Special Election Call for Huron South Dakota Bonds
City council orders a special election on August 2 for issuing bonds to retire warrants, with six percent interest, to fund improvements. Polls open 1 PM to 5 PM at ward polling places. judges listed. Publication required in the Wer Huronite for at least ten days before the election.
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Masons
Arn
South Dakota
Huron
Legislative Assembly
Kogr
Firet
Dakota Co
Mtarrie
J. Dinneen
W. A. Rind
Satins Place
Eae Oe
Alfordsusthoff
Opes
Hou Soteens
J. Seshan
L J
Mortgage Sale Notice in Beadle County South Dakota
First published September 4 and last published October 16 mortgage sale notice cites default on a Beadle County mortgage held by George W. Longstaff and Charles H. Daviat Mortland wagon company of New York. Sale authorized by sheriff at the Beadle front door in Huron on October 19 at 11 the forenoon.
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Beadle
H Dakota
Huron
South Dako
Treadle
South Dakota
Foreclosure Notice on Beadle County Mortgage and Wolsey Lot
Default on the 1887 mortgage by Willard Farrington and Mary Farrington, assignees Charles G. Stevens and John L. Melcher, seeks foreclosure for $1,867.61 plus costs and taxes. Sale of the northeast quarter of section 24, township 101, range 64 Beadle County SD and Lot 5 in Block 4 of Wolsey to be held October Mth, 1800 at 3 PM at the front door of the Huron courthouse by the Beadle County Sheriff. Names: Stevens, McLean, Stevens, McLewEn, Carroll Atty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard
Farrington
Mary E. Farrington
T. E. Penney
Charles G. Stevens
John L.melcher
Beadle County
South Dakota
Wolsey
Said
Huron
Bables G. Stevans
Jonn L. McLewEn
Carroll Atwoop
A Little Journey to the Sioux City Corn Palace
A short promotion notes a book titled A Little Journey to the Sioux City Corn Palace detailing a neighborhood trip to the Corn Palace. The Illinois Central Railroad passenger department offers free mailed copies to interested readers, with signatories F B Bowls, J F Merny, A G P A Manchester, and Jow Gsn Plaza 194 Clark St, Chicago.
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Sioux City
Corn Palace
Illinois
Iowa
Illinois Central Railroad
F. B. Bowlgs
J. F. Merny
Manchester
Jow
Excursions Offered by Chicago & Northwestern Railway
The railroad announces half rate round trips for eastern visitors with multiple excursions being arranged. Send names and addresses of friends to W A Thrall in Chicago to receive a detailed circular. A light anecdote about a woman asking for stamps at a post office references Mr Wanamaker.
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Chicago & Northwestern Railway
W. A. Thrall
Chicago
Farwell
Rusk
Committee On Agriculture
Senator Farwell
Senate Committee On Agriculture
Chicago Herald
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Promoted for Teething Relief
Timeless claim extols mothers using Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children for over fifty years. It promises instant relief from pain and a quiet sleep, with the child waking bright and refreshed.
Keeper on Lonely Rock Lighthouse Stops a Manic Attack
A German assistant keeper at a remote lighthouse on a rock far offshore faced a murderous fit. After a long struggle, Saour was bound and confined, and later sent to an insane asylum. The incident followed his years of isolation and danger from winter seas.
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Saour
Manzanita
Col
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Washington talk on Vice President wigs and fashion notes
A Washington rumor claims the vice president owns three wigs used to mislead the public, with wig No. 3 described as a long hair deception. Also included are recipe hints for picnic dishes, news of a chained sturgeon from the Columbia River, and a prose note on palmetto hats fading from fashion.
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Washington
New York World
Old Bible shipped from State Capitol to Savannah
The long familiar Bible from the executive department has been sent to Savannah from Atlanta, via Milledgeville after the war. Governor Gordon and his predecessors touched the book during oath ceremonies, with the name Mathus on the back. A Theus sought the Bible as his mother’s heirloom, claiming it fled Milledgeville before Sherman’s arrival.
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Executive Department
Savannah
Atlanta
Milledgeville
Gordon
Milledgevill
Sherman
State House
Macon
Couple from Parahontas Delayed By License Rule
A Parahontas couple traveling to Cumberland Maryland for marriage were delayed thirty six hours because the groom did not meet the minimum age for a license.
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Parahontas
W. Va
Cumberland, Md
Washington Roof Ledgers and Night Air in Capital Dwellings
A Washington Post excerpt uses a field glass view from a monument to describe clerks on rooftop flats. Light cots spread on tin roofs become sleeping spaces with screens between to maximize air and reduce heat. The plan is praised as a practical, if improvised, solution.
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Washington
Washington Post
Peddlers Use Tin Box Ruse to Enter Big NYC Offices
Flower sellers have adopted a new entrance method in New York’s large office buildings. They carry flowers in tin boxes that resemble note or document boxes to fool janitors, who won’t stop them while the boxes are closed and in view. The boxes also keep flowers cool and fresh inside.
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Ower
New York
Fragmentary Notices of Historic Property and Insurance
Fragments mention the Duke of Fife selling property from the Fit family lineage tied to Mary Queen of Scots at Rathiem and a note that Havemeyer family members insured their lives for $100 000 with two agents and joint commissions to $60 000. A hail storm in Alusa California delayed investigations into bat damage and tree impacts.
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Duke of Fife
Rees
Ivo
Havemeyer Fame
Two A
Erie Fast Vestibuled Trains From Chicago to New England
Advertises Erie system fast vestibuled trains between Chicago and the Atlantic Seaboard with through Pullman dining cars. Claims savings to Buffalo Niagara Falls New York Albany Troy and Boston and New England cities. Notes gas light heating through trains and daily Pullman cars to Columbus Ashland.
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Erie
Chicago
Atlantic Seaboard
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
New York
Albany
Troy
Boston
New England
Lie
Columbus
Ashland
Chicago City
Clark St
Age City Trior
LG. Cannon
J¢n'l
F.C. Dondip
En. Pagg
Vinegar Bitters Promises Health Benefit Claims
An 1888 testimonial from George W. Davis of New Orleans praises Vinegar Bitters for restoring health and quieting nerves. He recounts relief from itching humors after using three bottles and recommends the product, noting its comparison to Arkansas springs. The ad cites H. McDonald Drug Co., 532 Washington Street.
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Geo. W. Davis
Baronne St
New Or
Oleans
Ark
Itn
H. McDonald Drug CO
Washington Street
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Attest
N.D Wange
Mortgagee
Coxtrann WaGox Company
Clark Sta
Chicago, Il
Morton
Julian Ralph
Dillon
Columbia
Ashion
St. Louis
Georgia
Breslau
Alusa
Cal
Oka Aga Baie
Joan
Swirt Specific Co
L. W. Cooke
South Daxora
Kin Music Houses
Huron, Watertown
Pierre
Third Street
Johnlong
Huro
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