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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1897
Page
7
The passage extols Syrup of Figs as a gentle, effective laxative that promotes internal cleanliness without weakening organs. It stresses the value of a genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product sold by reputable druggists and notes it suits most health needs if regular. It contrasts routine healthifi with reliance on skilled physicians for actual diseases.
Washington May 10 officials report no public word on the arbitration treaty after its executive session. The treaty by Secretary Olney and Sir Julian Pauncefote remains unrevealed whether rejected or amended, creating an unusual secrecy that prevents notifying Britain and the State Department of any final result.
The crown prince of Japan remains alive despite rumors. Cecil Rhodes begins return to South Africa. Composer Johannes Brahms dies at 67. Lady Lascelles wife of Sir Franklin O. Lascelles British ambassador to Germany dead. An iron ore pool formed for Gogebiee and other ranges, Mesaba excluded.
United States Consul reports a revolution in Tegucigalpa with the republic under martial law. Also notes a resignation of A B Evans from Des Moines land office and a Missouri river flood mysteriously vanishing into the artesian basin.
An advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a one day cure for colds. It claims all druggists will refund the money if the cure fails and lists the price as 25 cents.
Washington May 10. Senate and House conferees reach agreement on the Indian appropriations bill. Opening of the Uncompahgre reservation is replaced by a lease plan for Gilsonite lands at 75 cents per ton royalty. Trust provisions bar price fixing and production limits, forfeiting claims.
Buffalo Jones of Oklahoma in Washington offers to corral the remaining bison in Yellowstone to save the herd. He says about 30 animals survive in the wild and urges immediate gathering as park slaughter continues. The Yellowstone superintendent doubts preservation is possible and the interior secretary has not acted.
Terre Haute news reports lodges of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen voted to affiliate with the American Federation of Labor. Officials expect two thirds approval, enabling mutual aid while avoiding strikes or action beyond their rules. In Springfield a lobbyist offered 2000 dollars to sway a committee clerk over Humphrey bills.
The railroad commissioners order enacts a new maximum tariff plan with a mandatory three cent per mile passenger rate. It also requires immediate adoption of statutory coal transport rates for lignite and reduces merchandise and grain tariffs.
Twenty victims of Tuesday’s charity bazaar fire on Rue Jean Goujon were buried in Paris. Funeral processions and routes were crowded as communities expressed deep sympathy for the victims’ families.
Sheriff Wagness and Chief of Police Hurst returned from the east end of Devils lake with traces of Normand the Larimore murderer. He had dinner Sunday with farmer August Miller near Stump lake in Nelson county.
In Hovcuron Michigan on May 10 a boy named Jola Thomas stayed at his post beside a dynamite box on fire. He raised workers nine levels to safety using a compressed air hoist before the dynamite exploded, leaving no injuries among the miners.
In a unanimous decision the judges affirmed Princeton's victory over Yale in the annual debate. Rufus P. Vassar, grandson of Vassar College founder, is jailed in San Francisco on embezzlement charges he disputes. Revenue cutters Rush and Corwin sail to Alaska to aid Bear in enforcing summer sealing regulations. Pearle D. Dicker wins first in the Columbia Missouri intercollegiate oratorical contest. Chauncey F. Bell and Lawrence N. Booth place second and third. New York Governor Black signs an anti trust bill requiring annual corporate capital stock reports for foreign and domestic firms.
Latest market report from Milwaukee on May 7 shows flour unchanged. Wheat prices listed for No 2 spring No 1 Northern at 73 1/4 to 77 1/4 cents, July at 70 cents. Corn No 3 at 23 1/4 cents. Oats No 2 white at 21 1/2 to 21 3/4 cents. Barley No 4% at 32 1/2 to 34 1/4 cents with sample on track at 29 824 cents.
DuLuTH May 7 grain prices show No 1 hard wheat around 744c and No 1 Northern about 74 to 75c with various bid and delivery months including May July and September. Prices listed for No 3 spring around 67 to 63 1 2 cents and rejected at 511% 66c with arrivals noted.
In Minneapolis on May 7 wheat futures showed May at 7 line and July at 70% with September at 64%. On Track No 1 hard wheat traded around 73c while No 1 Northern reached 71c and No 2 Northern at TOC.
Market report from Sovata Street PA dated May 7 shows hogs firm and active with a range of prices from 2.75 to 4.0 dollars. Cattle are strong and active with demand for fat stockers and higher prices for quality, sales from 1 to 10 thousand head, stockers 3.75 to 3.90, cows 3.00 to 3.20, heifers 2.75 to 3.20, steers around 3.90. Sheep market remains strong with shearer lambs at 4.00 to 4.75 and muttons around 5.75.
Hogs show early strength fading as market stays fairly active. Cattle market quiet and barely steady with beeves cows and Texas steers trading at limited ranges. Sheep and lamb prices steady with native sheep westerns and lambs quoted. Closing prices list grain futures with May June July and September positions in wheat corn and oats.
A Dayton Ohio customer quotes a wife using Mother’s Friend and would pay $100 per bottle if needed. The ad from The Bradfield Regulator Co. Atlanta Ga promotes its book To Expectant Mothers and offers mail order at $1.00 per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Harper's Magazine presents a 1897 catalog of fiction by Du Maurier Stockton Howells Twain Page Davis Wister Bangs Stuart Wilkin and others. It surveys science features by Williams Wilson and Lummis American historical papers with Wilson MacMaster Barnes and Forsyth Africa and the East pieces by Bigelow Bonsal and Smith plus a coronation story by Davis. Subscription offer from Harper & Brothers.
The North Western Line runs Thursday departures to San Francisco and Los Angeles with modern sleeping cars and experienced conductors. Daily tourist sleeping car service operates between Council Bluffs and California. For rates and details contact Chicago & North Western railway agents. Bring magazines to have them bundled cheaply.
Harper's Bazar announces its 1897 edition featuring Paris fashion letters by Katharine De Forest, New York fashions, and a pattern sheet. It highlights serials by Maria Louise Pool and Octave Thanet, stories by Wilkins Spofford Harland McEnery Stewart and others, plus departments on outdoor life music etiquette embroidery and etiquette. The magazine promotes subscriptions with one free postage to subscribers in New York City.
Harper's Weekly announces its fortieth year since founding and outlines plans for 1897. The publication pledges continued coverage of world events, science, arts, and letters, with cartoons, serials, and features by Wilkins, Benson, Bangs, and Newell.
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