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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1906
Page
3
North Dakota towns organize merchants and farmers groups to boost home trade, improve roads, advertising, and local manufacturing. The column urges education for farmers to buy local, stronger civic ties, and outlines potential projects and social benefits of organized commerce.
The piece discusses a mail order extract scam used by grocers and box car agents. It notes premiums offered to agents for selling extracts and cites Grocery World warnings about a cleverly enforced fraud.
A fragment discusses ice shuffleboard and curling as simple games on a rink with concentric circles. It mentions attempting to shoot discs toward the center and knocking opponents’ pieces, referencing periodical chatter and a pun on early morning air.
Yankton weather official faces pressure from Washington after reporting only a few inches of ice in the Missouri River channel amid a mild winter. The observer Daniel P. McCullom argues his first report was correct while officials demand ice thickness data and threaten further scrutiny. He contemplates forming a citizens committee to verify his findings.
The surveyor general’s post in South Dakota remains secure as heavy mining and land work keep the office busy. Despite talk of abolishing the role, the remaining tasks will take about three years at least with current staff and overtime. Frank A. Morris, the present surveyor general, pushes work to keep pace with demand.
Deposition in Bonesteel country outlines a case where H Rickgauer of Bristow is accused of buying cattle later found to be rustled by Jack Sully and his gang. Plaintiffs seek the value of stock believed stolen, amid ongoing trials connected to Sully’s depredations and lawmen efforts.
In Spencer the town board reverses earlier move by granting licenses to two pool halls while withholding a saloon license. The saloon owner defies the board claiming unlawful action and keeps the saloon open as he seeks license justification.
Potter County farmer Henry Rausch showcases diversification as a path to wealth. He sold cattle valued at 1000 dollars and produced 8400 bushels of spring wheat 320 of durum 1500 of corn 3200 of spelts and 850 of oats totaling nearly 14000 bushels in a year. Brown County December births deaths and marriages totals are 35 11 13.
Eldora Iowa Jan 23 A good Roads meeting has been called for Feb 7 and 8 by Gov Cummins urging every county board of supervisors in Iowa to attend.
Gov Elrod appoints Charles Hall Adams of Boston as Deeds Commissioner for South Dakota. The state records 357 automobile registrations since last year. Vermillion reports about 160 dogs shot under mayoral order for muzzles amid a mad dog scare. Bell Detwiler submit final Capitol plans using Sioux Falls granite and nearby stones. Frank Young arrested on Pine Ridge for federal horse theft. Capelin charged after stabbing Bokich in Merit. Bond set at 2500. Grand breeders sale announced in Mitchell with cattle sheep and swine. Maj Jackson paid out 53000 to Sisseton Indians this quarter, largely lease money. Bokich survived a knife attack in Lend. assailant Kapeline detained. Washington Life Insurance withdraws from state. premiums 30623 in 1904, losses 1000. Circuit court in Pierre halts Bangor- Selby extension. Bangor named county seat for three years. Prohibition committee to work among Cheyenne River Indians on temperance. Geddes residents petition to muster a guard company. possible captain W Sweeney. Alcester State Bank stockholders report strong condition. dividend declared. St Onge Catholic church, valued 2000, burns down.
A Great Northern spokesman quoted by an Aberdeen business leader says the railroad contemplates immediately building a line from Sioux City to Minot North Dakota. The route would run through central South Dakota along the Missouri River, with feeder lines extending from Aberdeen Huron and Yankton to the new main line. Surveyors have been active near Eureka and Forbes with investments in station silos at Huron and Aberdeen, reinforcing the projected expansion and fueling speculation about the road’s plans.
Brown and surrounding counties plan a February 16 farmers dance at the new Aberdeen Auditorium managed by Charles Gottschalk. The event is by invitation only for farmers and their families with a large dancing floor for square dances and partner dances, promising one of Aberdeen’s biggest social events.
Rt. Rev. W. H. Hare of Sioux Falls appoints Rt. Rev. Frederick Foote Johnson as assistant bishop to govern a portion of South Dakota. Johnson will work in stages to cover the state, while Hare retains sole charge of Minnehaha County and may take in nearby counties Moody, Lincoln, Union, Clay, Yankton and Turner.
George Barraclough, a Kodak photographer for a prospecting party from Winnipeg, strayed from the group while seeking pictures. A grizzly charged the camera and he fled, slipping from a precipice and fracturing a rib. The bear remains at large.
Christian G. Brobst, reputedly the oldest Odd Fellow in the United States, has died in Knoxville Iowa at age eighty seven. He had carried the order for sixty six years.
Des Moines report: Lucille Fleischmann three, daughter of Thonis Fleischmann, died after a playmate fired a toy rifle yesterday. The incident occurred in this city.
A San Francisco Call snippet features a collage of ad slogans from diverse professions. The Lawyer clerk and Clergyman voices mix with Journalist Politician lines while Merchant and Life Insurance figures promote products and ethics in a bustling marketplace tone.
A Chicago woman reports long lasting hand sores caused by work exposure healed in three days after using Cuticura Calletra Ointment and Soap. She had seen three doctors with no relief before trying the products and is now back at her laundry work.
A clipped line from Tales from Lo Hire quotes Mr Henpeck arguing over peace terms with his wife. He quips there are seventeen articles in the treaty of peace between Japan and Russia, far fewer than his wife requires for harmony at home.
John A Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin announces a special Salzen Bargain Seed Book offering bargain seeds at low prices. The notice promises free seed for growing 5 tons of grass and highlights new convenient seed packages including Com mos flowers.
A short, garbled dialogue fragment shows a young mother pleading to a bachelor about her baby. The lines imply humor and critique of nature in a vintage, possibly stage or serial context. Local tone feels archaic and incomplete.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children used by Nurse Mother Gray at the Children’s Home in New York to cure constipation teething disorders move bowels and destroy worms. Over 30 000 tons Sinonials. Sold by druggists 25 cents. Sample Address AS Olmsted LeRoy N
A fragmented ad note mentions a theater request for an orchestra seat and a joke about seats being nailed down. It follows with a dubious one day cold cure selling LAXATIVE WROMO Quinling Tablets offering money back if ineffective.
About the only chance a man has to read a woman is when he leads her to the altar.
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