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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1907
Page
3
Congress listens as the president outlines the causes behind a proposed policy, framing the debate and signaling key objectives. Lawmakers question rationale, funding, and projected impacts while party lines shape reception. The session underscores anticipated public focus and electoral considerations.
Katherine Goodson the English pianist will be soloist at the St Paul Symphony second concert on December 10 in St Paul. She will perform Grieg piano concerto in A minor and a group of piano concertos. The program includes Liszt Waldesruhe Wagner Siegfried overture and Romeo and Juliet fantasies plus Tchaikovsky and more.
Charles Frank of Williston N D told police he was robbed of a pocketbook containing 3000 dollars in the corridor of the Metropolitan theater after an afternoon performance in Minneapolis He reported the loss last evening and is cooperating with authorities.
In a Saturday morning blaze the barn of E. B. Smith and Co. was consumed, threatening the north business district of Sioux Falls. The structure, among the oldest in the city, dated back to 1871 and stood near the site of the current destruction.
Three men filing on the ceded portion of Crow reservations visited Billings Montana and claimed discoveries of coal on their claims. They report fuel in large quantities with veins close to the surface making extraction relatively easy.
Herman Schultz, a tlemaker of Wausaukee, was found mortally wounded in his bed at the Norway house in Marinette. He died four hours later and claimed before dying that two men stabbed him. The coroner is investigating.
Des Moines police report Fort Dew soldier Ray Howard shot at his former sweetheart Miss Mabel Adair missing her arm and killing her sister Mrs. Martha Pickeriy in Des Moines. Howard is under arrest as details emerge from the December 3 incident.
Roydon Hoopes of Sauk Center and a young boy companion drowned when their skating party fell through the ice on Sauk Lake in December. The Ica gave way, ending their outing in tragedy.
The Dakotas Methodism conference reports yearly growth and funds for education and church work. It notes 12,541 members, 109 probationers, 154 baptisms, 242 Sunday schools with 17,219 scholars, and $621,825 property value. Funds include $36,521 total expenditures across missions, education, benevolence, and church operations.
Charles Sylvester, a Watertown high school junior and football team member, drowned while skating with a companion on Lake Pelican three miles southwest of town. The flag at the school dropped to half mast soon after the tragedy, mourning the student who had raised it just before his fatal trip.
Board of Regents selects land near Eureka for an experimental farm as part of a state program to establish several such stations under the regents. The move follows a governance graft tied to the selection in this region.
A brief exchange shows a speaker refusing to attend races this fall and rejecting help to improve the breed of horses or bookmakers, signaling a stance against betting and racing interests.
A witty exchange as a father corrects his son about a man who writes comic operas. The boy imagines him a composer, while the elder notes that such a writer is typically called a plagiarist. The quip highlights the distinction between authorship and imitation.
Escanaba Michigan December 3 191th Captain Frank E Bent of Company 1 new Heath Wisconsin national yard was instantly killed in an automobile accident near here last night and four others were injured.
An appeal from G W Winney of Medina New York invites kidney sufferers to write for a personal testimonial about a remedy. He claims he weighed 168 pounds after using the product and cites reports from two hospitals and a plain man’s notice about Don’s Kidney Pills.
A humorous snippet shows a judge puzzled by a comic suitor. He asks if he can wed multiple wives, while the twigotier defends a superstition that thirteen is a lucky number, sparking a playful clash over marriage arrangements.
A historical remedy promotes a cough and cold cure using glycerine pine concentrate and whisky. It claims a teaspoon to tablespoon dose every four hours will cure a curable cough or break up an acute cold in 24 hours. Ingredients are sold at drug stores with pine concentrate in sealed half ounce vials.
A traveler back from the Adirondacks recalls fall snow and ice on lakes, noting forests white with early winter and hotels closing as bears roam nearby. He muses about vacation plans and the lure of northern hunting grounds. The piece closes with a reflection that many mistake pious quotes for true religious riches.
A Texas girl, young and a primary teacher, credits Postum Food Coffee with ending six months of nervousness and indigestion after quitting coffee. She reports clearer complexion, smoother skin, and better health, noting others switched properly and found it delicious after guidance.
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