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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1883
Page
2
A damaged OCR indicates an advertising notice from a New York paper mentioning the PRYEsrrdsr Sarco Advertising Bureau and a postal element. The fragment references emigration and a presumed resource context with unclear specifics.
Sioux Falls Press notes General Phil Sheridan is now General of the Army. Prohibitionists back Rev Geo A Cressey as County Commissioner candidate. Attorney Diamoxp accused of stealing Congressman Young’s Tennessee production on Andrew Johnson death. Miss Crewe Laxp cites lobbying against the constitution at Huron Methodist conference.
The Mitchell Republican urges building a first class hotel in Mitchell, praising Huron’s new Northwestern Railroad Co. hotel and its well regarded kitchen led by Prof. Thompson. It argues such an establishment would boost Mitchell’s trade and civic pride, noting the cost at about 16000 and urging a local push to attract a similar venture. It lauds neighboring towns to inspire Dakota progress.
The Highmore Herald rebukes Governor Ordway for delaying Hyde county organization. It cites contested land titles around Highmore, railroad water claims, and claims of corrupt offers to place a county seat. Readers are urged to appoint honest commissioners and end the delay, with warnings of backlash if further interference occurs.
The text explains that residence is a factual question judged by circumstances. It notes strict requirements for actual inhabitation and home maintenance, but also liberal interpretations when essentials are preserved. Examples include working elsewhere briefly, living in a dug-out or sod house, and shared housing among multiple pre emptors.
The Chamberlain speakers urge public spirit and energized leadership to develop railroads and manufactures. They argue money alone lacks value without capable men to mold natural resources into a city, citing Marshalltown Iowa as a caution. Chamberlain’s city plans rely on commerce, water works, and local investment to attract growth and pay for future development.
The Best Practical Art Magazine offers abundant full size designs for painting embroidery wood carving and other crafts with practical instructions. It will publish artist sketches exhibitions and biographical notices and features embroidery designs from the Royal School of Art Needlework. Subscriptions are four dollars a year with specimen copies for thirty five cents.
The Art Amateur for November features six Crane drawings including a frieze illustrating Longfellow’s Skeleton in Armor. It notes Crane’s Newport residence, a biographical notice with a self-portrait, and includes numerous designs in wood carving china painting embroidery and linen sketching. The issue stresses home decoration, practical suggestions, and art guidance.
A Madison street horsecar during Friday afternoon shows two well dressed young women so intoxicated they cannot choose their stop, prompting repeated car halts. A similar pair on Halsted Street the next day adds to concerns about rising female drunkenness among respectable women and the moral impact on society.
The firm Grove & Wilkinson dissolves by mutual consent and will continue as Grove alone. Court notices include summonses in Beadle and Dakota districts with dates and judges named, including details of land, debts, and filings. Public and legal notices reference timber culture entries and property actions in Huron and Beadle County.
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