Remember the two hour window.
An old advertisement promises quick relief from a cold with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It touts a one day cure with a no cure no pay offer and a price of 25 cents.
Doe I Crawford drew many friends in Sioux Falls who dislike his current position in the party. His quiet withdrawal from the senatorial campaign for Hon. A B Kittredge earns him public and party admiration. Pelee in South Dakota signals rising rumblings likely to bring him strong approval.
Pawtucket officials refuse to expand police despite union traction strike causing unrest in Providence and Pawtucket. Governor Kimball orders six infantry and two cavalry troops after a crowd attacked deputies and a street car. Militia guards cars. passengers are few. a boy reportedly shot in a volley by deputies.
After a forty eight hour conference the machinists strike at Allis-Chalmers ends. Three hundred workers return to their posts Monday morning and the pickets withdraw. The agreement grants shorter hours, an eleven percent wage rise, and union recognition.
At a London meeting on June 18 Irish Nationalist members resolved to protest government policy by taking no part in the coronation ceremonies. They called for the Irish party to meet in Dublin on coronation day to consider Ireland’s condition.
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