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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1906
Page
2
Huron welcomed a delegation to the Sioux Falls harvest festival while locals and visitors filled schedules with theatre shows, auctions, and social events. Residents talked weather, rail crowding, farm demonstrations, and upcoming lodge and church activities as reports of travel, sales, and entertainment spread through the week.
The circuit court adjourned Wednesday fore noon until Thursday November 1 to hear Sanford land cases involving title to over a hundred quarter sections of land. Leading lawyers argue the matter with Hon. A. B. Melville of Chicago joining the presentation.
Harry Rowe died Friday afternoon after years of cancer progression reaching his throat. Funeral set for Sunday October 7 under Odd Fellows and Masonic Lodge auspices with remains at the cemetery. A longtime Huron resident since 1880 from Castlewood, he never left the city and remained active in its welfare. Family and many friends mourn his loss.
Weather Bureau data for September report a high of 94 on the 8th and a low of 35 on the 30th. The mean for the month is 63 degrees, above the 26 year average of 61. It lists yearly mean temperatures since 1880 and notes 3.14 inches of rainfall versus a 1.64 inch average. The wind was southeast with average speed 10.06.
The South Dakota Synod of the Presbyterian church will convene at Good Will Mission near Sisseton from October 4 to 7 with about seven thousand members across 125 churches under more than 100 ministers. The Huron college main building renovation exceeds one hundred thousand dollars. Notable visitors include Rev Dr John Henry Elliott of New York and Rev E B Worell of Pittsburgh among others.
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