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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1897
Page
7
The passage extols Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative that cleanses the system without weakening organs. It emphasizes genuine California Fig Syrup Co. manufacture and urging buyers to seek authentic product through reputable druggists. It links health to regularity and recommends physicians for actual diseases.
The New York Tribune notes that rocking and other repetitive motions like patting and walking can induce sleep through hypnotic processes. Lullabies, water sounds, and monotonous sermons may have similar effects, affecting mainly neurotics but many young children may be susceptible. some children resist rocking.
Jenness Miller urges women to start with the stomach and cook scientifically and hygienically to attract a good husband and healthy children. She links beauty to pure blood, vitality, and trained muscles, insisting there is no excuse for ugliness.
Describes making long cushions for hatpins from tall slender vases filled with curled hair cork or sawdust, topped with colored plush covers. Bud vases for this use cost 25 to 50 cents, with green gold and white gold varieties priced higher.
The article describes Japanese clothing with six to eight pockets for carrying various items including prayer amulets on rice paper. It notes that distressed individuals swallow these prayers whole as a pill and suggests such amulets might sell well in the country, appealing to Christians seeking a convenient form of devotion.
An advertisement promises a one day cure for a cold with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and offers a refund if it fails. The note specifies druggists provide the money back.
Washington reports a stormy House session with a strict tariff rule adopted by party vote 179 to 132. The majority claimed a deficiency of 203 million dollars in four years necessitates action, with 16 million of 196 million notes paid and gold reserves urged to stay high for safety.
Senator C. K. Davis chaired the foreign relations committee and argued in favor of ratifying the treaty as amended. He traced the negotiation history, stressed peaceful adjudication, and asserted the amendments protect senate prerogatives and prevent snap judgments.
Washington March 22 Republican members of the senate finance committee began informal examination of the tariff bill. They will not grant hearings but will study printed briefs submitted on proposed changes by the house bill or existing customs laws. Briefs should cite specific paragraphs.
WasuINGTen reports the senate met for 50 minutes with bills as the main focus. Michigan's Mr. Burrows introduced a petition from J. Edward Rudicks of Delaware challenging the seat held by Mr. Kenney.
Bradstreets reports a week of irregular trade with turmoil in tariff outlook. Woolens, silks, cutlery and other lines face tariff schedule disappointments while spring jobbing slows. Floods and high water curb country order trade in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys and the South. Demand for cotton goods remains weak with price concessions.
Springfield March 22 Representative W O Lamonte introduced a bill with an emergency clause to prohibit reproducing prize fight pictures and faces penalties for violation The measure follows press announcements that the Corbett Fitzsimmons fight would be shown and received letters from business leaders and fathers urging passage It prohibits exhibition of prize fights and any act forbidden by the state's criminal code.
Benson Minn March 22. A deal is closed transferring ownership of the Clontarf industrial school buildings and equipment from the Con tarf school to the government. The government will operate the school for Indian boys, modeled on the Morris girls school.
Wintow City North Dakota reports a quarantine for diphtheria lasting four to five weeks with several deaths. The outbreak has abated and restrictions are lifted.
The president sent to the senate the nomination of Charles A. Gordon for postmaster at Chicago. Emil Land of Minneapolis suffocated when buried in bran at a Midway elevator. The senate confirmed Colonel Hay and General Porter as ambassadors to England and France. Captain Alfred B. Johnson of the Fourteenth Infantry died in San Antonio. he was the son of General R. W. Johnson of St. Paul and to be buried there.
Latest market report shows firmer prices for wheat with No 2 spring at 75c and No 1 Northern at 79c for May bids. Corn No 3 quoted at 21 cents, oats No 2 white at 18 1/2 to 19 1/2 cents, barley No 2 at 31 to 40 cents with a sample track inquiry at 20 cents.
In Chicago on March 19 dressed poultry prices show turkeys at 124 percent 2 13 cents, chickens 8 9 cents, ducks at Ilalde, butter and creamery butter 10 18 cents, dairy 6 16 cents. Eggs are steady at 91 cents.
DuLuta market reports show cash wheat prices for No 1 hard at 76 gc and No 1 Northern at 74%c, No 2 Northern 72c, No 38 spring 683% 70%, with resets and May July September contracts quoted. Minneapolis reports May closed at 7sc for No 1 hard and 73%c for July with Tracs prices for No 1 hard 754c and No 2 Northern 714c.
South St Paul on March 19 reports hogs active with prices up to 5 cents higher, cattle steady and active with cows, stockers and heifers in demand, and sheep steady as yards clear. Chicago market also active, hogs averaging higher with varied ranges by weight, cattle steady to stronger, and sheep showing firm demand amid receipts of hogs and cattle.
Wheat March 712, May 5c, July 7c, September VA. Corn March 2%c, May 25%c, July 264c, September 274c. Oats March 16¢, May 17.0, July 15¢. Pork March $3.38, May $8.95, July $9.03.
Harper's Magazine outlines its 1897 fiction and nonfiction lineup. Du Maurier’s The Martian begins in the October 1896 issue, with Stockton Howells Twain Page and others contributing stories. Africa and the East, Mexico features, science papers, and portraits of current events fill the issue.
The North Western Line offers personally conducted trips to San Francisco and Los Angeles every Thursday with scenic routes and modern sleeping cars. Passengers are guided by experienced conductors for safe travel, and daily sleeping car service runs between Council Bluffs and California. Full rate information available from Chicago & North-Western railway agents.
The Bazar, a leading women’s periodical, begins its thirtieth volume for 1897 with sections on Paris fashions New York patterns and weekly diagrams for gowns wraps and children’s wear. It features serials by Maria Louise Pool Octave Thanet and others, plus art humor and etiquette columns. Subscriptions cost 4.00 via P O Box 959 New York City.
Harper's Weekly marks forty years of coverage and plans for 1897. It pledges continued zeal in politics, science, arts, and letters with cartoons, serials, and departments like This Busy World and Amateur Sport. The January issue will feature Miss Mary E Wilkins new England story and other works.
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