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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1905
Page
7
A reflective piece based on Charles Dickens prompts and themes, contrasting youthful Christmas idealism with grown life. It speaks of returning to the Christmas hearth, forgiveness, and keeps alive memories of loved ones, both living and departed, as the season of active usefulness and kindness.
A lyric encouraging Christian people to sing at Christmas, inviting broad participation from rich or poor. It speaks of opening doors, giving blessings from each heart, and praising the heavenward joy of goodwill.
Secretary Hitchcock’s annual interior report emphasizes South Dakota land stats with unappropriated areas near 10 million acres and a total of 27 million acres appropriated. About 700 thousand acres were surveyed, with enforcement actions against improper homestead entries and court actions cited.
A visit by N Main master mechanic of the Milwaukee road and reports of land purchases near Aberdeen prompt talk the railroad will relocate its Aberdeen shops from Minneapolis. High city taxes and better coastward extension access cited. Montevideo, Minn. mentioned as a second choice if Aberdeen fails to approve. About 3,000 workers and their families could boost Aberdeen’s population.
Contractors on the Belle Fourche irrigation project face delays from heavy rains and cold weather. The $2 100 000 diversion dam and inlet canal contract will not meet the original schedule, with work halted for the winter. An extension has been granted. two months of spring weather should allow completion of the inlet.
SAWS may buzz as Missouri and Iowa parties probe timber tracts along the Missouri River with plans to purchase wood, install portable mills, and saw logs into lumber. Reports note belts of timber along the river and islands rich with ash elm cottonwood and box elder among the species.
The Queen City Poultry Association plans its third annual exhibition in 1906 offering top prizes in a wide range of entries. It promises many fine birds including rare varieties not often seen in South Dakota. Premium lists available by writing Bracy S. Metcalf, secretary, Sioux Falls, SD.
An annual outlook highlights railroad expansions connecting Chamberlain Pierre and Rapid City with Sioux Falls and Madison. It notes Belle Fourche irrigation progress, state finances, private building, census plans, new capitol wing, and large farm outputs with wheat and corn yields boosting wealth to over 126 million dollars for 1905.
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