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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
7
The calendar outlines South Dakota political procedure for 1908 detailing state and county conventions, primaries, and delegate appointments. It sets deadlines for fixing hours and places, filing nominating petitions, and electing delegates to state and national conventions with conditions based on vote thresholds and the party committee decisions.
The document explains direct primary rules for state judicial and county candidates plus US Senators, with exemptions for municipal offices. It details petition deadlines, percentage requirements, precinct voting procedures, precinct committeemen choices, filing fees by office, ballot handling, and canvassing. It notes a 30 percent threshold for official nomination and that voters may choose party ballots by color.
The text predicts Barry Thaw facing trouble with Bin lawyers. It says no senate resignations will occur, and the Ananias club will grow. It also foresees an uneasy spring with war clouds in the Balkans.
A brief, fragmentary note discusses value and compensation in New Year thoughts. It mentions a hypothetical figure of $2,000 per year as an example of income and ponderings on financial adequacy.
In a Puck quotation a first man questions why ruthless businessmen show no softening of the heart after climbing to success. The other man counters that true softening of the heart would be infinitely stranger. The exchange reflects early 20th century attitudes toward commerce and morality.
Lord Kingaburgh, Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland, is praised as a major public benefactor for pioneering the halfpenny post card system over forty years ago when a young barrister in Scotland supported the reform.
The South Dakota Farmer announces a special offer for new or old subscribers. Send 16 cents in January or February to credit a year’s subscription. send 75 cents to be credited for 5 years. Cut out the notice and mail with remittance to South Dakota Farmer, Sioux Falls.
The device reels barb wire rapidly, requiring only one man and a team to reel up or lay out wire. It can be set wider at the wagon and is built strong and durable, matching factory quality.
A garbled Philadelphia headline fragment presents quirky exchanges about a ble house, a minister, and a ministerial warning to avoid a dogs path. An inventor boasts about days in a mine fueled by oil and wood, sparking a odd breakfast idea.
A playful exchange notes beefsteak value at triphteen cents per cubic inch prompting a quip about alleged shrinkage of values.
In Washington a report notes a political or diplomatic misstep with remarks about invitations and attendees at a function. The text hints at confusion and critique surrounding an event described as a line of people invited and the start of a gathering.
The South Dakota Press association held its mid winter session in Watertown with a banquet at Kampeska house and a theatre evening. Officers for 1908 were elected including President Dowdell and First Vice President Day with delegates to the National Editorial Association and twenty new members joining.
In Deadwood circuit court Judge Rice voided the city’s street paving assessment as illegal on a technicality. The Cedar Rapids contractor M. Ford will await new funds if a reassessment is enacted next year. The Whittaker et al. suit has spanned months with injunctions, and city attorney Marson pledged a new assessment. The piece notes calendar year 1907 receipts totaling 5919 with a heavier second half, showing rising tax income compared with the previous year.
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