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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1898
Page
7
The article warns that sixty million people in northern India face famine as crops fail from drought. It notes the British government is taking measures to relieve and prevent further suffering.
Herbert Spencer, missing from Lawrence Kansas for months, was found in Philadelphia last summer. He has resumed studies at Kansas University and is reacquainting himself with relatives and friends. Physicians and mental experts nationwide follow the case with deep interest.
Admiral Selfridge commands the Mediterranean fleet and remains under sixty, famed as the only U.S. officer to hold two admiral titles. His father is a living retired admiral, and Selfridge rose from second lieutenant to commander in 1869 and to admiral about a year ago. The piece also notes Rudolph Virchow’s seventy fifth birthday and discusses cold protection for trees, ice coverings, and beet versus cane sugar production trends in Europe and the United States.
The Iowa Homestead urges farmers to select seed corn with care and to dry it thoroughly before use. Kiln drying is safest, and seed ears should be kept dry until planting. Exposure to freezing while damp or to damp air followed by freezes damages germination and vigor.
The column notes a Chinese farm near St. Louis expanding industry. It urges kerosene treatment for San Jose scale. It cites census rankings with Ohio leading farms, followed by Illinois Missouri Texas New York Pennsylvania Iowa. It reports Florida orange crop gains and California’s expected 12000 carloads, plus beet pulp as livestock feed and root storage tips. It closes with a comment that our bacon is too fatty for foreigners.
In Judge Henrys court Ella Downend sues Kansas City for 5000 after tripping on a sidewalk step. Attorney George Jones argues the step is only the chair step, then trips over it while pointing to it, provoking laughter in the courtroom.
The late George G. Seaton of Rockford Ursia leaves four nieces and six nephews sums from 100 to 200 dollars with a proviso. If any legatee uses cigarettes or alcohol to excess, that portion of the bequest goes to a charity chosen by the executors.
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