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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1899
Page
2
A father discovers his son perched on a horse in the stable with slate and pencil. The boy explains he is writing a composition as instructed by the teacher. The father asks why in the library, and the boy replies that he was told to write a composition on a horse.
A fragment reflecting on “Three ¢ 2s too much and three too little” and the paradox of speaking with little knowledge. The line comments on spending much and gaining little, and presuming much with minimal worth. Subtle literary reflection rather than news.
A brief portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin as a leading early advocate for women’s rights. The piece recalls her influential writings The Vindication of the Rights of Women, her salons with figures like Mme de Stael and Paine, marriages to Imlay and Godwin, and her tragically short life ending with a daughter who would marry Percy Bysshe Shelley.
In a Philadelphia Record piece a small boy and his sister enter a grand West Philadelphia church for the first time. The boy whispers that it is a beaut place while the sister, breathless, clings to him and notes heaven seems near. They stay close through the service as choir boys pass, the boy recognizing a bully from a previous incident.
Eugene Field famed for kindness to children delays his own wedding as he kneels in the mud settling a dispute between two street arabs over marbles. He is found by the bridal party and hurries to join his fiancée, becoming her husband Mrs Field.
A wartime style vignette recalls Bishop Selwyn as a tireless worker who paused for a short rest on a Derbyshire roadside station bench while traveling for a confirmation. A socially prominent woman and her daughter, bound for the same rite, feared passing a drunken man on the platform until the porter kindly reveals the bishop’s identity.
The Lancs regiment began wearing roses on their headgear after soldiers plucked roses from a field on Aug 1 1759 as they passed through during the battle. The rose was kept in their bonnets for the anniversary combat, starting a lasting tradition.
The sultan's throneroom in Constantinople is described as a stunning sight with unmatched gilding in Europe. A Venetian chandelier with 200 lights shines like a sun, four corner candelabra in baccarat glass stand tall, and the throne is a vast red velvet seat with arms and back in pure gold.
A listener recalls Lord Rosebery answering what memory is. He said memory is the thing that steals over us when we listen to our friends revealing original stories. The remark, noted in Harper's Bazar, circulates as a witty etymology.
Mrs Philip Weber of Boston New York reports relief from terrible back ache after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. The advertisement extols the pills as a universal remedy for kidney related ailments and offers them at 50 cents a box or six for $2.50 from Dodd's Medicine Co. Buffalo New York.
A historical note reports a pact to lease a coastal coaling station to France sparking civilian fear. Subjects urged the ruler to submit to avoid bombardment, signaling tense diplomacy and imminent conflict in a strategic region.
At daylight the enemy pressed worrying tactics along the American line near Caloocan and in the Tondo area. A rush on the extreme left was checked by musketry and artillery fire. Monadnock shelled enemy positions from 8 to 10:30 a.m., leaving 1 US killed and 10 wounded. Fire spread from the city to surrounding points as rebels were arrested and arms caches captured. Major General Otis ordered Manila inhabitants to stay indoors after 10 p.m. to aid police, while incendiaries face harsh penalties.
The War Department reports General Otis details injuries among Minnesota and Nebraska and South Dakota troops in Tondo and Binondo Mablo. Thirteenth Minnesota Company C Noyes Robinson lip moderately severe Shepard leg moderate Caldin shoulder severe Wooding thigh severe. First Nebraska Enoch Davis hand accidental severe. South Dakota Clyde A. McVay right fourth toe amputated.
At a special meeting of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy directors in Boston it was decided to raise about 5 million dollars for improvement and equipment. A brief dispatch notes a focus on railroad modernization and capital allocation. Meanwhile a separate item reports Sixto Lopez, secretary to Agoncillo, leaving for New York and not heard from since. Dr Losada remains confined to bed as the last Filipino resident.
An advertisement asserts that ninety percent of people suffer humor related ailments and claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cures by expelling humor. It cites cures for scrofula salt rheum boils and eruptions and touts Hood's Pills as a gentle reliable family cathartic and liver tonic.
Paris crowds lined the streets for the funeral of M. Faure with few incidents. At 6:30 p.m. a group gathered at Libre Parole offices shouting Pa nama and Down with Loubet. Deputy Millevoye and a friend were arrested, others were held at the police station. M. Deroulede and M. Habert were arrested for refusing to quit Reuilly barracks. Additional demonstrations occurred through the night, with about 200 arrests by midnight.
A Stockholm cable to The Record says King Oscar has many signatures on a petition asking Sweden not to be represented at the czar's arms conference at The Hague. The memorial accuses Russia of tyrannically dissolving Finland’s constitution and urges Sweden to show sympathy and protect its interests. The government may wait for developments before deciding its position.
Caracas reports the revolt against President Ignacio Andrade by General Ramon Guerra, head of the new state of Guarico, failing to spread nationwide. Government troops move into Guarico province advancing toward Colaso, the regional capital.
Curiaco Feb 25 United States commissioner Ford W. Peck announces Samuel Kayser director of the Chicago Conservatory of Music will oversee the United States department of musical exhibits for the Paris exposition.
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