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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1884
Page
1
Fragmentary legal ads and notices show historical rates for logs and special notices at ten cents per line. The snippet also offers services for legal work, book and blank forms, and printing lawyer briefs in approved style.
A literary fragment contemplates aging and the brevity of youth. A speaker, with a silvered head and pallid hands, reflects on fleeting fame and happiness as years pass and the world’s shifting sands alter meaning.
In Meredith & Son's Philadelphia cotton mill Ellen Churchill, a refined forewoman, saves every penny to pay her stepbrother Stephen's 2000 debt after his gambling ruin. She refuses the factory tankard gift, prompting Walter Rodman to reassess her character and motive.
A quiet cottage scene opens with Ellen at a veranda shaded parlor as Walter Rodman watches. He asks to come in, and their reunion leads to Ellen becoming the bride of the junior partner at Meredith & Co., with roses in summer bloom marking the wedding.
Excerpt from a Louisville pamphlet recounts Joshua Speed, lifelong friend of Abraham Lincoln, and Speed’s recollections of Lincoln’s last days. The tale covers a courtroom scene with two women, Lincoln’s mercy toward draft resisters, and Lincoln’s religious doubts tempered by faith. Also noted are anecdotes about Lincoln’s character, leadership choices, and a candor about his skepticism and devotion.
A garbled 16th century crime tally cites Henry VIII era murders and a fear of death. It cites vast debts and payments, then shifts to 19th century notices: Fargo Republica announces managerial change. Hall retires, Jordan succeeds, Holmes to the Democrat Broad. It also lists world figures on states, coal, emigration patterns, and scientific notes from Marseilles.
Three Fayette Moody a son Ann Moody and Will Moody, all aged, perished during a January cold snap near Natchitoches as they sought shelter after a cotton sale. The group, bogged by mud and ice, died within sight of aid with their whiskey bottles uncorked. Dr Jules Janin led the inquest.
The excerpt extols Northwest settlement claiming industrious sober men prosper. virgin soil yields wealth. business openings arise. labor is in demand for building shops and structures. farmers may obtain 160 acres by residence and cheap adjoining railroad land. property values rise with population. climate is healthful.
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