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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1883
Page
4
A compilation of quirky vignettes and brief items from a bygone issue including misheard phrases, a debate about handwriting and verse, a literary anecdote with Dumas, a tale of courtroom wit, a church moment in Indianapolis, and a florist touting pest free plants.
A curious tale of James who misread his feelings for Susan leading to an abrupt engagement and then a frank confession. Both decide they no longer love each other, yet a practical discussion results in a wedding in a rural church last Sunday.
The piece recounts the spread of free schooling from Massachusetts 1649 requiring towns to maintain schools to educate youths for university. It notes later public schooling efforts in Connecticut Plymouth New Haven Pennsylvania Maryland and New York with varied levels of access and funding. It also mentions the Mayflower passengers and the challenge of identifying the first advocate.
The speaker argues humans are unfinished like a marble sculpture and God continues to chisel us through affliction and wisdom. He envisions believers becoming holy, strenuous, and brighter in eternity, far beyond present selves, with God shaping character toward likeness to Him.
The passage blends alleyway chatter and salon allusions with clues to a widow, a landlady, and a couplet of men discussing ships and marriage. It sketches a mosaic of everyday life, blurred names, and abrupt dialogues amid scattered images of croquet, billiards, and a morning at sea.
A reader is urged to guard speech about a pastor and avoid exposing faults to others. Criticism weakens holiness and harms family life, children’s faith, and church work. Speak supportively, especially in the minister’s presence, to uphold the Gospel and community welfare.
The Philadelphia Medical and Surgical Reporter notes twelve girls died from flames or gas connected to turned-down kerosene lamps. The theory suggests unburned gas or oil vapor suffocating occupants in bedrooms.
A periodical recommendation extols Electric Bitters as a universal cure for biliousness liver and general debility. The item notes the product as a blessing to all mankind and sells at fifty cents a bottle through Blount & Hood.
An advertisement touts a salve claimed to cure cuts bruises sores ulcers and more with a money back guarantee. It costs 25 cents per box and is sold by Blount and Hood. A separate note compares a recent Ischia earthquake’s death toll to Pompeii's destruction claiming 3000 killed on Ischia from a 20000 population.
Public enthusiasm grows for a new Dr King remedy claimed to cure severe coughs colds asthma hay fever bronchitis hoarseness and throat and lung ailments. Trial bottles are free at Blount and Hood's drug store with large bottles priced at one dollar.
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