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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1897
Page
6
An advertisement extols nourishment as key to curing disease and promotes Scott’s Emulsion with Hypophosphites. It claims rapid blood delivery, stops wasting, and aids bronchial and lung troubles. The ad highlights palatability, non-nauseating formula, and urges purchase from listed retailers with Scott & Bowne of New York.
News brief list covers Gladstones leaving Hawarden for the Riviera. Fire in Cincinnati destroys $300000 worth of property. Fitzsimmons trains in New York for Corbett bout. Wanamaker to build a Philadelphia church after escaping a major fire. Wolcott travels Europe on bi metallicism, leaves London for Paris. Gas explosion kills two and injures seven in Uniontown. John P. Jones declared elected U S senator in Nevada joint session. Ohio Valley railroad sale set for Henderson Kentucky June 1 with upset price 1050000. London Chronicle notes Wolcott limited support for new monetary conference. Ohio delegation plans complimentary dinner for Senator Sherman before cabinet move.
Flooding along the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers cripples Pittsburg and nearby towns. More than 10,000 workers idle as mills on riverbanks flood, Exposition Park and major streets submerged, and damage in McKeesport and surrounding communities reaches at least 1.5 million dollars. Local life disrupted from Brownsville to Port View.
A long roster of senate districts and representatives is provided, naming districts from First to Forty-ninth with multiple figures per district. The list includes union and pop party labels, and several entries show duplicate districts and names, reflecting a compiled candidate or seating slate. The document ends with a testimonial for Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills.
A man describes recovery from sexual weakness via a claimed combination of medicines and offers free information by mail. He urges readers to send name and address to Thomas Slater, box 457, Kalamazoo, Michigan, to receive details mailed in a plain sealed envelope.
The White House flatly denies that President Cleveland and Mr Thurber plan a world tour after his retirement next month.
The directors of Union Theological Seminary in New York have chosen Dr. Charles Cuthbert Hu to succeed the Rev. Dr. Liastings as president. The announcement is dated February 12 and notes the change in church education leadership.
Cincinnati reports the river rising with a forecast of 60 feet. Catlettsburg Kentucky shows 100 submerged houses and risk to all business in the city. Maysville and Aber deen Ohio submerged, forcing families from homes. Big Sandy villages East Point and Solyerville uninhabitable with a six member family drowned at Solyerville. Cincinnati Dayton Bellevue and Newport suffer, Central depot flooded and railways seek higher ground.
The Kentucky rivers rise to 24 feet, flooding Louisville streets and displacing residents from Fourth to Seventh streets. A. B. Reed drowns at Jackson as the Kentucky river climbs 388 feet, and Jonas Tyree dies in the Powell river near Donkeyville. Southeast Kentucky losses projected at $200,000 with farm property and log booms damaged.
Portsmouth Ohio residents on Mill Street flee as the Ohio River tops its danger point at daylight. Major factories shut down amid widespread flood impacts and precautions.
Wesster City Iowa February 25 A guard at the Anamosa penitentiary drank a cup of lye mistaken for coffee. The highly concentrated lye was added to coffee in kettles for convicts. The guard Glenn is unconscious and expected to die after the incident in the prison kitchen.
A major fire devastated Milbank South Dakota with most of the town's business district destroyed last night around 11 o'clock. Firefighters battled the blaze as flames swept through shops and storefronts causing extensive damage. No injuries are reported and authorities investigate the cause.
The capital removal bill was indefinitely postponed in the house without a dissenting vote. A bill to appoint five new trustees for the state penitentiary passed the house and goes to the governor for signature, aiming to remove the current management amid heated debate.
A northwest blizzard sweeps Gladstone Michigan with over 12 inches of snow in 24 hours raising fears for bay fishermen. Roads are blocked and life is disrupted as crews brace for continuing storm conditions.
Reports from Ceniza Calabazas and Cabalguan describe Spanish losses of about six hundred killed and wounded. General Gomez led Cuban forces against Weyler’s troops, with a rout at Ceniza and heavy casualties at Valdez Hill near Yaguajay where Cuban machete attacks overwhelmed Spanish units. Captain John Linn commanded a dynamite gun for Carrillo.
From Maprio March 1, official circles keep extreme reserve while a secret conference among Premier Canovas del Castillo and ministers weighs the Cuba war state. The United States consul general Fitzhugh Lee is viewed as intolerably high handed. Imparcial notes Americans exploit European Crete troubles to push McKinley into conflict and urges Spain to ready sea and land defenses.
Spanish minister Dupuy de Lome reports Sanguilly's pardon notice has arrived in Havana from Spain and he will sail for the United States at once. In Havana Sanguilly thanked the queen for grace, saying he never expected a pardon while noting his two years’ imprisonment as he awaits transport.
New York March 1 Herald prints what it says is a copy of Consul General Lee's dispatch to Secretary Olney. The message demands release of Scott, asks for warships at Tampa Key West and southern waters, and warns against another Ruiz murder with Havana cited.
A Newark woman, Mrs Haff of 140 Summer Ave, credits Paine's celery compound with curing liver and stomach troubles after years of doctor visits. She describes severe pain, weakness, and nervous distress, noting improvement after two to four bottles and recommending the remedy to other women.
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