08 Nov 1883
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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1883
Page
1
In a rain soaked tenement, Helen confronts a troubled marriage and longing for a better life. Her husband Charles contemplates a hopeful future as she endures fear of separation and guilt after a fateful night when tragedy strikes. A neighbor Bridget aids Helen as the couple confronts dire consequences and rekindled love.
An urban commentary argues that busy commerce neglects core morals while business leaders must model virtue. It urges reform in male and female behavior, warns of moral leprosy among youth, and implores women to pursue healthful exercise and diet, practical grooming, and measured routines to restore vitality.
A Black River Falls crowd gasped when a supposed corpse of a young woman, daughter of a wealthy German, appeared alive after three days in the preparing for burial. Doctors and family believed she had died from illness, but fears grew about her breathing and facial expression.
The scene describes a young lady declared dead who suddenly awoke in her coffin, screamed, and rose from the coffin table. She reveals she was conscious throughout the ordeal, heard every word, and feared burial alive before fainting and later recovering. The account ends noting she is now convalescent.
In Dakota west of the Missouri and north of the 45th parallel, white hunters in the Black Hills and Sioux on the reservation drive buffalo to the range. Last winter many herds were slaughtered within 25 miles of Deadwood and meat and hides sold to railheads and canneries. Some outfits shipped meat to St Paul and Chicago. meat sold on the ground for a half cent per pound. Farmers rely on salvaged meat, drying for summer use, and surplus sells in Hills towns at three to four cents per pound. The article notes wild slaughter may end as stock winters in Dakota grow heavy and climate proves ideal for cattle ranching. An enterprising cowboy once began stock-raising by lassoing calves from killed buffalo and sending them to Powder River, amassing tame buffalo and trained buffaloes last spring.
A boy shining shoes on a North River ferry explains earnings from blacking a box of shoe polish. He notes profits vary by shoe, estimates forty pairs per five cents, and claims a day’s take of four dollars and seventy five cents with tips from gentlemen.
A steam buggy is being built in Augusta Georgia. It will resemble a standard buggy with two rear wheels and a front wheel bearing the machinery and fuel tanks. The front wheel supports the weight while the traction design aims to keep the machine planted. The engines are operable by anyone inside and steerable in any direction. Estimated speed is about a mile in minutes, though the exact time remains unsolved.
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