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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1898
Page
2
Huron items report visits and movement of residents across cities. Clergy, lawyers, and officials such as Rev C M Daley and Hon C T Howard are noted along with merchant activity preparing for spring. Obituaries, marriages, and civic notes mix with postal and political updates including Beadle county reform fusion efforts and Mitchell money order designation.
Friday night at the opera house the Huron schools staged a well attended program by about 200 children from primary to grammar grades. Teachers and pupils earned praise for a well run three hour show, with proceeds benefiting the public school library.
An old advertisement touts Bucklens Arnica Salve as the best cure for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains and all skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. Boxes priced at 22 cents sold by EB Whesie.
City officials credit practical business methods for significant tax savings. The council is praised for the approach, urged to maintain the reforms, and urged to continue the fiscally responsible policy that yields legitimate savings for taxpayers.
The A O U W in South Dakota earns 2000 for highest member gain. Grand Secretary Lavin leads state efforts while city council reports substantial bond interest reductions saved 11,580 in future payments. Hutchinson era ads promote Dr King’s New Discovery. State convention committee lists all counties and officers.
Deputy Marshal Sam Strayer of Pierre arrested Joseph Delveaux for sending obscene matter through the mails after a complaint by Chas. Johnson. Delveaux bound over for the next Sioux Falls term. An Esmond deputy postmaster faced trial for opening mail, in charge of Inspector Faulkner. E. Caske of Crandon was bound over for trial at Sioux Falls for similar offenses.
A vintage advertisement touts Grain-O as a nutritious substitute for coffee for children. It claims Grain-O is made from pure grains, tastes like coffee when prepared properly, and costs about a quarter as much. Sold by grocers at 15 and 25 cents.
The ad touts Electric Bitters as a universal remedy for women including homemakers and working mothers. It claims to relieve loss of appetite headaches sleeplessness fainting and nervous complaints. Delicate women are urged to keep a bottle on hand to build up the system and aid recovery. 50 cents per bottle at Holland Wheeler’s drug store.
Beadle County farms offered for sale under a crop payment plan with a small cash upfront. Seller Joan H. Mitige of Huron South Dakota promotes these agricultural properties to buyers seeking deferred payment arrangements.
An old remedy for teething urges use of Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup to calm the child ease gum soreness and soothe wind colic and diarrhoea. Available at twenty five cents a bottle.
Beginning March 1, the Model Steam Laundry will discontinue credit terms and require payment in full at delivery, changing the company’s sales policy. Srseer & Co. confirm the new cash-on-delivery rule.
The House naval affairs committee approved three battleships of the staunchest type to cost about 5 million dollars each, with armor plate pegged at 400 per ton and plans for four large-dock facilities. The Maine will be honored by one ship, and completion is projected in about two years.
A Washington special reports President McKinley has completed a draft message to Congress recommending recognition of Cuban independence. He plans to send it within two weeks and will include consular reports from Cuba and Minister Woodford in Madrid to justify U.S. intervention to end the Cuban war.
Washington dispatch says intervention will take the form of recognizing Cuban independence with Justice Harlan backing the move to press Spain into declaring war. Spanish torpedo boat destroyers Cado and Andase, fully armed, left Clyde to Greenock for ammunition loading and are due to sail Saturday after trials reaching 30 knots.
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