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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1898
Page
7
Huron items list Monday and Tuesday visitors from Watertown Mobridge and Hand county. Citizens bid on farms, livestock and clothing. local shops promote shirts and corsets. Train times, rail disruptions, and police actions frame the day with wedding notes and military preparations for Cuba.
Special to the Huronite reports Spain in upheaval with Madrid in bloody strife. Ex-Captain General Campos and War Secretary Moret assassinated. Sagasta fled to the British embassy for protection. Queen believed in danger as the throne may fall and Don Carlos may be placed in power.
Sioux Falls May 4 Company G is ready to return home while nearly all men are sick in hospitals. They lack blankets overcoats and supplies and express great dissatisfaction. A terrible blunder by officials is blamed for the inadequate accommodations and the woe begone camp scene. Wa. Rogers.
St Paul May 4 British forces have faced mob violence at Santiago where the local consul was jailed. In response Britain orders three battleships to proceed to the area for rescue and protection of its diplomatic representatives.
St Paul reports on May 4 that Sampson will bombard Mantazas and Porto Rico with an engagement expected tomorrow. The note provides a terse military update from the era.
Epworth League district convention convened at the Methodist church with delegates arriving by train and hosting arrangements. Sessions included prayer, song, Bible study, and an address on The Development of Man followed by the Lord's Supper. Also noted is the National Volunteer Reserve recruiting office at J C Klemme's office and a list of volunteers. Reports on Pierre college relocation to Huron and Rev B H Burtt departing for Michigan conclude the items.
For sale 200 bushels seed wheat 500 bushels seed barley 500 bushels millet seed 50 bushels seed rye. Dehorn cattle before flies at my stable bring them soon. Strut herd on the 15th at 50 cents per head per month. Hay fed on section during April.
Old newspaper fragment includes an 1890s sales pitch for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup promising teething relief for children plus a stray notice about a roan cow with a broken horn from April 15 1898. Also an advertisement touts doubled pleasure of a carriage drive and offers a free harness catalogue from Elkhart Indiana alongside a New York Tribune subscription offer.
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