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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1897
Page
5
Huron residents report frequent visits and moves including P. H. Dunning to Sioux Falls and A. W. Wilmarth returning from Chicago. Notes cover professionals, court activity, a high school literary society formation, local business visits, a railroad case jury deadlock, and a tragic wagon collision near Iroquois with no driver found.
Wm B Sterling of Huron died October 15 1897 after a three week typhoid fever. Born 1863 in Dixon Illinois he built a prominent legal and political career from Beadle County South Dakota to national roles. He served as Beadle County states attorney US Attorney for South Dakota and railway attorney for the Chicago and North Western Railway before moving to Omaha. He was married to Olive Snow Underwood in 1890 and is survived by his father Col Edward Sterling and brother Harry. The community mourns the loss of a noted Republican leader and acclaimed young man.
The death of Hon. Wm. B. Sterling general attorney for the Fremont Elk horn and Missouri Valley railroad after twenty one days of typhoid fever shocks Omaha. He rose from South Dakota practice to statewide prominence, earning high regard from lawyers and railway officials. Tributes describe him as brilliant, generous, and destined for leadership in the Northwestern system. Born 1863 in Dixon Illinois he studied at the University of Wisconsin and rose to United States district attorney before joining the Elkhorn road in Omaha in 1895.
Evangelist Williams held the first in a series of gospel meetings in the opera house on Sunday. Huron area churches suspended regular services to join a union meeting under his leadership.
The Huron Bindery in the city offers to bind magazines from 1896. Customers are invited to bring their copies to have the work completed promptly and in careful fashion.
Defaulted mortgage from Anna and Andrew Westdahl to American Banking & Trust Co. of Auburn Maine recorded 1893 in Beadle County South Dakota. Debt total 1686.40 with taxes and insurance. sale set for Nov 12 1897 at 2 PM at Beadle County Court House Huron SD. property described as Southeast quarter of section 26 township 109 north range 63 west containing 160 acres. David H Purves owner. attorney Turner Faulkton SD. First pub Sept 30 last Nov 11.
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