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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1909
Page
1
A new state penitentiary twine plant launches with high grade binder twine and top line equipment, led by a 25 year veteran supervisor. Direct sales to farmers until May 1 promise low prices, with orders via the penitentiary Twine department in Sioux Falls.
Aberdeen will become a Milwaukee system railroad hub with all east and west freight and passenger trains operated from the city. A new modern passenger station on Main Street near the present depot will cost about 100000 dollars, while the freight station will be built on Third Avenue West near the new yards to handle increased traffic.
The Dakota home coming marks the twentieth anniversary of North and South Dakota statehood to be held in Aberdeen June 16 to 18. Old settlers and newer residents promise to attend a joint celebration with welcoming plans. Railroads offer cheap rates as Aberdeen citizens arrange suitable entertainments for guests.
Aberdeen, April 19. Easton, Vance & Co. have contracted for the erection of sixty houses costing from 2500 to 5000 dollars each. The homes will be sold on the installment plan and all will be ready for occupancy in two or three months.
Voters in this city on Tuesday chose Sanyo au H. L. Cortelyou for another term as incumbent with a 69 vote majority against license renewal. Election tallies show police and city officials across multiple wards with varied support for aldermen and justice posts, reflecting mixed sentiment among temperance and pro-license factions.
Special correspondent reports in Sisseton and nearby that Mrs. Fisher improves rapidly, Ellestad delivered hogs, and N. G. Bello conducted business in town. A rumor of kidnapping surrounds Garret Tegler. Telephone Co. builds central office between drug and hardware stores. School notes show 95 percent attendance, enrollment 31, with roll of honor and average standings for students including Huseth, Walker, Ellingson, Stordalen, Prigan, and Class.
Slogans warn of agents at grocery stores and houses claiming a boiling test proves pure cream of tartar baking powders contain additives. The note explains cream of tartar is a white crystal, ground into a fine flour with baking soda, and when boiled with water returns to its crystalline form.
The public is urged to question a cheap baking powder sold as a substitute for cream of tartar. Officials report it contains alum, a drug physicians deem injurious. analyses say it costs under three cents per pound to produce and is widely prohibited in bread in many countries.
L Wm Foss left last night to consult a physician at Ortonville. Bert Bloomhall of Peever was in the city today. Dr Pearson of Peever was a Sisseton visitor today. C C Knappen drove across to Diamond today.
The play My Lady Darrell will be staged Tuesday evening at the Opera House by home talent. The cast lists Alice Paisey Mrs N Wilcox Viola Vaughn Mrs W Holland Lady Darrell Miss Matthews Martha Paisey Miss Hangon Kate Cripps Mother Cripps Mrs Matthews Lord Roy Darrell Frank Whipple George Vaughn alias Count Jura Dolph DeArment Armstrong Dale Max Gruver Sir Geoffrey John Curtis Joe Parvey Root E Johnson Wyndham Job Trotters Bert Wilcox Toby Dalton Fred Kelley. Receipts will be donated to the Woodmen for carpet purchase for their new hall. An orchestra of five pieces will furnish the music.
A compact readers’ note blends whimsical verses about random shots with a column on John Wanamaker and the power of advertising. Anecdotes explain costs and consequences of misdirected actions. A nervous visitor’s quixotic quest for quiet ends with a quiet reminder that advertising underpins business.
Mrs Addie Wilbur is ill with attending physician Dr P D Peabody of Webster. Judge Earl J Turner and Mr Arrowsmith of Sisseton were visiting on business Tuesday. Mr Drew of Webster came Sunday with others to view selling the Fros tad farm recently purchased here. Gilbert Gilbertson and wife were called to brother Gilbert Knudson’s home Sunday due to serious illness of Mrs Knudson and baby Clarence. Martin Anderson Mise DeElla Jacobs August Lindquist and
A physician balks at treating a critically ill lawyer who had cross-examined him as an expert witness. The doctor refuses to kill the patient, warning he could hang for it, then orders another doctor to be sent for. The tense scene centers on moral conflict in a courtroom world.
A terse exchange defines political leadership as someone who reads the crowd and then leads with decisive, loud support. The quip frames leadership as alignment with popular sentiment and energetic rallying.
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