Liniment Claims and Empty Remedies Questioned
The text warns that tang Liniment is ineffective and compares it to a gallon of watery compounds sold as liniment, stating such purchases amount to money wasted and no cure would be achieved.
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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1903
Page
3
The text warns that tang Liniment is ineffective and compares it to a gallon of watery compounds sold as liniment, stating such purchases amount to money wasted and no cure would be achieved.
A public belief in positive healing powers drives broad sales of a product sold everywhere, reflecting its popular acceptance and wide distribution.
Local notes from Huron include visits by D L Printup Britton and Maj J A Pickler Faulkton. Judge Burtt attends Pierre meeting of state board. Mrs Sterling hosts tea. Pembroke guests at Kent's include Co E Warner, Mrs Armstrong and Mrs McDearman. South Dakota travelers Tomlinson Brown visit, Mellum fined for drunkenness. Bijou Hills cattle disease report mentions Texas tech among herds and containment efforts. Electric light on Third Street and Ohio questioned for partial operation. Amundson Great Northern freight agent visits, formerly North Western escort. Fifteenth annual oratorical contest results at Mitchell names Alfred Wenz first, Gustavus Loevinger second. Dakota University rep to state contest to be held in Huron in May.
Special to Huronite from PreRRE Feb 24 outlines a bill to place state fire insurance money under control of the institution boards for immediate use in rebuilding losses. Senate bill 195 seeks to end publication of insurance statements. Apportionment plans draw western opposition as they shift representation eastward. House bill read once and indefinitely postponed 46 to 24. senate version referred amid opposition from western lawmakers.
The Sioux Falls Press notes two firms plan to drill two deep wells in Beadle County for exploration. No results yet, but the venture draws statewide attention as Oklahoma geologists study local geology and have identified oil under John H. King’s Lake Byron farm and seek to drill prospect holes.
Reports indicate northern Beadle county may hold oil ground while a gas deposit under Hughes county boosts oil theory. Artesian wells in Yankton county have long yielded oil, suggesting other southern counties may also contain reserves. If found, oil would lie below the artesian basin, complicating bore tools yet possible with incentive from prospect.
A list names jurors drawn February 25 to serve at the Beadle County circuit court for the March 1903 term. The court convenes March 10 at 2 PM with jurors reporting March 11 at 9 AM. Names include Bowe, Miller, Myers, Peterson, Ory, Avery, Wolfe, Hutchinson, French, Schollian, Brandmire, Fuller, Anderson, Cogswell, Hanley, Booth, Jackson, Pease, Garbe, Warren, Jacobson, Dickson, Hinds, Hatfield, Rudy, Hand, Rhoads, Kelley, Ray, Schnetzer, Brown, James, Squires, Bergman, Wood, Finckh, and others.
Sheriff Kerr returned from a stop in Pierre while Superintendent Dubois called a district teacher's institute for March 21 in Huron. J. W. Waldrip, injured in a Omaha streetcar crash last December, has returned home. E. L. School of Watertown visited for several days with M. L. Tobin before leaving. Two carloads of emigrant movables including farm machinery arrived in the area.
A local listing advertises Dr Fenner’s new remedy for backache, claimed to ease pains and restore health. The notice emphasizes quick relief and a trusted medical expert, reflecting period advertising language and health cures.
An advertisement extols S. S. S. as a perfect blood medicine that purifies and invigorates the blood to cleanse the system and relieve rheumatism. It claims acids in the blood cause painful swelling and that bottled remedies can prevent deterioration of muscles and joints. The text mixes medical claims with a note about irrigation funds and a railway accident report about Ed Cornell’s travels and a wreck near Athol.
The column reports misc notes from Wolsey to Sioux Falls and Huron. Highlights include George Hazen returning from Huron, new barber partnership of Will Bunt and Harry Schaller, Spink County Farmers Mutual Insurance exceeding 500 000 in business across five counties, H. M. Harden taking the Herald-Democrat post in Huron, the Iroquois Telephone company planning spring construction, C. M. Harrison visiting Redfield for real estate insights, an insurance adjuster from Sioux Falls handling a $500 policy loss, and Eastern Star events in Salem with local officials attending. Col. John H. King is seen in Pierre for from Huron.
Special to Huronite reports Pierre February 25 The house committee favored the Ninth judicial circuit bill after removing Hand county and adding Spink. The bill then passed.
The closing rush before adjournment fills the state capital as trains depart westward daily. Visitors flood Pierre, delaying official business and marking the final days of the legislative session.
An old dairy proverb about turning butter with a penny leads to promoting Scott's Emulsion. The ad describes the product as cod liver oil with hypophosphites, claimed to aid weak, pale children. It notes taste appeal and free sample offer, with price and label indication for drugs.
Last night’s westbound train was crowded with standing room only as Pierre hosts fill hotels boarding houses and private homes to overflow. Many travelers cross the river to Fort Pierre each evening seeking beds and meals.
A nearly 100 year old silver spoon with the inscription 1808 B J to W W J 1858 W W J to E E 8 may be donated by M O Barrette of Watertown. Found on the James River banks in the 1870s near Drifting Goose’s deserted camp, the initials’ owners remain unknown.
The state sees strong opposition to the resubmission of the capital move to Mitchell. Insiders note many letters and telegrams from Day and northeastern counties urging repeal of the Mitchell resolution. Sioux Falls and Canton sources say removal repeal would please those areas, while Aberdeen’s C. J. McLeod reports sweeping capital agitation and pledges to support rescission.
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