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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1916
Page
8
The item notes Summit and Sisseton area social happenings, with holiday plans. Schoolboys, the Heered Orchestra, and local choirs are active. Several residents travel to see relatives, and towns prepare for weddings, remodeling, and community entertainments. Local officials, churches, scouts, and businesses engage in year end activities.
A damaged OCR text presents a will and memorial notes dated 1416 and 1981, detailing debts, property bequests, and family provisions. The document names a widow, Farmhouse items, and a Woodmen of America insurance mention, with legal formalities and court references to land in South Bakour and a public death-time notice.
The author expresses warm appreciation to readers during Christmas, reflecting on the year and admitting unplanned mistakes. They pledge to do bigger, better things next year to spread usefulness and happiness, aiming to be a greater part of the community and a contribution to readers themselves.
Score Harold Simonson left Saturday night for his home. He will visit relatives at Effington and Fisher lake and Wahpeton en route.
The notice lists Lakeview church events including Sunday School at 2 p.m., Bible class, and a confirmation class on Saturdays. Christmas services are planned at Sisseton Lakeview church on the 25th at 10:30, and a Christmas tree at Siron church on the 25th at 1 p.m. A wedding at the Lutheran parsonage is reported, and Band boys perform concerts in Peever and Wilmot on the 27th and 28th.
How to dress a newborn layette with old fashioned guidance lists items such as salt flannel gowns shirts and diapers, including six simple white slips, four dozen diapers, two stockings, one coat and cap, and matching gender neutral garments for varying temperatures.
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