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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1887
Page
1
The Huronite announces daily and weekly editions published at 5 o’clock afternoon with mail options. It promotes advertising rates, legal notices, job work, and printing services including book and blank forms. It asserts broad territorial reach and low postage options for readers in both Dakota and the territories.
Mr H F Heald arrived from Michigan with a carload of furniture and lumber for a new home a mile and a half from town. The house, designed by architect John Dawson Jones, is being built with his family expected to follow soon. Edvenson visited town and joked with A W Page, while the Smith brothers led the first wine weather work with barrows as farmers prepare and fanning mills stay in demand. I D Crame
Brooklyn mourns Henry Ward Beecher with mass services and a flower filled church interior. Regimental members and city officials line the doors while 25 000 attend inside and twice as many outside in sorrowful tribute.
Aberdeen Daily News laments adjournment of the 49th congress leaving Dakota with no progress on key measures. Sioux reservation and court facilities bills stalled by brute force and stubborn opposition, with little hope for advancing justice or admission.
Democratic press members argue N T Smith’s railroad commissioner appointment reflects governor Smith ties. They claim the move exposes the Democratic executive to charge of favoritism, echoing the idiom birds of a feather flock together.
A Rand, McNally pocket map and shippers guide of Dakota details the railroad system express companies towns counties rivers and terrain with population figures from the latest census. Scale 30 miles to an inch published 148 to 154 Monroe Street price 25 cents in stout paper covers.
In Highmore, the board of trustees rejected Gray Bros. bid and disallowed their bill for a partial well project. Dispute centers on pipe size and perforated sections. board demands a 42 inch pipe and removal of perforated piping to improve flow and clarity of water. Legislative notes follow, praising the current session with few reforms and large appropriations anticipated.
A Good Selection from Castlewood Times notes Mr. F. E. Lally of Estelline nominated by Gover Church to serve on the Dakota Agricultural College Board of Directors. The announcement appears in the Brookings area context.
Iroquois Herald notes councilman Cain receives thanks from the press for introducing a bill to repeal authority over printing the annual statements and audits. The public document line in the article reflects hopes for legislative change.
The fragment notes ice leaving the Mis-& waterway with a sense of quiet. It hints at seasonal change and calm conditions along the river.
Wolsey, Mar 11. Property sales in Wolsey surge as Milwaukee and St Paul decide to build their Bismarck line with car shops and headquarters. Real estate transfers in the week total about 19 216 dollars as eastern bidders seek Wolsey and Beadle county growth.
Wolsey on March 15 reports Laurien Huron sold the old Terry Clark property to George Kerr this morning. Several sales have occurred already this week and the large tapis deal previously mentioned remains pending with greater likelihood of closure.
Editor ET. Cressy of Aberdeen reports he will attend the encampment in Jamestown and seeks hotel accommodations. He expects to find suitable lodging and reliable companions for his stay.
Editor Wheelock of the Mitchell Republican and his wife are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Asa Fisher in Bismarck. Wheelock is noted as one of the most popular and gentle men in the legislature while making a fine Republican paper.
The Brooklyn Magazine features a bright paper on Is the American Woman Oversdressed by Mrs Helen Camp and a gossipy piece The Queen Elizabeth and her suitors. It also offers Dr T De Witt Talmage on First Cigar and a sensible essay on The Evils of Un office with fiction pieces The Nascent Girl Problem.
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