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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1886
Page
8
Train times for the Gaidjoo and Noxruwistzas Railway show divisions and freight routes with arrivals and departures. The notes list daily, weekly, and Sunday exceptions including morning and evening services and differ by line and destination.
Northbound service runs 7 daily departures starting at 1 20 p m with arrivals in Columbia at 5 50 p m. Southbound freight schedule shows trains moving from Columbia to Huron with a 6 00 p m arrival in Huron and a 9 45 a m start in Columbia.
Fragmentary OCR shows a timetable noting a 42 passenger service from Huron with departures around 6 00 a m. and arrival details likely at a destination called Arden. Agent listed as T D Anousr.
Fragmentary OCR shows daily opening from 6 00 a m to 11 80 a m with routes 12545 p m east and 438 south via. opening 7 00 p m and 8 00 p m. Daily operations from 6 00 a m to 8 30 p m with Grande J closing at 10 p m.
Data notes rainfall measurements through August in 1886 and 1846. Includes references to U S Army units and weather observations by Sergeant in the signal corps.
The readable fragment describes a ceremony where Hunome bows to Mrs. Dr Ha génsick at an address 109-59, noting a large bou.
The local insurance board held its annual meeting on Wednesday. George Huntington and Wm. L. King were chosen for key roles. C. Morgan was confirmed as stamping secretary.
Pupils divided into sections for rhetorical exercises. The first section lists Nellie Botsford, Fremont El Hot, Clara Cressey as leaders and participants. Further details indicate the session will cover two parts of practice.
Duver Cuures is at home from Ipswich where he held a term of court. Over four days the grand jury returned more than eight indictments, 79 of them for illegal sale of liquor. A saloon keeper was fined 100 dollars and sent on for 10 days.
Officers and employees of the land office have not been paid since June 30. A recent congress bill aimed to change payment frequency to monthly or quarterly, but the change did not take effect and the old system remains. Officials believe the proposal was tied to delaying wages. A letter says funds will arrive this week.
A fragment from a newspaper note discusses unseen growth and curiosities in the summer, reflecting on natural observations and questions from observers. The text is incomplete and reads as a stray excerpt from a longer piece.
Republican Oliver Savas rents a tailoring shop at Mr. Diaa kis & ee Tone. Cremetts returns from Minneapolis seeking steam heating for Wright-Myers block. Ministers discuss morality in Grand Forks region. Numerous church moves and assignments noted. Funeral rites held for Mrs Bloodgood with G A R veterans present. Baptist church considers Rev E English from Grinnell for pastor post.
James M. Baldwin county surveyor visited town for an hour last Sunday. He is employed in Mr. Bliant's office of the O N W Railway at Redfield where his position is steadily rising in importance and value. His many young friends welcomed the news of his deserved prosperity.
A Ree Heights area note describes a woman killing a rattlesnake after a commotion among poultry. It also reports the death of David B. Thompson, son of Nathan W. Thompson, who died in Hot Springs, Dakota after six weeks of illness, and will be buried in Wolsey. The piece adds a local note on the nickname Te Kips for children.
A jumbled Huron item sheet notes Buroe Clothing selling, Phillips Hobson bricklayers on new school house, cornice work near finish, electric lights planned, Leissler brothers ready meat market, rumors of locals relocating, lightning claim, county convention talk, Judge Payne rumor, bonds posted for witness, St Jacobs Oil ad, winter apples promised, local machinery orders, church terms swapped, Regal buys Hickok meat market, Red Star cough cure promoted, new residences and artesian well progress, assorted notices and minor incidents.
A string of Huron residents return from visits in Minnesota California and Iowa with other locals moving about. Railroad news covers west bound freight timing agent changes new livery partnership and town development plans near Storswoop between Bonilla and Tulare.
The article notes Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as certain. Sobieski lodge Good Templars, led by Ed Joy Dan Smith Dave Smith Isaac Sundberg Geo Sherman Fred A Latham, with Misses Hattie Kittie Hoadley Flora ONeil Hattie Leipold Maud Betzer Thom Mintie Cowes, visited Broadland Saturday night. A large feast followed the event with minimal damage. only one tree broke due to the front curtain.
By afternoon a test was conducted at the artesian well located at Third and Wisconsin streets. Four hydrant nozzles, three at seven eighths inch and one at one inch, projected streams to 75 feet and 60 feet, with pressure at the well measured around 100 pounds for two streams. The test outcome is noted as inconclusive while the oil decision remains pending.
Week ending Sep 18 1886 at Huron Dakota post office lists remaining letters. Names include J H Faller, J B Aineorth, LE 2 Barnes, Peter, Cornelia Camp, Ath offume, Downing, Sob and others. Partial entries indicate unclaimed mail awaiting pickup.
A Regular Sponter chitect Bingham measures water from an artesian well finding it flows at gallons per minute and around gallons per hour, indicating a steady artesian discharge.
An historic ad claims Scott's Emulgion of Pure Cad Liver Oil with hypophosphites as a superior tonic. It promotes improved digestion blood quality and overall vitality for patients seeking a botanical style remedy for general weakness.
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