Col Brown pioneering Dakota figure dies after long life
Col Brown a Vermont native and long time Dakota settler returned home after a storied career. He edited papers in Woodstook and Yankton, served in the Union army, helped survey Dakota lands under Dewey, and oversaw Fort Rice surveys. He died after a lengthy illness, with funeral details noted for Friday.
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Col. Brown
Vermont
Spirit of the Age
Woodstock
E. T. Cressey
Brown
Charleston
Douglas
Gen. Butler
New Orleans
Dakota
Yankton
Arthur Linn
Dakotaian
Dewey
Judge Moody
Judge Brookings
United States Land Office
Bismarck
Gen. Taylor
Ft. Rice Military Reservation
School Board Committees Named by F H Kent
The board president F H Kent appointed standing committees Finance with L H Hole I J Mouser and F M Wilcox Teachers with O W Bair W Bray and I J Mouser Text Books and Instruction with I J Mouser L H Hole and O W Bair Apparatus and Supplies with W B Joy O W Bair and one vacancy Building and Grounds with F M Wilcox Wallace Tyler and W B Joy Rules with L H Hole Wallace Tyler and one vacancy
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F. H. Kent
Board of Education
L. H. Hole
I. J. Mouser
F. M. Wilcox
O. W. Bair
W. Bray
L. H.hole
W. B. Joy
Wallace Tyler
Dr. Pierce Advertisements and Medical Pastiche
The passage critiques a wave of patent medicine ads selling cures for female weakness and related ailments. It mentions Dr. Pierce's products, including Favorite Prescription and Pellets, advertised as cures and laxatives sold by druggists, reflecting 19th century marketing rhetoric.
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Scription
Tierce
Pierce
Tournament Taps in Sioux Falls Firemen Parade
Sioux Falls hosts a June 6 to 8 tournament with 1500 uniform firemen expected in a 9am grand parade stretching a mile. Nine bands from several cities perform, with additional local juvenile units and new Huron uniforms. Decorations urged for homes and businesses and includes exhibitions by Fox brothers hose team and Hilton Brett hose coupling contest. Births announced in Huron.
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Sioux Falls
Millan
Yankton
Mitchell
Aberdeen
Brookings
Miller
Hitchcock
DeSmet
Huron
Scotland
Tyndall
Liberty Hose Co
Pride Book and Ladder Company
Huron Department
Fox Brothers
Iowa
Hilton
Prices and property transfers shape Huron’s coming year
The text notes good prices and a continuing favorable market. W C Arnold bought Risdon for 4000 at the corner of 2a street and Dakota avenue, then sold it to George Heineman for a 50 advance, with NHS Merrill reporting several large real estate transfers in sight. This promises to be an important year in Huron.
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W. C. Arnold Purchas Risdon
Dakota Avenue
George Heineman
NHS Merrill
Huron
Remarkable Cures Admit Broad Confidence in Remedies
A stray paragraph touts Dr. King's New Discovery and Electric Bitters as universal remedies with wide success. It mentions Bucklen's Arnica Salve and claims many ailments are cured, though the text is jumbled and names are unclear.
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W. Pee Oy
Dr. King
Bucklen
Circular on final proof rules and land notices
A May 3 1888 circular from Washington clarifies that final proof may be made before the judge or in the judge's absence before a county clerk. Notices should state proof will be before the judge or absent judge, without naming specific officers. Other homestead and preemption proofs require different notice language. A list of letters remaining in Huron South Dakota for the week ending May 26 1888 is included.
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Land Office
Ashington
Huron
Dakota
LE. Goops
Beadle County
Rectory bids opened for Eburch project in Huron
Bids were opened Friday evening for a new rectory on Kansan street south of the church. Harwood and Gart won the contract to begin work at once, with completion in about 60 days for a two story house with cellar on a stone foundation.
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Geburch
Charles Potter
F. F. Smith Berry
Kansan Street
Messrs
Harwood and
Gart
What Am I to Do Green's Augt Flower Cure
The text describes biliousness with varied symptoms including loss of appetite for solids in the morning, giddiness headache acidity and flatulence. It promotes Green's August Flower as a cheap cure with many attestations of efficacy.
Farmers Rally Called In This Vicinity For A Labor Picnic
A grand rally of farmers is planned for the afternoon and evening at the courthouse in this city with AY Loucks presiding and J. in master Labor to address the crowd. The notice invites all to attend and enjoy the occasion amid the local push for mutual aid and advancement. Hood's Sarsaparilla is advertised as a blood enriching tonic for general health.
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Jane
AY Loucks
Terrioria Alliance
Memorial Service by Grand Army Veterans at Presbyterian Church
About 30 to 40 Grand Army of the Republic members marched from their hall to the Presbyterian church on Sunday morning for a Memorial service. Post No. 4 E. T. Cressey chaplain delivered a lengthy sermon stressing loyalty to God and country.
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Grand Army
E. T. Cressey
Chiplain
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St. Paul
Cartea
Boston
Third and Roberts
Joseph McKey & C
Reliable Outfitters
Schuman
Aeleas
Ei G. Burnha J.B. Trevier
Culratas
Beadle|Co
Davis & Longstaff
Cora
Dak
Sates, Cb Han
California
Barker Corner
Idaho
3D Streets
Ry Phillips
Court House
Miss
Parish
Mazntev
Justi Grant
Asa Bowman
Anna Hageman
Remae Chamberlain
Tae
Dakota State Bindery Company
Ursd Cok
J. W. Dove
Col. Ov
Rand
Hood
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