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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1906
Page
2
In Brangwyn Mystery Chapter V, Billery and the sergeant discuss Brangwyn as a felon and the two surviving cousins. They consider the lazy servant and a possible blackmail plan, weighing Grimaud’s possible motives and a shared suspicions about the same party.
Billery visits Alexis Brangwyn in a lavish London home and unveils a hidden gallipot of paste and a past act. He accuses Brangwyn’s cousin Aloysius of murdering the uncle, after tracing Grimaud and a London link to the Agarrow case. Alexis, stunned, consents to hear more as the revelation unfolds.
A five year burning marble candle is said to be the world’s largest at St George's church Worcester Massachusetts. It stands near six feet tall with a circumference nearly a foot and a wick like an Oriental torch. Presented by Mrs Simon George after recovery from illness it cost $25 to make and is expected to last at least twenty years for special masses.
A curious visitor asks where the forty foot boa constrictor on the museum sign is kept. A Circassian beauty explains the creature is used as a clothesline on wash day.
A college leader splits his name during a speech, attracting criticism for modeling proper conduct to students and prompting debates over propriety in academic leadership.
The Belle Fourche project advances under federal state cooperation reclaiming vast prairie land. A $2.2 million appropriation funds a large dam and canal system, creating a 90 000 acre water supply and a new government town. Settlers pay about 3.30 per year for ten years to gain title.
The first wedding in Florence marks the marrying off of the town’s sole woman, Emma Shep, ending a rivalry among pioneer residents. Cupid’s mischief, rattling dishes and ham and eggs, accompanied the event as preparations concluded for the nuptials.
Pard, the town’s only woman, becomes Mrs. W. P. Austin as Miss Sheppard’s Eastern cooking prowess wins favor during Florence’s rough early boom. Rivalry fades into partnership while patrons still dine on her ham and eggs. The tale blends frontier hunger and genteel enterprise in a single village chronicle.
A five month old baby rhinoceros weighing 126 pounds entertains at Nairobi social functions. At a recent children’s party the young animal played until tired, drank milk from three cows, then slept.
W D Flahart of White Lake faced charges for stealing a buggy from A L Wood of Jerauld County. The case collapsed when the accquaintance admitted guilt and Flahart was released after the owner settled. Also noted is a Japanese youth who died by suicide at Asama volcano leaving a note of despair.
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