Huronite Briefs Highlight Local Movements and Notices
Mil to Pacific coast milch cows purchase by A B Nash. Several residents visit relatives and church groups plan Forefathers Day events. Rev J C Shelland heads to Milbank. Jere Kimball and C M Daley attend Willow Lakes association. Dorcas society aids needy, artesian well interest grows. railway survey updates and a welcome back reception for Rev and Mrs Fielder mark community activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Nash
Pacific Coast
E. C. Patterson
City
Dickinson
Bristol
P. McDonald
Hitchcock
G. Clark
C. C. Huff
Yankton
Jere, Kimball
C. M. Daley
Huron Congregationalists
Willow Lakes
A. L. Brooks
A. J. Dickinson
Audubon
Iowa
Huron
William Fielder
Fielder
Why Not Huron Analysis of Sugar Beet Prospects in Huron
Lewis McLouth, president of Brookings Agricultural College, announces sugar beet analysis from the experimental farm showing high crystalizable sugar percentages. Valmorin’s variety could yield 250 pounds per gross ton and about 150 dollars per acre, suggesting Huron as a potential site for beet sugar manufacture. The report urges local citizens to study and promote a processing plant, noting favorable soil and conditions and ongoing bureau investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Agricultural College
Huron
Lewis McLouth
Brookings
Hoxoxire
Agricultural Experimental Bureau
Illisian
France
Valmorin
Prof
McLouth
Prof. McLouth
Directors Meet On Two Railroads Reaching Huron
Directors from the Huron Chamberlain and Black Hills line and the Huron Marquette and Milbank system met to plan construction. A joint committee will visit Duluth and other cities to secure support and tie into connecting roads. The Huron Chamberlain and Black Hills route will adjust Brule county and Wessington Springs areas. right of way work starts immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Diggs
Milbank
Milbank, Egan
Sioux City Railway
Moody County
Sioux City & Northern
Sioux City
Huron & In
Huron, Oham- Hille
Duluth
Huron, Chamberlain & Black Hills Company
Harsnton
Brule County
Wessington Springs
Woodruff
Huron, Chamberlain & Black Hills
The Herdic Charge and a 15 Year Old Soldier
A Civil War skirmish recounts a brutal Confederate assault at Malvern Hill. A surprised Union soldier carries a mortally wounded boy of under 15 to safety, reflects on the sacrifice, and discovers years later the boy's surviving relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClellan
Meanville
Mary
Jim
Georgia
Gray
Malvern Hill
Detroit Free Press
Council Cullings
An adjourned city council meeting held October 30 with Alderman Cameron presiding. Items include rebate granted for Delia Spangberg poll tax, finance report approved, repairs ordered for crosswalks on Dakota Avenue and Third Street, purchase of a city safe referred to public works, and clerk instructed to obtain a record book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Dinpeen
Holtop
Heineman
Jorvis
Goodner
Delia Spangberg
J. W. Spangberg
Dakota Avenue
Third Street
Committee On Public Works
The Industrial School at G A R Hall
Mrs. DeVoe's school for working girls will meet at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening in the G A R ball, not Friday. About 30 pupils study various branches and a labor bureau will aid job seekers with headquarters at J H De Voe's shoe store. A cook book is being prepared for publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. de Voe
Dakota Avenue
Miss Susan B Anthony Lectures in South Dakota
Miss Susan B Anthony of New York will fill a series of appointments in South Dakota this month in the interest of Equal Suffrage. She will speak at the following places on the dates named, and friends of the cause are urged to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony
Susan B. Anthony
New York
South Dakota
Friends of the Cause
Trees as irrigators in South Dakota prairies
The Dakota Ad vocate from Sioux Falls argues trees are the best and simplest irrigation method for South Dakota prairies. Trees draw and retain moisture, require little care, thrive on hills or plains for rich or poor, and avoid corruption or contractor expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota School For
Sioux Falls
Dakota Advocate
South Dakota
American and English Engineers Exchange Ideals
A comparison of American and English engineering traditions notes that American practice focuses on immediate needs while English builders plan for future generations. Yet American improvisation shapes British design, influencing projects like the Forth bridge through cantilever concepts born in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Yaher
Exchange
New York
Old London Coffee Houses and Their Noted Patrons
A survey of historic London coffee houses describes Button's Tom's and Will's near downtown rivals famed for Addison Steele and Pope. It notes Whig and Tory factions, Bedford with Garrick Foote Quin, and clergy at Childs coffee house, plus a general pattern of trades gathering at specialty houses. The piece then shifts to a royal Kisber stud review with Mezohegyes Babolna Pogaras Kisber horses and a detailed display of stallions led by Verneuil, amid imperial attention and extensive stabling and pasture arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sienna
Threadneedle Street
Vereaux Rt
Will
Ae Erect Prosperity
Will’s
Button’s
Addison
Steele
Pope
On Lock
Tom’s
Thomas West
Great Russell Street
Button
Geo I Tom
Macauley
London
Bedford
Covent Pearden
Garrick
Richard
Foote
Aozen
Quin
Childs
St. Paul's Church Yard
Kisber
Splendida
Kisberere
Verneuil
Craig Millar
Doncaster
Ruperra
Sweetbread
Gunnersbury
Esikos
London Standard
Ring Theft Leads to Week of Worry for Lansing Youth
A Lansing man lent a gold ring to a female friend and soon reported its theft to Marshal Bates after noticing its absence. The ring returned yesterday, sparing the borrower from arrest and leaving the owner amused by the prompt police description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Police
Bates
A Question of Method
A dialogue among young men debates marriage motives, with De Trop praising love over money and Inswim insisting spouses reveal a partner’s true worth, while the text notes the foolishness of marrying for wealth in Drake's Magazine style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young de. Trop
Young Inswim
Drake
Tempering Justice and a Livery Dispute in a Rural Tale
A summer visitor and a quiet country farmer recount a livery dispute that ends without payment. A lazy debtor escapes a cash fine, while the sheriff enforces a week in jail for a charge, yet the farmer jokes about the justice system and goodwill toward the squire.
Lincoln Car 540 Decaying on Modern Tracks
The presidential railway car No. 540 once used by Abraham Lincoln is deteriorating while still in service on the Fall Brook line between Wellsboro and Fatie. Worn exterior, crude seats, and gaudy interiors contrast with its historic status and display panels featuring Lincoln portraits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Washington
United States
New York Central - Hudson River Railroad Company
Fall Brook
Wellsboro
Fatie
Delaware, Lackawanna and
Albany
Wincoln
New York Telegram
Also Mentioned on This Page
Congregationalists
J. C. Shelland
Methodist Church
Young Peoples’ Society
Presbyterian Church
Deestrick Skeal
F W. Cooper
Cherokee
Los Angeles
Cal
Fourth
Montana
Troquois
Dorcas Society of
A. W. Wilmarth
Iroquois
J. D. Howard
Pennsylvania
Mr. Howard
Alex. McIntosh
Jas. Stanners
J. ©. Klemme
H. Aplin
Stewardik
Vest
G. Kieks
N. Olson
Watertown
Redfield
Mitchell
Old London
Royal Stud
Ani
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