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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1909
Page
1
The district medical societies centered in Aberdeen and Watertown held a joint meeting in Watertown on August 10, with a professional program and Lake Kampeska outing. A reminder to register at Maldaner's Drug Store for Merit Day on August 19 and praise for Maldaner's store as newly stocked and best equipped in the area.
A rambling local column describes Asa Sweetcorn in a drunken scene on a train and discusses weed removal along city streets. It then shifts to farming notes urging farmers to procure and share high quality seed grains, especially early varieties of oats and wheat, to improve next spring sowing and mitigate hail damage.
The W R C of this city celebrated two social events for elder members August 6 and 9 with birthday parties at Mrs. Sarah Mann and Mrs. John Larrabee homes. Delicacies were served and many tokens of regard given. Members aged with honor, not retired, look forward to another quarter century. Since then Mrs. W E Haas had a birthday yesterday.
A southside bridge near the railroad crossing is described as a dangerous, dilapidated incline with missing safety features. The piece warns of exposure to unsanitary conditions and fever germs from the adjacent ditch. The author urges officials, the railroad, and citizens to remove rope barriers and install proper lighting to prevent a serious accident.
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