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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1897
Page
7
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co as the best laxative for promoting internal cleanliness without weakening organs. It urges purchasing only the genuine article from reputable druggists and cites widespread satisfaction among households.
The New York Tribune notes rocking and monotony like patting and walking can induce sleep via hypnotic processes. It suggests lullabies, running water, and preacher tones may be hypnotic, affecting only some neurotics, while most young children may fall into this category. Some children, however, are not soothed by rocking.
Jenness Miller asserts that beauty starts with the stomach and proper cooking. She argues hygienic, scientific cuisine builds health, sensual appeal, and family happiness through blood purity, vitality, and trained muscles.
Describes cushions for long hatpins made from tall slender vases filled with curled hair cork or sawdust. Cushions covered in colored cloth with plush caps at vase openings. Bud vases used for the purpose sell for 25 to 50 cents with more ornate green and gold or white and gold options costing more.
The article notes Japanese garments with six to eight pockets and prayers written on rice paper sheets carried inside. It describes swallowing these prayer amulets in distress as a convenient devotion method and suggests Western interest, including Christians, might embrace such practice if imported.
An old advertisement touts fake Laxative Bromo Quinuine Tablets that claim to cure a cold in one day with a money back refund offer. Sold by all druggists for five cents.
A great storm across the Middle West drenched Cincinnati with 5.38 inches of rain and caused floods from Pittsburg to Kansas City. Wind whirled like a hurricane, destroying dwellings, barns, fences, orchards, and forests. Railroads suffered washouts and ruined roadbeds, wrecking traffic and washing away bridges and roads worth millions.
Cincinnati records five inches of rain in 18 hours triggering floods across Hamilton County. Loveland’s track floods four feet. Lockland and Cummingsville flood as streams surge. Rail and electric lines to College Hill close. Ohio River rises rapidly, with widespread washouts and inundated riverfront homes.
Three and a half inches of rain in 24 hours floods Indiana towns causing widespread damage. North Vernon bridges wash away, Portland and Martinsville isolated, Washington and Madison left with flooded streets and many homeless. Ohio River rises four inches hourly.
A cloud burst and ten hour storm batter Dayton Ohio causing high flood levels. The Miami River stands 12 feet above low water and continues to rise as levee gates close and storm water is pumped back into the river.
Railroads entering Springfield report repeated washouts due to continuous rainfall. Traffic is almost totally suspended as tracks fail to recover.
Secretary Olney received a Havana cable dated March 5 reporting no current excitement. The message says the aim is a prompt trial for all Americans imprisoned, with release for the innocent and deportation for the guilty.
A Missouri Pacific wreck near Bennetts Ridge 100 miles west of St. Louis killed mail clerk W. A. Rosenberger of Bloomington Illinois and fireman Lusman fatally burned. An injured passenger watched as the wrecked engine and cars telescoped in a 40 mph crash after a landslide. Engineer Lauber escaped before the impact.
In thick fog near Hills Station five miles east of Loveand a westbound passenger train No 105 was halted by a landslide. A heavy freight crashed into the sleeper car, witnesses report occupants tossed from beds and crushed by debris. Several injured include two fatally hurt and two severely injured with others in painful condition.
A major Worcester blaze swept through the Day block and surrounding buildings, prompting aid from Boston and Fitchburg. By the time reinforcements arrived the city crews had the flames under control, eight firefighters injured by falling walls but none fatally. Property losses range from 350000 to 400000 dollars.
A chaotic fight at a Bohemian dance in Youba Wisconsin leaves Frank Novy dead after being struck with a neck yoke. About 15 to 20 others wounded, the hall wrecked, no arrests made, tensions rise between Bohemians and other nationalities.
A heavy thunder storm struck Care Illinois at 5 30 am causing roof and skylight damage. A frame church under construction collapsed and one house was blown down and burned. Injured include Mrs James Daries with a broken back and Mrs Cary likely dying. Bob Pettis's child perished in the blaze.
The News reports a large group of bourbon whisky makers forming a national company. It will operate within a month, with 119 distilleries joining and capitalization of 30 million dollars. Signatures from organizers are expected within two weeks.
President and Mrs. McKinley hosted an informal dinner at the White House for many party members who traveled from Canton by special train. The event focused on honoring the younger attendees.
A four minute hurricane struck Huntington West Virginia at 2 pm causing extensive damage across the region. Dozens of industries suffered heavy losses while churches schools and other structures were badly wrecked.
In New York on March 8 the executive committee of the United Brotherhood of Cloak Makers declares the cloakmakers strike called off. Workers have secured a 10 percent raise in wages.
Six inches of rain drenched the area causing major damage to roads bridges and fences. The Little Wabash river rose rapidly threatening record levels unseen in ten years.
Mrs Chauncey Lamb wife of Clinton's millionaire lumberman and mother of the Lamb family died aged 77 in Curton Iowa She was a New York native and daughter of a Revolutionary soldier.
The 1897 Harper's Magazine lists fiction by Du Maurier Stockton Howells Twain Pyne Davis and others. It showcases scientific series by Henry Smith Williams psychological studies by Andrew Wilson Mexican and African features plus portraits of global culture and recent political topics.
The North Western Line offers weekly Thursday trips to San Francisco and Los Angeles with modern sleeping cars and experienced conductors. Daily tourist sleeping car service runs between Council Bluff and California. For rates and details contact Chicago & North Western railway agents.
Harper's Bazar enters its thirtieth volume in 1897 offering Paris fashion letters from Katharine De Forest New York fashion notes patterns for gowns and children's wear Sandoz Baude and Chapin draw latest Persian designs serials include The Red Bridge Neighborhood and Father Quinnallion Notable writers Mary E Wilkins Harriet Prescott Spofford etc Features cover outdoor woman music etiquette embroidery and etc as a weekly woman’s paper Ideal gift at $4.00 from Harper's Bazar New York box 959
Harper's Weekly celebrates forty years of publication and outlines plans for 1897. It highlights cartoons, serials by Mary E Wilkins E F Benson and John Kendrick Bangs, and departments like This Busy World Amateur Sport and Life and Letters. The magazine promises world news for Americans and continued leadership in illustrated journalism.
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