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Newspaper

Sisseton Weekly Standard

Location

Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1913

Page

5

Golden Rule 13 Cent Sale To End Saturday

Local notes report William Foss visiting Minneapolis for business and buying calico at 13 cents a yard. The Golden Rule announces a big Saturday finish to its 13 cent sale with Mrs Rask returning from lakeside outing and McQuillen promoting fall wear for ladies. John Murray travels from Gransbury to repair threshing machine while Frank Browder brings barley as Ortley markets its first grain of the year. A builder’s sale advertises dresses suits hats by Miss McQuillen and John Gumo runs a broad shoe and harness clearance in Dr Sverre’s building, all to close in 30 days. Sixty acres of E J Coppin’s wheat yield 1180 bushels. Hoefs notes 16 bushels per acre regionally.

Sisseton Miss McQuillen John Gumo Dr. Sverre

Golden Rule 13 Cent Sale Continues Amid Specials

A fragment from a local page notes Mrs. Gravdahl ill with pleurisy as 7 pairs of shoe strings go for 13 cents at the Golden Rule. Shoppers urged to seize bargains before the sale ends Saturday night. Several residents travel or visit, including Emma Lee in Enterprise township, Elsie Amness visiting Grandma J Rivness, and May Knappen on vacation in Minneapolis.

Hankinson Flour Mill Destroyed By Fire

Hankinsons largest manufacturing plant, the flour mill, burned last Wednesday morning with all contents lost. Owner E J Jones estimates the loss at 37000 dollars, insured for about 12875 dollars, roughly one third of the total.

Hankinson E. J. Jones

Stormy Saturday Thunderstorm Sparks Lightning Incident

The season’s most severe thunder storm struck last Saturday with many lightning reports. Lightning traveled along electric wires into the Lukanitsch store and struck a lamp with a loud report but caused no notable damage.

Lukanitsch

Winter rye for sale and local notices from Waubay

Items list winter rye for sale by H M Schmidt route 4 and a threshing yield of 23 bushels per acre. Small notes cover travels by Dr Taplin and Mrs J A Ray in Minnesota, a newborn at Eddy Rolstad’s home, retail deals at E H Robinson Bakery, shaving soap specials, fashion window reads Miss McQuillens, and a horse loss report near Enemy Swim with a reward for recovery. Local names include Oscar Swenumson Charley Hays and Waubay South Dakota.

Waubay Charley Hays S.d

Howard Babcock and Morris Visit Wahpeton for Legal Business

Howard Babcock and H. S. Morris traveled to Wahpeton North Carolina on Tuesday evening to conduct legal matters. Morris plans to continue on into Canada from Wahpeton.

Howard Babcock H. S. Morris Wahpeton N. C Mr. Morris Canada

Local Retail and Social Notes Roundup

A 13 cent yard sale features table oil cloth and half price Golden Rule items at Gumo shoe store in Sverre building. Thomas Thompson spends days in Minneapolis on business. Mrs. George Gasoline of Peever visits relatives including Aunt Mrs. Wilson and Miss Edwards of Canby with Miss Bertha Christopherson from Toronto. Methodist Ladies Aid social at Mrs. Joe Cloutier’s. Dr F J Maw Milbank eye specialist to visit Hotel Commercial Sept 2. The Thompson House offers twenty furnished rooms for rent. R H Lewis visits family. he works as an electrician for Cuyuna Range Power Co. in Brainerd.

Legal blanks and laundry ad sprawl in Sisseton notices

Office legal blanks and a laundry ad promote quick service. Ben Nelson traveled to Minneapolis Saturday to fetch an employer’s auto, returning Monday despite muddy roads. H L Staing and his brother Edwin bought a new 42 horsepower Cole five passenger car in Minneapolis, joining Misses Millie and Clara Thorson who were visiting there.

Ben Nelson Minneapolis John Sullivan H. L. Staing Edwin Cole Millie Clara Thorson

Miss Hazel Spackman Hosts Progressive Dinner Evening

Miss Hazel Spackman entertained guests at a progressive dinner Friday night. Five courses were served as guests moved in groups to new tables with each course, a format like a card game. Decorations featured sweet peas and the attendee list included Mrs. Paul Rickert and several Miss Corning, Thresa Lunde, Laura and Hannah Rask, Phyllis Derflinger, Green, Vern Carlberg, and Bollenbeck family members.

Hazel Spackman Corning Thresa Lunde Laura Hannah Rask Phyllis Derflinger Paul Rickert Messrs. Green Vern Carlberg Lewis Vern Hubert Bollenbeck Lake Bender

Furnished rooms for rent and local notices

Mrs A Wilbur hosts furnished rooms with or without board at 41 Magnus St. Stavigs returned from eastern trip. Dr Scheffler family now living with the Wilburs. 3 cakes of fine toilet soap 18 cents at the 13 cent sale at The Golden Rule. Miss Emma Brewster of Angoon Maine visiting brother C Brewster. Miss Mabel S w returned from long visit with sister at Kidder. J W Smith Sisseton reports horses to break at 5 dollars a head. John Gumo Sverre building Sisseton offers shoes and harness bargains. Michael Busnehan and Miss Marthine Hanson White Rock married yesterday by Justice Prindiville. Ladies of Presbyterian Aid Society tea hosted by Mrs Louis Jackson and Mrs W J Thomas. Lawrence B Lateren Bethania College Everett Wash formed male quartet to tour coast cities. Mr Sateren son of County Commissioner Sateren is well known locally.

Lawrence B. Lateren Bethania College Everett Wash Sateren

Hoaglands Pass Through Sisset En Route Home

Dr and Mrs C C Hoagland traveled through Sissetik on Tuesday heading to Veblen from New York City where Dr Hoagland studied at the New York Post graduate Medical School and Hospital for two months. Corn prices rise as reports of heat damage hit many grain regions with South Dakota crops currently spared and likely profits for local growers this year.

C. C. Hoagland Sisset Veblen New York City South Dakota

Shoes and oxfords big sale at Sverre building

A local ad column notes deep discounts on shoes and oxfords at the Sverre building sale. Other items include a cash-for-tires offer, bakery pies from New Home Bakery, a miss from Unique orchestra visiting Minnesota, a housekeeper wanted, and rye arrivals at a mill with price reported.

Mrs Sheldon of Viroqua Renewing Childhood Ties

Mrs Sheldon of Viroqua Wisconsin once Miss Goldie Glenn, is renewing old friendships with a stay centered at the Leo Lukanitsch home. W E Bollenbeck helped police locate J F Algren selling liquor to an Indian, Charles White. The matter went to States Attorney Mani who issued papers. White bought liquor from Algren and Algren agreed to plead guilty. a hearing before Justice Prindiville dismissed the defendant for a reason described as a “ ai.

Sheldon Viroqua, Wis Goldie Glenn Leo Lukanitsch W. E. Bollenbeck J. F. Algren Algren Chas. White Thos. Mani Prindiville

Also Mentioned on This Page

Threshers First National Bank S. D J. A. Riexert Pres Monnis V. Pres K. Ouperc Sisseton and Vicinity Wm. Foss N. H. Nelson McQuillen's Mrs. Rask the Lake Mr. Rask John Murray Gransbury Wis Frank Browder Ortley E. J. Coppin August Hoefs Hankinson News Mrs Pete Gravdahl Emma Lee Enterprise Township Elsie Amness Webster J. Rivness Martin Johnson Harvey Brown Glasier E. H. Robinson Krogstad Hans Rogalie May Knappen R. V. McKeever Mr. Allingham H. M. Schmidt Dr. Taplin Lien Pickerel Lake Oscar Swenumson Eddy Rolstad E. H. Robinson Bakery J. A. Ray Child Minnesota Williams Colgate’s Ator Delaval Foimn de Laval Thompson E. H. Robinson’s Bakery A. S. Brooks Dean Iowa Brooks Big Harvest Sale E. M. Batson, Prop Sisseton, S. D Gumo Sverre Building Thomas Thompson George Gasoline of Peever Jerry Wilson Miss Edwards Canby, Minn Bertha Christopherson Toronto, S. D T. Thorson The Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society Joe Cloutier F. J. Maw Milbank Maw Thompson Hardware R. H. Lewis J. H. Lewis Cuyuna Range Power Co Brainerd, Minn Sisseton Electric Laundry Ray A. Wilbur Magnus Stavig Dr. Scheffler Wilburs Emma Brewster Angon, Maine C. Brewster Mabel Swenumson Kidder J. W. Smith Sverre Michael G. Busnehan Marthine Hanson White Rock Justice Prindiville Presbyterian Aid Society Louis Jackson W. J. Thomas H. S. Or W. K. Morris Emma Schmidt L. S. Babcock Woodmen Schindler Bros New Home Bakery Miss Hazel Bombach Unique Orchestra B. G. Knight Mr. Knight Red Cross Drug W. F. Miller
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