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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1907
Page
3
A North Western expansion plan for Huron aims to add about twenty miles of side tracks and upgrade the freight house. If approved and built this fall, Huron yards would become the largest in the state, accommodating rising local business.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Fairbank hosted about thirty guests on All Hallow s Eve for a birthday celebration. The house glowed with lanterns while three witches from Macbeth danced near a high chaldron in the fireplace and brewed a potion from diabolical ingredients gathered worldwide. Spooks shared the drink, then merriment followed with a light lunch as the guests vanished at midnight.
Erickson of the North Western, returning from Chicago after a conference with general officers, says conditions there are hopeful. He states there will be no layoffs and that ongoing system improvements will proceed, with the West still prosperous and confident despite New York market tremors.
Steele brothers of Yale applied to the Great Northern for an elevator site at Sheffield after their initial request was denied. The state railroad commissioners granted a hearing, set for Tuesday November 12 in Sheffield, with the commission arriving November 11.
Frank Connors seventeen of Wolsey died after entering the bottom of an old well on C. F. Demlo’s farm seven miles west of town. He ignored warnings to wait for an inspection and was overcome by gas, with recovery impossible before death. Coroner to be notified.
Saturday football results surprised many as Princeton defeated Carlisle while Minnesota beat Chicago securing the western title for Chicago. Harvard edged Brown and Yale faced a stout Washington and Jefferson defense as Wisconsin battled Iowa. Twenty thousand watched the Carlisle upset in New York's Polo Grounds amid heavy rain and shifting title implications.
Doane Robinson, state statistician, releases 1907 corn crop estimates showing reduces in acreage and total yield from 1906 but higher value. He cites 2,034,789 acres for 1907 vs 1,978,466 the prior year, with 56,561,268 bushels produced in 1907 and 77,414,351 bushels in 1906. Weather woes in southern counties contributed to the drop. crop value rises to 27,280,634 dollars from 23,224,305 dollars.
Regular meeting chaired by Alderman Miller lists members present and passes a new ordinance regulating burning of refuse within city limits. W D Lowe named marshal and W H Uecker night watch. mayor can add night force as needed. Dumping-ground damages settled. many city bills approved. Artesian well drill halted after dispute over per diem timing and state geologist report.
Traveling men meeting at the Commercial Club backed a plan to build a $5,000 facility on the Huron fair grounds for traveling men and friends during the state fair. A permanent organizing committee was named to raise funds and oversee the project. Members include J. C. McAdam, L. R. Campbell, C. A. Keeler, C. N. McIlvaine and G. S. Hutchinson.
The town lot auction held today at 2 pm went ahead as planned with a decent turnout. The top bid reached $3 per foot front, the lowest at $2 per foot front, and the sale lasted about two hours to general satisfaction.
John Milk a student fireman on the North Western was killed Monday evening at Volga while cleaning the fire box of a standing engine. He had left Huron on a special freight train and, as two trains coupled on a side track, a second freight moved onto the same track crushing Milk. He was from Hetland where his parents live and the remains were taken home.
A special meeting notes Capitol hill well drilled into granite and halted. Norbeck & Nicholson to drill a $550 two inch test well on the river bottom with option to finance an eight inch well if successful. Observers cite strong flows from the Stacy well and Mennonites well nearby.
Reports of a Cheyenne uprising rise as U S troops rush to the agency. A claimed skirmish allegedly left 35 privates and two officers dead, but this could not be confirmed and is likely false. Four cavalry companies moved from Huron toward Gettysburg en route to the agency, with troops agitated by the supposed battle.
H C Longstaff invites sufferers to try Hyomei with a money back guarantee if not fully satisfied. He claims Hyomei reaches nose throat and lungs and kills catarrh germs without stomach upset, delivered via a pocket inhaler with each $1 outfit.
The product Fo ley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung troubles is not affected by the national pure food and drug law since it contains no opiates or other harmful drugs. It is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults.
Robert O Burke of Elnora New York writes of severe dropsy and impaired sight before using Foley's Kidney Cure. He reports rapid improvement after three bottles, with dropsy and symptoms of Bright's disease disappearing.
The October summary from the weather bureau covers 27 years. It notes a high of 86 on the 6th and a low of 18 on the 25th. The long term mean temp for October is 47.8 degrees with twenty seven year totals listed for both mean temperature and precipitation. It records varied monthly precipitation values from 0.29 to 3.37 inches across 1881 to 1908.
Dr Walter R Gillette former vice president of Mutual Life Insurance was freed on bail after a six month perjury sentence. Justice Dowling granted a certificate of reasonable doubt allowing an appeal to a higher court with bail set at 15000 dollars. Earthquakes were felt in Cape Girardeau Missouri on November 5 with two shocks lasting six to ten seconds and two to three seconds.
An advertisement asserts Foley's Honey and Tar cures colds and stops coughing to strengthen lungs and prevent pneumonia, credited to H. Wheeler of the C. H. Long staff.
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