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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1887
Page
8
Fragmented timetable notes daily mail from Forrestburg arriving from the south and east routes at specific times. It lists morning to evening windows and Sunday operations with varying closing hours and a delivery sequence.
Weather bulletin notes highest barometer on February 28 and lowest on February 29. Maximum wind velocity of 32 per hour from the northwest recorded February 25. Signed by W. Glenn, Sergeant, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
A collage of local notes recounts weather oddities and civic bits. Entries mention ice stockpiles for summer uses, a dentist visiting Dr. Sale in late February 1887, a love lyric fragment, mirage observations near Huron, and a February accident involving E C Ferry. Additional items describe Jim River stock water, and a farmer Laver near Byron Lake.
Judd Hathaway of Chadron Nebraska a former conductor on the Northwestern Railway is seen in Huron with friends. Alonzo H McGrew named roadmaster for the Watertown to Faulkton section of the C and N W Ry including the Doland branch. Third Ward Caucus selects J L Spaulding as chair and J R Stickney as secretary to nominate alderman candidates. Horace Comfort wins nomination after ballots.
A lengthy meeting decided to circulate petitions to back candidates for mayor clerk and police justice. Nominations for treasurer assessor and aldermen were proposed with committees formed to gather signatures. News notes a funeral inquiry for a train dispatcher's relative in Iowa with details awaiting arrival.
An item lists 50 sets of harness at Stlver's and a potently mixed liver and kidney remedy by Dr J H Lean offered for $1 per bottle through J M Blount. Also reads seed wheat for sale with about 2000 bushels of No 1 hard Beskagnetin and a brief dated notice from Huron in March.
Hancock Legion No 2 and Knights A O U W will host a memorial at G A R Hall for John J Upeharen founder of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. The event on Thursday March 3 at 8 pm features choir singing, readings, an English ode and burial service by Past Commander C C Buff.
Two snow crews labor in persistent drifts between Lake Benton and Tracy as cold north winds slow progress. One team sits miles east of Benton while the other works east of Kent, seven miles from Tracy, with owners hindered by the weather. The old shovel remains a reliable tool for clearing the snow.
A local justice of the peace, pressed with duties, botches a marriage ceremony by inserting vows about friendship charity and benevolence. The piece notes the officer’s potential secret society influence and questions the authenticity of the rite amid weather and service vane observations.
An Illinois advertisement promotes a magnet based belt and magnetic foot balancers as treatment for a wide range of female complaints including nervous exhaustion dyspepsia liver and kidney issues and infertility. The order form requests waist and shoe measurements and offers a six month trial with return and money refund. The mail address is 134 Dearborn Chicago Illinois.
Farm on Cain Creek seven miles south of Huron to rent for one year or longer. 175 acres for crop with abundant living water. Full outfit of team farming implements at easy terms. For particulars address BE. S. Batowitt 36 Wtt Haron, Bak.
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