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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1909
Page
7
A poem recounts a youth yearning to scale mountains and seek the world, then aging dimmed his sight as he reached the top. The verse conveys longing, effort, and the fading of vision with time in a brief, lyrical vignette from the National Magazine.
A recent government report predicts a Great 1909 crop year with total US farm product value approaching 8 billion dollars. Wheat and oats rise with high prices while European shortfalls and Argentina exports push American farmers to greater profits. but costs for machinery, buildings, and railways will take much of the gains.
C W Coursey of the Sioux Falls Argus Leader notes that General W H H Beadle, then territorial superintendent of public instruction for the Dakotas, held his first teachers institute in Union county in 1879 and a public meeting is set for August 31 in Alcester. The Union county old settlers picnic of 1909 will unite with the Beadle day celebration with Beadle delivering the principal address.
The South Dakota State Fair ushers in with a 124 foot square Stock Pavilion featuring a double curved roof, a cupola, dormers, a central 60 foot elevation, a broad ventilated driveway, theater style seating for 1500, and 72 stalls. Nearby are three cattle barns, a horse barn with 105 stalls, three speed barns, eight sheep and swine barns, and a remodeled Woman's pavilion repurposed for poultry with the current poultry house becoming a dairy building. The facilities promise convenience, ample ventilation, and ample inspection space for prize stock attracting visitors and supporting farm interests.
C. N. Mellvaine is identified as Secretary in Huron South Dakota in the notice. The brief item records a local official appointment and location without additional context. The source emphasizes Mellvaine's role and the city in South Dakota.
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