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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1921
Page
4
The Fair management invests 5000 dollars to offer better education and guidance for youth. Highlights include the Boys and Girls camp, pig and calf club contests, canning and sewing demonstrations, and a High School Girls Fashion Show. The Ps Drum and Bugle Corps with Orchestra provide daily entertainment, plus New Attractions, Fireworks Spectacle in Montezuma.
The Secretary of Labor cites 5,735,000 unemployed across all industries, linking the figure to Republican opposition to the Versailles Treaty and tax policy. The piece argues economic collapse contrasts with 1914 wartime disruption, blaming Senate actions for stalled recovery and reduced foreign trade.
Notice of chattel mortgage foreclosure by First State Bank of Peever against Arthur Thompson. Mortgage dated September 29, 1920 and filed October 2, 1920 in Book 14. Sale scheduled September 3, 1921 at 2 PM at the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter section 3, township 124, range 60, west 5th P M, Roberts County SD. Property includes Hitler Tractor No 35963 Model C 881 28 HP, plow, breaker bottoms, several mares and a colt. Mortgagee seeks sale due to default and abandonment of the mortgaged property.
A 1921 notice describes the sale by mortgagee First State Bank of Peever of livestock equipment and undivided crop interests. Items include multiple cows, a hay gelding, wagons and gears, binders, cultivator, corn planter, disk harrow, mower, hay rake, hay bucker, drills, breeching harness, cream separator, and harnesses. Property lies on several farm tracts in Lawrence Township Roberts County South Dakota.
Maxeys merchant relates a bed-ridden woman cured by Tanlac after three years. A single bottle revived her, a second enabled her to handle housekeeping, and a third let her cook for a family of eight. Source is a credibly written letter. Sold in Sisseton by F. P. Maldaner and by druggists nationwide.
Insurgents block Legg and Nelson of Minnesota due to pro-Administration stance. Harding opposes the Norris farm export bill and backs War Finance Corp to align farmers with railroads for a 500 million dollar carrier appropriation. Eugene Meyer Jr. lobs a plan to swing Southern senators with large cotton export loans, dissolving the bipartisan coalition.
The Browns Valley fair runs August 30 through September 2 with events across the four days. A Ford Touring Car will be given away on the final day, September 2, as the main prize drawing.
Shock threshing ends this week. Eunice and Gordon Dahlin come back to St Paul. After vacation with their aunt Mrs Blomquist Viola Dutcher will teach in district 1, Miss Scharms in district 2, and Miss Julia in district 3.
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