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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1908
Page
6
The Lawrence county election yields 1 036 socialist votes while H G Fuller of the Supreme Court dies, viewed as a major loss. Burke signals tariff revision support. Chaney touted for speakership. Republican platform pledges echo. North Dakota reformers realign. Nebraska plans for Dryan and Roosevelt speculation surface.
A critic denounces a surge of office seekers eyeing Pierre for pay from taxpayers for primary and election work. The speaker claims statehood has wasted funds on clerks, enough to fund a new state house, and urges reform.
The Huronite expresses期待 that its pending voting contest will mirror the Argus Leader's recent success. The edition notes the contest was a big winner and the paper hopes the Huronite achieves similar results in its territory.
The piece notes W S Ginas and Glass Strat running for Congress in 1910 with vigorous campaigns and long runs ahead. It also says Uncle Joe Cannon seeks speaker in the next House facing strong opposition from Theodore E Burton of Ohio and Charles W Fowler, both veteran lawmakers likely to challenge him.
An editorial condemns San Francisco as a corrupt city marked by vice and crime, noting Chinatown’s influence and a long history of licentiousness. The piece laments the city’s ruinous path and predicts lasting damage before it can be a fit place to live.
A venture led by George Egun plans a Sioux Falls daily to challenge Charley Day. Local businessmen have subscribed 10,000 dollars in stock, a sum they may never recover as the Argus Leader endures and grows.
Secretary of State Wipf offers for sale Volume one and Volume two of the constitutional debates of South Dakota. Volume one covers the state constitutional convention of 1885 and volume two the debates of the constitutional convention of 1889. The text notes the passing of many key figures and the historical value of these debates.
The piece argues that November 3 politics show Republicans were aided by Democrats in June primaries, naming Kittredge Browne and Crawford. It critiques New York divorce law as irrelevant to South Dakota, asserts South Dakota’s morals are better, and warns a national divorce law would be needed to curb divorce seeking.
The death of Judge Howard G. Fuller creates a supreme bench vacancy to be filled by appointment. Charles S. Whiting of DeSmet, Ninth district circuit judge, is favored to win the post by Gov. Crawford, a move that would also leave a vacancy in the Ninth district possibly paving the way for a Huron appointee.
The article discusses Dakota sunshine, noting it comes from the same factory as others but varies by delivery location. It argues sunshine relieves some pains but adds other effects, reflecting a local perspective on quality and presence of light.
The text extols sunshine as a life enhancer brightening the eye and heart while contrasting its absence with gloom and crime prevention via street lighting. It then warns against mercury in eye drops and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo with testimonials and price, plus Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A splendid chance to buy a new cement house with light rooms, electric wiring, city water, solid cement cellar and generous layout. Listing features Lot 61 by 165, kitchen, dining, parlor, reception hall, two bedrooms and more. Price around 2900 after a 1500 cash payment, with monthly installments at 25 dollars and 7 percent interest. The property cost 3300 recently. contact Philip Lawrence at Hills Brock.
A short wartime style ad urges readers to mind their business by taking Dr Kings New Life Pills to prevent biliousness malaria and jaundice. The notice mentions H Wheeler drug store as a local supplier.
Plans reveal a new North Western depot with dining facilities and upstairs offices, a busy freight house at First Street and Dakota, and major brick blocks including a Masonic Temple. Local developers like W A Ritschlag and others anticipate ongoing construction driving Huron toward state commercial prominence. The government building site decision may delay next year, but growth continues to loom.
New trial granted for Mrs. Kaufman in the murder of her servant girl after an earlier denial at the trial judge level. Attorney T H Null received word from the Clark of the Supreme Court that the high court approved the motion. The case had become one of the era’s notable criminal proceedings. The Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church meets with Mrs J L Pyle Thursday afternoons at 2 30.
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