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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1905
Page
2
Mrs Mattie Shaffer of Cumberland Mississippi writes dated Sept 7 1904 that Cuticura Remedies healed her baby’s severe skin disease after doctors failed. She describes scrofula or eczema diagnoses and says the baby’s face and body are now smooth and clear.
An introductory exhortation urges mothers to treat inherited skin and scalp disorders in children using the Cuticura Treatment. It touts Cuticura Soap for baths and Cuticura Ointment for gentle skin care, claiming childhood cures are quick, lasting, and economical and noting Cuticura Ointment and Pills are sold worldwide by Reeda Corp. Boston.
Improved Farms touts affordable acreage near rail access and towns. Purchases include 76 000 acres of hardwood timber land with maples basswood birch and hemlock. Each land purchase includes a ready to move into log house priced from six to fifteen dollars per acre with one quarter cash and four equal annual payments at six percent interest.
Washington reports President Roosevelt renominates most of the cabinet, excluding Postmaster General Wynne, with George B. Cortelyou named for postmaster general. Also proposed are ambassadors ministers consuls and interstate commerce commissioner Cockrell. Senate confirmations follow.
The Senate opened its special session with loud applause for Vice President Fairbanks. New senators were greeted, a committee notified the president of the session, and the body entered executive session after the 1:06 p.m. message arrival from the White House.
M F Elliott , attorney for Prairie Oil and Gas of Kansas, submits the first answer to Commissioner Garfield in Washington and requests a full prompt investigation. He asserts Kansas oil producers have been treated with utmost fairness and that relations will be fully laid bare.
Judge John H. Reagan, sole surviving Confederate cabinet member, died in Palestine Texas from pneumonia. He was eighty six and had been in poor health for a year or more. After the Civil War he served as Texas district judge and later as a United States senator.
Dispatches from General Oku and General Kuroki report the Japanese left wing fifteen miles northwest of Mukden pushing forward as Russian troops retreat in disorder. Russians throw away arms to ease escape while Wanpao mountain area endures continuous bombardment and hill assaults.
St. Petersburg reports General Kuropatkin launches a major blow against Field Marshal Oyama west of the railroad. Desperate fighting persists along the front with Kuropatkin losses at 23,500 and Japanese losses about 40,000. Prisoners say Nogi’s troops lack food for two days.
March 7 dispatch says Russians advanced on March 5 east of Poutiloff hill and took about 100 Japanese prisoners. Japanese efforts along Kandaliasan and Gaotu pass faced strong resistance with fire units withdrawing. Fiercest combat centered on the right wing from Machiapu to Nuesintun.
Monday follows a stroke of paralysis on Saturday. For half a century the baron influenced Belgium's foreign policy. Market quotations show Minneapolis Wheat prices for May and July futures, along with Duluth bids for spring wheat. Flax prices are listed for arrival and on track with May figures.
St Paul markets on March 6 show cattle auction ranges with good to choice steers $4.60 to $5.50, cows and heifers $3.00 to $4.25, hogs $4.60 to $4.95, and sheep wethers yearlings $5.50 to $6.50 with native lambs $6.85 to $7.15.
Chicago March 6 cattle prices list ranges for prime steers to calves with values from 2.40 to 7.00. Mixed and butchers hogs and feeders quoted 4.80 to 5.15. Sheep prices shown for various grades from 5.25 to 7.80.
From Mukden on Sunday March 5 reports say ceaseless fighting with Japanese forces pressing Machiapu to take the position holding the Hun river south of Mukden. Russian defenders cling to their works while artillery shells burst along lines north and east of the area and at the rail bridge.
In Constantinople report the towns of Aab and Yerim south of Sanaa in Yemen have fallen into insurgent hands. The brief dispatch notes control by rebel forces and situates the event within the ongoing conflict in the region.
Tokio dispatches say Japanese troops press advances along multiple fronts near Pinniupao Luichientun and Suchiatun while Kuropatkin concentrates forces west of Mukden. Analysts note Japanese exhaustion and claim Oyama lacks decisive superiority with about 70 000 more men than Kuropatkin’s 340 000.
The article reports a major battle in the Mukden front with Kuropatkin under pressure as Japanese forces coordinate attacks from the west and right bank of the Hun river. Chinese neutral territory is used in the turning movement, with continued heavy fighting and several repulsed assaults near Machiapu and Shahopao, while the center holds lines along the Shakhe river.
St. Petersburg reports the Official Messenger publishing an imperial manifesto urging the country to defend the throne from internal foes. The document reiterates Far East aims and seeks peasant loyalty to support government reforms amid liberal disappointment and fears of a crisis as workers riot near emancipation anniversary.
St. Cloud Minn March 4 The small town of Henning near St. Cloud suffers a serious diphtheria outbreak. Several deaths reported and many residents ill The school janitor and his family are among the affected.
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