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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1913
Page
8
Mayor John C. Knapp discusses Sisseton experiment granting saloon license to a salaried operator who turns all profits to the city treasury and good roads, arguing it reduces vice incentives and benefits public funds, with projected year end profits near ten thousand dollars for public use.
The selection blends rustic Thanksgiving verse with reflections on love and the holy, praising plenty, peace, and earthly gifts. It contrasts a harvest hymn with lines about the highway of love and quiet work, noting dreams and beauty in nature and human effort.
A fragmentary verse exchange from Chicago Record-Herald and Philadelphia Press critiques a woman’s attire from light gowns to knee exposures. The speaker defends personal taste while warning against protests and social judgment, interleaved with a nurse’s dialogue about a missing child and a police reminder. The piece blends satire on fashion norms with a call for restraint in public commentary.
A harsh admirer laments a cut from the one he loves, while the heartless girl remarks she did not realize he even shaved himself. The exchange, reported by Catholic Standard and Times, highlights tone and social snubs in a sharp dialogue.
Report mocks medical ethics as a doctor defends a patient while the daughter counters that nothing in him was admirable. The exchange highlights arcane medical attitudes, with a note that the lungs heart and liver were sound as an alligator's, illustrating satire from the Kansas City Star.
A collage of cheeky jokes and quotations from various papers. The excerpts include lines about seed selection, a whistling wind ed proof, a Washington Star jab, and light social banter. It references diverse sources such as Spokesman Review and Michigan Gazette with playful exchanges on topics from gardening to suffrage.
Recurrent ear neuralgia should be treated with constitutional remedies and heat. Dry heat methods like hot water bag or bran are preferred over moist poultices. An ordinary hypodermic preparation can ease pain. cocaine is favored among local remedies but must be used under physician supervision.
Clark and Lavere hosted a short course ending Saturday with Dr Stoner and Farmers Short Course faculty. The event featured soil plant life and home economics lectures, a boys and girls corn contest with 33 entries, and a long list of prize winners led by Ernest Houde and Clarence Erickson.
Stock of varied goods offered for sale or trade for desirable land at the Variety Store in Sisse ton. The notice lists items available and invites barter or purchase, indicating urgency and limited availability.
A garbled quotation shows Miss Caveine defending a protest, saying she does not care about the suffrage cause while criticizing a young man’s inability to act without dynamite. The fragment suggests tension over methods and gender roles within a historical protest context.
A fragment from London Sketch and St Louis Post-Dispatch quotes a temperance school scene. It shows a conductor urging a song with “Little Drops of Water” and a whisper warning about gin ger spice while a wife notes her husband’s changing years and focus on his heart lead to a humorous shift.
A brief quotation notes how many people equate beauty with luck while contrasting it with the poor features of certain investments. The Baltimore American cites this as a commentary on appearances versus financial risk in a concise editorial aside.
The county commissioners convene at the courthouse this week to conduct official business. Citizens with items for action are urged to present them to the Standard ebent for consideration.
A health note advises against napping immediately after meals, citing stomach digestion and gastric discomfort. It suggests delaying rest, especially for those over thirty, since brain activity diverts blood from digestion and can cause gas and acids.
Notice is given that Lena Olberg has filed to appoint S. K. Olberg of Sisseton as administrator of Nels K Olberg deceased. A hearing is set for December 23, 1813 at 10:00 AM in the County Court in Sisseton to determine the petition. All interested persons may appear and show cause if any there be. Dated December 2, 1813 in Sisseton South Dakota.
Public notice lists First National Bank of Browns Valley as mortgagee and Wm Chitson as mortgagor. Describes default on $120.16 due October 1 1913, property includes crops and certain Roberts County real estate, sale set for December 13 1913 by Roberts County sheriff at 2 PM to satisfy the mortgage. Also includes notice of contract rescission between J R Cotton A H Cotton and W F Carberg regarding a Gus Pull engine and multiple notes, plus an order to show cause to sell land of Nil J Larson estate in Roberts County with hearing December 3 1819.
Notice to all persons who have thrown ashes cinders paper decayed vegetables or other rubbish in any alley or street in Sisseton South Dakota to remove the same at once in accordance with Section 5 of Ordinance 3 of the city.
The Standard job department highlights specialized printing for specific clients, emphasizing tailored production as its core service. The note underlines precision and client focus as defining traits of their business approach.
Notice is given by Edward Kautson administrator of the estate of Ludvig Negaard deceased to creditors and all persons having claims against the estate to exhibit them with vouchers within six months after the first publication to the administrator at J J Batterton attorney for administrator Sisseton Roberts County November 29 1913 Edward Kautson Administrator J J Batterton Attorney for Administrator
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