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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1891
Page
2
A string of clipped notes mentions immigration office changes, welcome home for Melville and Hannon, and a lone boy Fang Pernonew. It cites tax costs of imprisonment at 82 cents daily and hints at weather predictions while noting shifts between Winter and Spring and ongoing needs of the country.
Joss Goopwig in Mitchell pleads guilty to illegal gambling in a blind pig operation and is fined 50 dollars and ordered to quit. The speaker suggests the state will likely go about two years without a legislature to allow the state to rest.
After congress and the legislature adjourn, Beadle County's first farming township aims to boost wealth with nine artesian wells. Hon. L. W. Lansrya leaves Ree Heights after selling his newspaper and plans to relocate. Rice, McKinney, and Smith named for railroad commission. first two confirmed by the senate.
Jonazs Moory and Gifford are out of Congress while Kyle and Gamble gain noon March 4 to salaries. Daxora receives 3241 dollars from the returned direct war tax. The division of funds between North and South remains under dispute.
The senate, a Republican body, rejected the resubmission of Dr Alford’s tax appointment citing a 18 vote shortfall of the 23 needed. The piece thanks Tom Reed across parties for the coming decade. E H Weer of Hot Springs, grand master of the Knights of Pythias exchequer, is reported to have absconded with 1200 dollars of lodge funds.
J P Alexander the newly elected independent county judge of Brookings County has been arrested on a charge of selling liquor without a United States tax receipt in sight.
The Volga Tribune writer Tom Bisxor recalls a moment described as a first blash and questions whether the memory lies in his own blash or in a longer past. The piece probes memory and attribution with a playful local voice.
Admonition that envy and ill will toward others or one’s own fate bring unhappiness and must be resisted except when duty requires. Emphasizes self control over negative judgments and urges restraint for moral welfare.
The Minneapolis Tribune notes Senator Kyle as an expert cork puller since his arrival in Washington. The item raises questions about the accuracy of the Tribune’s claim and the reliability of the sourcing behind it.
Disparents report a United States ladyship was offered to Senator Moody who rejected the position stating the compensation was too small compared with his earnings in the practice of law.
Kinosaury county commissioners approved a seed grain loan not exceeding $14,000. Last year they lent about $10,000 and have repaid nearly the full amount, indicating ongoing seed grain financing and recovery.
Private letters from Pierre describe a bacchanalian scene with liquor and cigars flowing at the Independent headquarters after a meeting with James H. Kyle and others. The source mocks reports against Kyle while warning of rising drunkenness and “drunken deaths” in the community.
A Dakota editorial recounts meeting General Sherman at Lake Minnetonka near Minneapolis. Sherman, mourning General Grant’s death, declines to speak but shakes hands with each guest. The Brookings band played Marching Through Georgia, moving many editors to tears. He joked he would be gent for twenty years yet, though it has been only five.
Drunkenness is identified as the nation’s greatest evil and a threat to freedom. The speaker warns that drunkenness is advancing quickly and shows no signs of subsiding or slowing down.
The legislature authorizes civil townships to drill artesian wells, predicting South Dakota will rival top agricultural states. Irrigation is seen to boost farm demand, lift prices, and attract farmers from older states as president elections approach. Prosperity and hope are forecast for distressed farmers as labor pays off.
A fragmented essay questions regional loyalties and the spread of alcohol’s ruin across the North South East and West. The speaker laments Prohibition era moral decline linking scenes from Southern plantations to New England farms and cities to a sweeping critique of strong drink and its social damage.
A reflective verse from Worthington Gibbe condemns the faint hearted kicker who meddles yet never acts while others strive for progress. The speaker mocks constant objections and imagines future judgment as the cruel fate of the lazy critic.
The town of Aberdeen welcomed Senator Kyle as a neighbor and elected him to the United States Senate. He will go to Washington to assume duties and newspapers should give him space to make his own record while his home community congratulates him.
The 37 year old red headed prohibitionist from Waterville stands six feet one inch and is expected to be the youngest senator. His election pleases mugwumps as he won without notable political service beyond a crankish Aberdeen Fourth of July oration.
Heavy snows of this winter have fallen at an ideal time to aid early vegetation. The fields are evenly covered and as the snow melts it will soak into the ground, preparing it for germination. Spring opens auspiciously for South Dakota farmers.
Swan and Stacey drilled on J. W. Baker's farm last Thursday and struck a superb flow of water at 920 feet. The well shows similar pressure to the Mellette well and yields about 2000 gallons per minute with water as clear as crystal. The completion date appears as 98S 8.
Surrounded by fertile land and good shipping routes the town sees new buildings rising everywhere. Two fire disasters nearly wiped it out but now the old town is replaced with four hundred new houses. The community seeks two to three capable contractors and several new factories to produce furniture carriages farming implements from local wood and iron.
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