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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
1
The Rosholt auction opened with about 500 people bidding lively for basin and residence lots. Corner business lots topped at 3700, total sales about 11000, buyers ready to start building. Elevation and private sales followed as the Osborne McMillen Elevator Co plans to build, boosting town prospects and attracting investors.
The Wilmot Republican recalls last Friday when John Christianson was called to raise a 70 foot smoke stack at the electric light plant. The 160 pound object stretched across a wide area, making it awkward to handle, yet he kept at it and by six o'clock finally fitted, tied, and anchored the stack in place amid skeptics who predicted failure.
Early threshing reports brighten farmers outlook after the hot dry June. Andrew Overby yields 18 bushels of wheat, William Burnstien 15 blue stem and 20 velvet chaff, L. T. Rockney 15 wheat, R. G. Newsome 15. All grains graded No 1 hard, Wilmot Republican notes.
The Evangelists report growing attendance at tent meetings and announce ongoing gospel sessions through the rest of the month into September. A series of nightly topics is listed from August 2 to August 31, including "Christ," "The Bible Sabbath," "The Charge of the Sabbath," and "Prepare to meet thy God."
The Sisseton Public Schools will open Monday September 1 for the new school year with a qualified staff and ample supplies. Nonresident boys and girls may attend. Tuition is 3.00 per month for high school, 2.00 for seventh and eighth grades, and 1.00 for all other grades. The superintendent can be consulted next week at the high school or his residence nearby.
A man posing as a Sisseton telephone lineman convinced a local operator to endorse his $10 check, allowing him to cash it before the bank rejected it for insufficient funds. The ruse reportedly occurred in Aberdeen and Forman as well, where he obtained $400 and $12 respectively.
Mary Bear living near the Agency lost a horse last week. John Williams was suspected and denied the charge. J J Batterton was secured to defend him. Justice Prindiville bound Williams over to the next circuit term with bail set at 300 dollars. Horse stealing appears to be growing in the county. States Attorney Mann vows to stamp it out if possible.
A German Lutheran conference met in the city church this week with about fourteen ministers in attendance. Speakers included Rev. G Steffen Sisseton Rev Valentine Kern Wyattba Rev J Erb Long Lake Rev Phillip Piess Radsham Rev August Senne Groton Rev H Luebke Mansfield Rev F C Graeber Aberdeen Rev Hermin Nitschke Rev Walter Nitschke and Rev P Graef James. Papers on duties of the pastor and family and on Tadement Dy Public were read. The conference adjourned noon yesterday and Walter Nitschke was ordained at Alb ee, while Rev Henry Nitschke was honored for twenty five years in the ministry with a gold watch.
Attorney general rules Sunday baseball illegal under existing laws despite a 1907 chapter claiming permission. State railway commission orders monthly station reports from express and other companies, plus detailed annual business disclosures and charge methods. State Tax Commission orders reassessment of moneys and credits in seventeen towns including Pierre Huron and Madison with August 23 protest hearing date. Lemmon-Clay Carpenter to reenter private practice in Mobridge with Morrison and Bonzer forming Carpenter Morrison and Bonzer firm.
Sealed bids will be filed by September 6 1913 at 1 p m to furnish all materials and build a school house in Drywood Lake school township district No 3 Roberts Co SD plans on file with the district clerk and at Citizens National Bank Sisseton ND to be completed by October 15 1913. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. By the Board Julia A Roe Sisseton SD R
Readable names appear in a partial list of advertised letters including Esther V Anders or Mrs Thos Bos Mes T C Barret A Barrett Olitte Nurtoigidie care of Hans Johannes Vik Mrs Marie Jorgen 2 Olson Jesse Th John Triberg John D Whapson A W Slow Joel Van Winkle May A K
The next regular examinations for teachers state and first grade certificates will be held at the courthouse in Sisseton on Thursday Friday and Saturday August 28 29 and 30 beginning at 3 30 Thursday morning.
Final examinations for eighth grade pupils will be given at the same hour and place on Wednesday and Thursday August 27 and 28.
Tom Olson, a harvest hand, was arrested Tuesday night for attempting to paint the town red. On Wednesday morning he pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined $25 by Judge Andrews of the municipal court.
A fragment from a bygone issue presents recipes for mock cherry pie and spurelni, plus oatmeal cookies and snowflake cake. It includes kitchen hints and a long note on Nebraska's nine hour workday law for women, outlining impact on servants and farm labor and potential fines for noncompliance.
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