Huron Fourth of July prep and local happenings
Huron preparations for July 4 events include special trains from multiple cities and a Huron Redfield baseball game in the South Dakota league. Reports note low Missouri River levels affecting boat traffic and a street fakir using an electric battery. Community notes mention alliance delegates, local officials, and a parachute demonstration by Prof. Thompson.
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St. Paul
Manitoba
Huron
South Dakota Baseball League
Redfield
Missouri
Haron
South Dakota
Reconciliation Poem Ends in Ivory Soap Lesson
On a beach two boys quarrel over a treasure described as alabaster white like pearls. A tall stranger intervenes and divides the prize with a promise that both are richer than they know. He reveals the treasure is Ivory Soap and urges them to share and be reconciled.
Fidelity Fire Insurance elects officers and expands in Dakota
The Fidelity Fire Insurance company held an annual meeting and elected officers led by Alonzo Wardall as president and Wm Fisher as vice president. The note lists directors from multiple Dakotan towns, indicates rapid business growth, and mentions a Dakota headquarters in Jamestown. It also highlights prominent Dakota names in local politics and Masonic circles.
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Fidelity Fire Insurance Company
Alonzo Wardall
Wm. Fisher
Chas. Bryant
Commercial Snape
D. Cooley
Alliance de Wor
Sore Volga
Wm. Lloyd
Hison
A. Wardall
Huron
F. B. Fancher
Jamestown
F. H. Hag
Aberdeen
Johnson Nickens
Jeathwn
Leslie Darley
Little Rock
Dak
North Dakota
Huron Emerges as Likely State Capital Hopeful
Correspondence discusses Huron, in the James River valley, as the center of population and agriculture, arguing its central location offers cheaper public costs and better access. It notes Sioux Falls and Aberdeen as competing gateways and praises Huron’s steady support for state division and statehood.
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Minneapolis Star
South Dakota
Eat Dakota
Huron
James River
Jim River Valley
Aberdeen
Sioux Falls
Jented
Pierre
Watertown
Black Hills
Sio Falls
Nebraska
Iowa
Jeux Falls
Minnesota
James River Valley
Yankton
Aberdeen Urea
Jim Valley
Yan
Dakota
Manitoba
Horticultural Meeting At Brookings To Feature Lectures
Huron will attend the Dakota Horticultural Society gathering in Brookings on June 26 and 27. The first summer meet promises strong attendance. Prof C A Keefer lectures on Plants and their relation to man. J M Aldrich will report on cut worm ravages and remedies. C H Warter speaks on New Varieties of Strawberries. Premiums offered for strawberry and fruit collections, vegetables, flowers, and plants. All horticulture enthusiasts invited to attend.
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Dakota
Sioux City Journal
Huntley
Inwood
Iowa
Rock Rapids
Thompson
Huron
Alliance
Taylor
Gen. Taylor
Chas
H. Weeks
Miller
Washington
Minnesota
Julius Matteson
Cooper
Hand County
Julius
Yesterner
Jullius
Crow
Mitchell Republican
Grand Lodge
Mayor Rice
J. M. McBride
Aberdeen
New
Col
E. W. Foster
Frankfort
Chicago
Wm. Blatt
Central
Starling
Aberdeen News
Adams
Th Webs
Newspathe
Hugh
Murphy
Mathews
Thos. A. Bones
Suffretta M. Bones
Ndt
Soldiers Home
J. M. Aldrich
The
Agricultural College
C. H. Warter
Forestburg
Potter Beebe Wed at Bee Beebe Residence near Hitchcock
Frank Potter and Miss Beebe were married Sunday at the bride’s father's home, Wm. Bee be, then moved to their new home north of Hitchcock. That night two men, Theodore Parker and Wm. Schock, planned further actions regarding the newly married couple.
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Frank Potter
Miss Beebe
Wm. Beebe
Hitchcock
Theodore Parker
Wm. Schock
Ivory Soap Ad Warns Against Counterfeits
A 1886 Procter and Gamble warning explains that many soaps imitate Ivory Soap. It urges consumers to ask for Ivory and insist on getting the genuine product to avoid counterfeit versions.
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Procter & Gamble
Potter fires shotgun during street music clash
The report describes Potter firing a shotgun at cow bell and tin pan musicians Parker and Schock as they performed on the street. Both men were wounded in the legs and required medical attention after arriving at a local inn early Monday morning.
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Potter
Heto
Parker
Irrigation inquiry tour seeks data for arid lands
The U S Senate committee on irrigation and arid lands will begin a tour Aug 1 1889 from St Paul Minn to gather data. It requests Farmers Alliance assistance calling attention to the visit and collecting details on arid areas water supply rainfall canals costs water rental and crops grown under irrigation to be sent to Richard J Hinton Washington D C.
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Soderberg
Farmers’ Alliance
Senatorial
United States Senate
Washington, D. C
C. A. Soderberg
Senate ‘Committee On
St. Paul
Minn
Pega
Wington
Senate Committee On Irrigation
Cn Unite States Geological Survey
D.C
Richard J. Hinton
United States Goal Survey
Cincinnati Corrugating Co Roofing Ad Sketches Estimates
Fragmentary notice from a Cincinnati company advertises roofing and siding work. The readable lines mention estimates and product notes for corrugated roofing.
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Corniboed
Cincinnati
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F. H Bloodgood
Fayette, Ia
Blesiseia Alliance
Sam Appel
Moses
Egypt
Presbyterian Church
Cooper's
Wessington
Christ
Wa. M. Stewart
Carson, Nev
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