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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1884
Page
5
Typhoid affects locals as Pratr Bros offer ten years for ten dollar purchases. Eliad and Jonx Berger suffer illness eight miles northeast. Tent meetings near Vilas close and move headquarters. Local ads boast new tailoring shop and prize offers while nearby church ordination and opera house stage work appear.
Mass of short items report Parker suffering from malaria fever and Berxmar's fair displays being top quality. Des Moines Nursery Co sells heavily, Lovet’s Rochelle trip noted, and Parker Bros & Booth prize cloak on exhibition. Tobin Wilson & Co showcase fine wagon and buggy work. local merchants advertise clothing goods and candy. A cyclone near Beresford damages few houses. melon market firms and local watermelons featured.
Beadle County Agricultural Fair progresses with 419 entries and a rich stock display. The Huron Cornet Band performs on site while Miller and Huron clubs schedule a baseball game. Officials Sterling and Wilmarth express optimism about visitor enjoyment and financial success despite weather and staffing limits.
Mr and Mrs J W Campbell are paying a visit. Mr and Mrs T Campbell of Chicago join Supt Naylor of the American Express Company and his wife in the city. Hop C A Moon of New York returns home after completing business in Dakota. Mrs F H Kent and daughter come back from the east with Mr Kent's Chicago sister and Miss Kittie Osborn of the city.
The Brookings Press notes the death of John 8 Dinehart aged twenty five in August after illness from bowel hemorrhage. He lived in Munroe County Wisconsin before moving to Brookings County in 1879 and worked as a locomotive fireman with D C G R R. His funeral drew many friends and Prairie Lodge No 170 Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen adopted resolutions of respect.
Former patients from Haroda and nearby towns plead for his continued presence. Dr McClellan travels Dakota and other American cities, bringing a baggage of roots herbs and barks and Indian relics. crowds wait daily from 9 AM to 9 PM to seek healing.
Home talent presents a two night play at the Rink Opera House on September 11 and 12. New scenery arrives for the production and Haron’s Social Orchestra will provide music. Proceeds fund Huron Public Library. house likely to be filled. Admission 50 cents. reserved seats at the post office free.
Conductor John Burke returns east on his trip. Les Bryant on layoff. Nash takes his run. Water tank work at shops progressing rapidly. Dakota division wheat receipts about 30 000 bushels. Brakeman D Timons injured Monday evening while coupling cars. Conductor Prothero back from Chicago due to his mother's illness. A M Nash away from Watertown, to resume charge between Tracey and Pierre. Train Dispatcher Breton shifts focus to weather cloud studies. Freight business quiet due to washout between West Salem and Winona Junction, Wisconsin. About 1200 feet of CO N W Ry and MS St P line washed away last Saturday. track repaired by Monday. Everything in running order again.
A brief 1884 letter from Invine QC, prospector at the Dakota and Montana agencies, discusses coal finds near the Moreau River opposite Forest City. It notes samples from west of the river and both white and Indian collectors contributing. The writer asks for pardon for any errors and offers to learn more.
A transcription fragment shows a candidate announcing run for District Attorney and County Treasurer in Beadle County. It references the Territory and convention, signaling a political bid from a local official seeking office.
The piece discusses farmer complaints about grain grading, railway access, and monopolistic practices. It credits Honore’s paper for investigation into the grain trade and railways, notes a local death from malaria fever, and lists multiple local business notices and remedies.
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