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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1920
Page
5
Rural patrons must place mail boxes on the right side of the road and at least ten feet from any wire fence or telephone poles. Names of noncompliant patrons shall be forwarded to the Postal Department by December 1. Farmers urged to comply with state and federal regulations to avoid trouble.
Local items report Norman Johnson leaving for Brookings to visit kin, court attendees Thos Mann Geo Rix and Lewis Bicknell, Abe Crawford serving as juror, and various residents visiting or transacting business in Sisseton. Community events include a Presbyterian Ladies cafeteria and a friendly home gathering at Emil Monsen’s.
Reports from Mon tevedio and Glenwood to Wilmot sketch social visits, new hires, and business moves. Stavig announces a new gyaii buyer at Paul Rickert elevator, with Sis WL relatives of Ms. Fred televheur now employed at Mayarrty to Bank EBlines. A basket social is planned near Claire City to benefit the Severson school, and District court convened with citizenship grants and ongoing trials.
Regular periods of gymnasium work are provided for all grades and most high school. A school program includes a play Feather Toys from an Old Manse featuring Margaret Courtet shown at the school house Monday December. The 7th and 8th grades now have two periods weekly of wood work and sewing. Arrangements with the University of Wisconsin will show weekly films. Staff includes Miss Sinfol, Johnson, Strand, and Mr Jerlow. Attendance notes and Thanksgiving remarks from Calvert. Present enrollment totals show 1st grade 41, 2nd grade 41, 3rd grade 47, 4th grade 33, 5th grade 43, 6th grade 30, 7th grade 40, 8th grade 47, High School 169, Total 465.
James Buster N J reports Ratsnap as farmer’s best friend and worst enemy. He says since using RAT-SNAP he spends about 3 dollars yearly and saves 300 dollars in chicks and feed. The product is sold by Wed Cross Drug Stores and Thos. Thompson.
Tax and finance debate centers on congress, alien property, and possible legislation changes. A Lutheran ladies group hosts a fancy work sale and turkey supper at church arbors on Tuesday December 7 from 4:30 PM to 8 PM, featuring a cake and turkey supper.
An ad featuring Mes. Brenninger of New York promotes RAT-SNAP rat poison. It claims the product kills rats without leaving odors and comes in handy cakes that require no mixing or messy hands, presenting RAT-SNAP as the best choice for household use.
A Red Press Drug Store and Thos. Thompson sold items at 35¢ 5c and 1.25 in a brief sale item. A teacher to a high school pupil asks about a Macbeth line and the pupil replies it indicates the old gent should surrender or cash in.
Multiple classified notices: a Rose Comb White Wyndotte cockerels listing with contact. Holland Ruby seed wheat at 3.50 per bushel with rust resistance and 25 bushels per acre, sample at Swenson's store. Dora Dykstra of Rosholt selling seed wheat. and a house and lot for sale surrounded by trees listed by Carl Lundberg.
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