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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1909
Page
2
An old circular promotes a product sold in Toledo Ohio claiming to cure catarrh as a constitutional disease. It alleges local remedies fail and offers a cure with testimonials and a mail order address for circulars and a patent medicine.
The sketch features Mistah Walkah and George debating counterfeit bills versus a deceased sexton. The scene includes a joke about a dead ringer and introduces Sig. Kanchoo Killim as a renowned tenor performing a popular ballad with a borrowed coat.
The notice promotes a remedy named Varalive Syrup of figs elixir J Seana claiming it helps form regular stools and supports nature rather than replacing it. It advises proper nourishment, effort, and right living, urging buyers to choose Gemnine products for benefits. The tone mirrors a 19th century health advert urging persistence and self care.
An old advertisement states California Eye Remedy is sold by all leading druggists at a regular price per bottle. The copy includes a teacher’s orders scene and a fragmented dialogue about a jacket, ending with a Howard Bros. Buffalo, N.Y attribution and a quip about knowing.
James W. Clay of Baltimore reports kidney complaint from the Civil War era with back pain and painful secretions. He credits three boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills for a complete cure five years ago, with no recurrence. Sold by dealers at 50 cents a box, Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
A garbled mix of sensational lines and product pitches. The text includes fragmented jokes about love and widows, vague mentions of property and a cure claim for a health product, plus ads for guns, furs, hides, and a Minnesota company. No coherent single event or clear entities emerge.
A testimonial from Miss Barbara Kral of Highlandtown Maryland dated January 9 1908 praises Cuticura Remedies for severe eczema and itching. After consulting a skin specialist and trying many treatments she reports relief after four to five applications and two sets of the remedies.
An advertised home remedy promises a cure for rheumatism using whiskey Toris Compound syrup of sarsaparilla and forewarns about preparation steps. A town notice seeks a bandmaster candidate who will also serve as range minder inspector hawkers boats carriages and storekeeper among other duties.
The South Dakota antidiscrimination ruling against a lumber company is being appealed. The case hinges on whether the lower court properly enforced the statute, with the attorney general signaling possible statewide impact if the higher court sustains the judgment and fines.
At Hayan meeting an ordinance passed granting a franchise to F Kent and partners including Keepy Malone Ro Wonnan and others to build a complete telephone system from Huron to Allen Leet. Present Joby Clem of Vieniven Hivon & Southern Railways supported the project. The group plans to travel to New York to finalize financing and wage terms before beginning construction.
A damaged OCR passage describes a scheme involving a count and alleged deceit aimed at creditors. It references a proposed $50,000 payout and mentions individuals tied to the alleged fraud, with unclear names and locales due to garbled text.
Mrs Charles A Pace of Watertown was burned while a heater ignited her dress as she wrapped children. She escaped by entering the bath and turning on water. Help arrived and doctors expect no fatal outcome. Also reported are notices of inheritance in Zurich, a grand larceny conviction in Yankton, and county officials changing posts in the G A R.
Jon R Jones of Springfield is described as overcome by fumes of morphine after an incident last Monday. The report notes he became unconscious and was found to be under the influence, with his aunt and others involved in a confusing sequence of events.
A Watertown raid on a gambling club led by Charles G. Root uncovered youths drawn to poker and seven up games. Root faced charges of joining a gambling house as authorities warn of a deteriorating moral climate among city youths. The report supports an effort to fund and build a new public house to curb gambling.
A woman traveling from Miller to Sioux Falls sought a girl baby but faced a long waiting list at the institution with twenty ahead of her. She declined boy babies and faced scarce availability as adoption demands rise for childless families across the state.
Superintendent Grafton of the Ant Saloon Iogue will file his initial petition with the secretary of state to revive the county option law for a vote. The group lists about six thousand names, aiming for 7,700 to ensure submission, and copies will be sent to the two houses after filing.
A listing of patents issued the prior week to Northwestern researchers and inventors. The report, sourced from a legal notices service, names inventors and locations across Minnesota and nearby states, including Saint Paul, New Ulm, and Rolla, with several entries describing automatic winding and other mechanical devices.
OCR text mixes disjointed phrases about a woman humorous sense of humor and a medical product but lacks coherent events. It reads as a garbled sample with scattered mentions of bromquinene and laxatives, and stray lines about conscience and perception. No clear person, place, or outcome emerges.
Camden residents and Gardiner Me. users report relief from headaches back pain fatigue nervousness and weakness after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. testimonials claim cures for female ailments including inflammation ulceration irregularities and fibroid issues.
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