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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1899
Page
5
A terse wartime line echoes morale and distance as ships and troops depart for the Pacific theater. The phrase captures longing for home and the unresolved presence of missing or departed comrades amid distant conflicts.
Queen Victoria orders mobilization of England’s militia reserve to support efforts to enforce British claims in the Transvaal. The move signals a sharpened Royal stance and potential wider conflict in southern Africa.
Bryan argues that Democrats were counted out for his 1896 Kentucky loss and invokes skepticism about his reasoning. He contends convincing voters on free coinage at 16 to 1 remains as difficult as explaining his prior claims.
Senator Pettigrew and Judge Julian Bennett will open the state campaign for the reformers at Hitchcock Beadle county on October 23. The article notes that a stronger GOP showing in the north end of the county could easily explain the result.
The article notes Mrs Lease leaving anti Republican alliances and recounts Senator Pettigrew praising her as a great orator. It claims Pettigrew will now follow Lease into the Republican camp at Huron.
A critique recalls the Democratic Party’s push to force the Lecompton constitution on Kansas, portraying it as an assault on consent of the governed and urging reflection on party history.
The Sioux Falls Press notes the First South Dakota regiment warmly greets the state’s chief executive and applauds his patriotic words. The paper suggests his remarks reference Philippines vacancies and that he will not detain the audience further.
The English achieved a sweeping victory over the Boers with about 800 Boers killed or wounded and 350 English casualties. The outcome raises questions about Boer morale and prospects in the ongoing contest, which is described as unequal and unfavorable to the Boers.
Mrs Lease renounces populism and declares support for Republican principles. She endorses expansionism and the administration's Philippines policy. She states silver issues are settled under a gold standard, signaling a shift in stance as she speaks in Huron to former populist allies.
Returning soldiers express thanks for a free train home from San Francisco and for entertainment along the route. In Huron they received a kingly supper and across the state people gave generous attention. The Sioux Falls Press is faulted for constant complaints, seen as habitual.
The piece stresses that the supreme court judges election is three weeks away and urges every voter to cast a ballot. It underscores suffrage as a fundamental privilege and warns that skipping the polls is a neglect of civic duty.
A call to voters to participate in the November 7 election and cast ballots for candidates believed best qualified to serve the people’s interests as supreme court judges.
The Milbank Review endorses Justices Haney Fuller and Carson in Grant county. It states no reflection on Union Reform candidates Kennedy Bennett or Smith and notes the current bench has a good record, offering no reason to set them aside.
The Sioux Falls Press complains that Governor Lee could not find a room after arriving the day President McKinley visited. He reportedly spent the night on the curb, while Secretary Ayres is blamed for neglecting to arrange accommodations or provide a speech.
The president completed a 5000 mile journey speaking to millions, traveling without police protection and without pomp. He appeared as a plain American citizen on hundreds of platforms and was received with love and respect everywhere, reflecting the nation's respect for the office and its holder.
At a recent reception for President McKinley, carpet tacks were left on reserved seats. Secretary of the Treasury Gage sat then stood, finding a tack under his clothing. He grimaced, retrieved the tack, and carefully checked the chair before resuming his seat.
Judge Keith and Mayor Lien react with smiles as Secretary Gage laughs after a dramatic lightning jump. The text then details a slaughterer paying 6.53 per hundredweight for cattle, selling beef at 101 cents per pound, and a $98.25 cost per head with $92.25 revenue, illustrating hidden losses under the old system.
The Boer reverse at Mafeking eight miles from the Transvaal frontier prompts caution on Cape Town railway targets. General Joubert may divide forces to fight on west and east fronts. British plans rely on heavy forces from Durban and Lorenzo Marquez to reach the Free State and Transvaal. General Buller’s request for 70,000 men signals expected strength of Boer resistance.
Opinion argues beef price increases reflect supply and demand not a fixed manipulation. Summer demand higher, cattle supplies smaller, concluding that coordinated price fixing is implausible. The piece rejects trusts but notes possible industry understandings without altering overall market pressures.
The Globe Democrat notes that a Democrat win in key states in upcoming elections could embolden Aguinaldo to plot further actions against Manila. It warns that McLennan or Bryan gains in Nebraska or other states might signal a shift favorable to insurgent plans.
A Washington Iowa gathering featured a dozen to fifteen women dressed in bridal costumes spanning up to twenty years of marriage. The crowd formed a kaleidoscope of wedding finery as older gowns were let out to fit the expanded figures.
A debate over the presidents South Dakota visit notes committees on both sides offered welcomes. The piece defends honoring the president regardless of party and questions calls it a political campaign.
The writer toured John Longstaff's Huronite plant in Huron last Saturday and found one of the state’s best equipped newspaper offices, likely the finest for a town of its size.
An advertisement asserts deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for uncured cases, mentions Toledo based F. J. Curary & Co and 75 cent pills, and notes a drugstore sale. It also invites readers to subscribe to a weekly publication.
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