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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1899
Page
3
The ad warns against delaying treatment for grip and nervous breakdowns and promotes Dr. Miles Nervine as the best cure. It includes a first person testimonial from C. E. Hackett of Greene New York and offers a free trial package of Dr. Miles products by mail request.
Local notes from Huron list Nye Phillips, R. S. Gleason, State Auditor Reeves and others visiting or returning from Pierre. Senator Vance, lawmakers, and business figures travel through Huron while weather and public notices highlight community life and medical cures.
City Mayor J A Cleaver refuses to approve a $2500 electric light plant purchase, citing budget strains and legal limits while noting street lighting is desirable but not feasible now. Separately, R B Stearns tracks down Ray Payne, wanted for a Ft Pierre murder attempt, arresting him after Payne’s alleged stabbing of James Crawford near Fort Pierre.
A Marysville man touts Dr King's New Discovery as a greater find than Klondike gold. He credits the remedy with curing consumption and related lung ailments after years of suffering. Trial bottles are free at Holland Wheeler's drug store with regular sizes priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
The remedy is praised for curing coughs colds croup whooping cough and influenza. Testimonials claim it soothes persistent coughs ends severe colds and often saves lives of children during dangerous croup attacks. Sold by H Wheeler. J D Bartlow of Plankinton was in Huron en route home from Pierre Thursday. The bill to reimburse Plankinton citizens who funded rebuilding the reform school fire damage passed both houses and awaits the governor's signature.
Wm. McIntosh, formerly resident of Huron and master mechanic for the St. Peter division of the Chicago & Northwestern at Winona, took office March 1 as superintendent of motive power for the Jersey Central railway. H. C. Garvin resigns to join Bay State Milling Co. as manager and treasurer at Winona. John M. Northmore of Chicago succeeds Garvin.
A 19th century classified style snippet offers a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Cure claimed to work internally. Firms West & Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin endorse the product and attest to F J Cheney’s reliability. Price 75 cents for Hall's Family Pills.
In season of pneumonia and bronchial troubles the text extols One Minute Cough Cure as an infallible remedy for lung throat and bronchial woes. It urges insistence on this remedy and warns against substitutes offered by sellers Dunning and Longstaff and Holland Wheeler.
M. C. Alford the jeweler invites customers for a free eye examination and promises complete satisfaction with glasses. He advertises a practical optics course and a full set of the latest instruments for eye testing.
In Tripp S D nineteen immigrant cars with belongings passed through for Armour Douglas county in the last day and eleven more car loads are due today. The year sees over fifty cars of settlers to this state with landlords reporting a real estate boom as Hutchinson Charles Mix and Douglas counties boost land prices. Many car loads of young cattle move to western grazing lands for summer feed and fall market.
Claiming to cure weak kidneys malaria nervous troubles and backache Electric Bitters are described as a vegetable tonic easing constipation headaches fainting sleeplessness and melancholy. Sold by Holland Wheeler's Drug Store at 50 cents a bottle with a guarantee.
An advertising notice invites readers to share the publication with friends in return for a $4 watch. The item is described as from a well known American firm, offered in two sizes and finishes, with a full guarantee. Send 2 cents for details to Over land 34 Park Row New York City.
A call to prospective policy-holders and agents to contact John Westdahl, agent in Huron South Dakota, about profitable contracts with The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. The ad promises greater guaranteed advantages with the January 1, 1899 policy and cites the company’s world wide reputation.
The Modern Mother endorses Syrup of Figs as the gentler laxative for children, noting it is the preferred remedy for their needs. The California Fig Syrup Co. manufactures the true Syrup of Figs. Readers are invited to subscribe to the Weekly Hurontre for all news.
Professor M. Schoenert offers vocal and instrumental music and German instruction for beginners and advanced pupils. Thorough training guaranteed with complete satisfaction. Call anytime. residence and studio on the College second floor.
A Forfarshire farmer Sandy Mc heads home after visiting a friend on a moonlit night riding his mare. At an open ditch the mare balks but with a whip she crosses, tossing Sandy over the edge. He recovers and quips about the horse’s clever pitching and plans for the journey home.
The New York Sun notes a shift in politeness from the phrase “the lady of the house” to addressing the lady by name. A city dweller points out that catalogs and circulars, left at doors, now state the sender and recipient directly, signaling refined contemporary practice.
Depere Wisconsin February 23. Shattuck and Babcock proprietors of a large paper mill deny circulating reports that their mill has joined the trust. Officials say there is absolutely no truth in the statement.
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