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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1883
Page
3
The notice lists Daktoa Division rail and mail train times, daily routes east and west, with departures from Huron and Hawarden, and arrivals at Hawarden, Huron, and other stations. It specifies a daily mail exp, accommodations, closing times, and Sunday and holiday variations, plus post office hours and penalties.
A collection of neighborhood items mentions the Wright House’s enhanced Sunday dinners, the Waterman and Osgood couple on a Dakota acreage trip, Jon Wenster’s new two story farm residence west of Iroquois, Caldwell renting Sunny sic farm for five years, and thanks to Brown Hagensick for wedding cake. It notes a Presbyterian drive to support a New Mexico Indian boy, school elections favoring Henry Haron Logan, a plan to host Times writer for a meal, oats yield on five acres, Metropolitan Hotel Blunt under Hall and Merrill, and W McDonald’s trip to New York City to hire a lawyer to move the U S Land Office to Pierre.
A stream of visitors and new residents arrive or pass through Huron. Genevieve Clark departs for Galesville Wisconsin and Dr Dickinson attends a Redfield Physicians' Convention while many businessmen and editors visit or relocate, including P F J Cory of the Redfield Journal and J Sage of the Dakota State Journal.
The report notes a new foundation and added sand-house expansion at the depot. The bus stand near the passenger depot is being paved with stone. Johnny Protherg is running the mixed-train on the Hawarden line. Comptroller M. M. Kirkman traveled in a special car on Friday.
Donavin's Tennesseeans tour reaches Parker Hall tonight as a crowded crowd anticipates a top concert. Reported sales indicate one to two hundred seats already sold and the troupe carries a national reputation.
The Hall Friday concert showcased N. E. Reed and D. P. Miller's profiles with Miss Clark and Miss Wheeler earning praise for vocal and piano work. Critics note excessive classical focus, weak stage conditions in Huron, and a Mansfield miscue highlighted by a rival eastern paper.
The letter dated October 24 1883 from Missionary Bishop William H. Han e announces that the Episcopal Church bounds now cover all of Dakota south of the 46th parallel and the Santee Reservation in Nebraska. He expresses intent to visit South Dakota soon and asks for prayers for his work and service.
After more than three years of service the Pioneer Union Sunday School held its last service at Parker Hall. Its work has been absorbed by four flourishing denominational schools. Superintendent E G Wheeler and Secretary L J Mouser led the school since its founding in 1880 with 15 present at the first meeting and an attendance of 175 at the final session.
Readable fragments describe choir attendance and finances, staff and musicians including Edwin G Wheeler as superintendent, Miss Grace Dickinson pianist, and C M Keeler chorister. Local notices report weddings and deaths, a Grant and Wright Kinney event, and town board items with financial figures, adjournment notes, and public sale ads.
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