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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
2
Mrs Merritt of AnokaMinn offers kidney remedy guidance after a reader describes back and hip pain worn out feelings and irregular secretions. Doan’s Kidney Pills are cited as effective with a 10 cent box price. The ad ends with a father quip about a writer.
Irregular ad text touts patent cures and medical claims amid scattered lines about Halja, CHENEY & CO, and Marvin druggists. The jumble mentions Bronchial relief, constipation, and diary musings, ending with a puzzled remark about the price of living and a stray question.
An advertisement promotes Vector's Prescription Cures Coughs and Colds in a Day using glycerine pine oil and whiskey with instructions to mix and dose every four hours. It notes pine oil packaged by Globe Pharmaceutical Co of Dayton Ohio and claims medicinal use. The text also includes a fictional dialogue fragment about past lives.
A humorous exchange portrays a book reviewer tallying a 75,370 word novel Taols Tom's Cabin and delivering a verdict of 182. The dialogue mocks misread titles and names, noting only one Little Eva and one Lawyer Marks as redeeming elements. The tone skewers criticism and readership.
A farmer and a neighbor exchange remarks across a fence about corn yield. The stranger notes the crop looks low while the farmer explains the plantings and who benefits from the harvest. The brief dialogue hints at tenancy and shares of the crop.
A mother reports using GrapeNuts to nourish her infant after doctors advised against condensed milk. She describes mixing a small amount with water, straining, and adding milk, then feeding the baby every two hours. She claims the method saved her child and praises the product as healthy and wonderful.
May Wilvon travels to Warwickshire to confront her husband’s grave as Scotland Yard follows. Hawke and Inspector Hawke note May’s movements linking Hank the inquiry agent to the case. The Winery figures loom as the Yard positions their next move while Wilson’s fate remains looming.
On a bright Sunday morning May Wilson walks from a hotel to the Midard town cemetery to find Hank Wilson buried there. A passerby notices, and a gate keeper directs her to the grave as she reads a brief memorial on the headstone. Millette watches from a distance.
May encounters a middle aged artisan near John Wilson’s grave and learns from Inspector Millet that a London man connected to Wilson has been quietly in touch. The inquiry probes who influenced Wilson’s death and the fate of his missing companions as May confronts the past beside the cemetery gates.
Harold Brettingham confronts Sir Mark Brettingham over a planned marriage to Claire Barton amid a suspected hidden marriage. Sir Mark argues the union is legitimate and vows to wed Claire, while Harold warns of exposing the alleged wife and marriage certificate to prove identity.
Claire Brentingham prepares for an arranged wedding at Regent's Park while May Wilson counsels patience and hints at a future romance. Claire confides unease about love, admitting she does not feel true affection for her fiancé and wonders if she could ever truly love anyone. May questions whether Claire loves the man she is to marry, suggesting the match is more about social ascent than romance.
A supplier notes many young men in higher circles conceal balding with patches and center patches, claiming patches blend naturally and can be styled. Costs range from 25 to 30 pounds for top patches, with lighter center patches cheaper but equally effective, while wigs decline in use due to visible wear.
A garbled reference notes possible second lightning strike at a location described as Binie place that ts, with uncertainty over where the place is and how it could be found.
South Dakota community notes include leaders elected in Lead and Yankton. courthouse actions in Pierre. inflation of local church events in Wagner and Miller. a Standing Rock case of Morris Brush Hor for assault. a Belle Fourche drowning of eight year old Philip Fisher. and Clay county birth and death tallies for two and a half years.
An advertisement warns of a prevalent disease harming kidneys and says Swamp Root by Dr Kilmer & Co cures kidney liver and bladder ailments. It claims relief from urine control pain and nocturnal urination and offers a free sample bottle and an informational book by mail from Binghamton New York.
A fraudulent scheme by “agents” lure farmers into selling land at absurdly low per acre prices then charge for advertising with a promise of payment only after sale. In Brown County about twenty two farmers were duped with losses up to 220 dollars each, while others vow to fight in court. A local notice also mentions gun and trap sales by N. W. Hide & Fur Co. in Minneapolis.
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