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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1919
Page
4
The text appears as a garbled OCR of a local notice from Sisseton South Dakota. It mentions names, dates, and actions but is largely unreadable. Key entities are uncertain due to corruption. no clear event or outcome can be established from the fragment. The readable bits suggest a public notice or legal matter with officials and locations but lack verifiable specifics.
A garbled 1920s style column laments Americanism tests and labor actions. It notes North Dakota wool mines and a farmer selling apples at higher retail prices, plus local politics in Minneapolis and San Francisco labor history. The piece references a district attorney race and Fickert’s defeat, with satirical asides on theater amusements and Wall Street trials.
The Women’s Auxiliary to the American Legion hosted an evening for Legion members at the M W of A Hall on Wednesday. A fine program followed by sumptuous eats and dancing featured Rev Fr O’Hara’s address invited by the Auxiliary. The judge who remitted Standard Oil’s $29,000 fine was among speakers.
The Carlberg Company in Sisseton SD advertises a free tractor school open to all, inviting prospectors and owners past and present to join. It promises hands on instruction, searching for eager students, with lodging and board paid by the student, and December to January 1920 registration.
The M W of A held their annual election of officers for the coming year J L Rehnke Vew Consul Ben Hanson advisor Carl Lohre Bankey M E Crockett Clerk D L Wolff Trustee for 2 years Wm Johnson Escort John Palakie Watchman Nels Johnson Sentry J W Powell Physician It was decided to buy the two lots adjoining the hall on the north.
Fragments from a city press column mock the hot stove league debates. Readers exchange sharp asides about newspapers and powerful figures like Edison and the so called American First sheet. The writing lampoons shallow business talk and urges frank opinion on public discourse.
A wartime speech extols Americanization to strengthen democracy and urges strict immigration controls to safeguard the nation. It argues only those aligned with free institutions should be admitted, promotes welcoming deserving newcomers, and ends with endorsements of the Women's Auxiliary.
Shoppers urged to visit Sisseton stores with large stock, including three and four buckle overshoes just arrived. Local people return visits and holiday plans noted, with Stavig Bros offering new furniture, silverware, and aluminum kitchen items. A forthcoming Pierre convention and a Rahe Auto School course in Kansas City are mentioned.
Rob, Flaws and Mike Barrett arrived home Saturday from Minnesota. John Quinn and Koart Mollenkamp plan to seek work in the woods after Minneapolis trip. Frank McKenna attended the Bassett murder trial in Glencoe. Mrs. Emil Aker returned from Webster to visit family. Sisseton Choral Union begins practice next Monday at 7 15 PM. A Men’s Bible Class organized at the Methodist church with officers elected. Community events include a basket social raising funds for Junior Red Cross and Rural School Drive, and a successful church fundraiser netting 219 dollars. A hardware firm representative visited, and local shop lunches continue.
Property ad seeks buyers for a 200 acre farm located three miles east and one mile south of Sisseton. All new buildings and electric lighting. Contact George F. Grengs. Also requests responses from owners with 0 or 80 acres for sale via Ole Steen, Bur bank, S. D. R. 1.
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