Local hospital expansion under way with hurried completion
Weeklong start on the Powell hospital addition, expected to expand capacity and provide better patient space. Local business leaders discuss plans for next year’s graduation and employment opportunities at the South Dakota School of Business. The library will stay open evenings until September. Hot weather worsens crop yields though corn remains strong. Roberts county small grains decline with anticipated cooler weather. The piece ends with a humorous aside on the stork’s modern duties delivering babies, reflecting light local commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cott
Roberts County
Holland
Mia
Stork
Mediterranean
Mr. Stork
Alto
Visco Verce
Ren
Hittie
America
Notice for Bids on School House Painting
The Board of Lawrence school district invites bids to paint the school house with two coats outside and two coats inside. The district provides all paint. Building size 20 by 34 feet with 12 foot ceilings. Bids open July 12, 1921, at First State Bank in Peever, South Dakota. George Nerison, Clerk.
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Board of Lawrence
Uchool
First State Bank
Peever
George Nerison
Railroad Speedster 18 Derails. Fort Pierre Tragedy
Alberti, the 10 year old daughter of Mrs J A Forest, was killed Monday evening after a railroad incident in Fort Pierre. Authorities reported a derailment involving a speeder near the yard, with initial investigations focusing on track alignment and safety protocols. Local residents mourn the loss as officials coordinate with the railway to determine责任.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiles
Fort Pierre
Alberti
J. A. Forest
American Legion builds memorial fund and notes on posts
The American Legion America Legion posts launch a national memorial fund for F W Galbraith Jr late commander with a first contribution sent to Indianapolis. Legion committees discuss a memorial plan while posts in New York visit Theodore Roosevelt’s grave. Local stories cover a fourth July shift, slacker cases, a Lafayette Indiana event, and Oregon bonus legislation.
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F. W. Galbraith Jr
Amerin Legion
Homewood Post
Philadephia
The
Legion
Indianapolis
Legion's Committee of Memorials
T. Semmes Walmsley
New Orleans
Kings County
New York
American Legion
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Oregon
Poverty Drives Turkish Elites to Abandon Harem Life
Widespread poverty and space shortages force Turkish pashas effendies and other elites to dissolve the traditional harem and haremlik divisions. The move abandons carriages horses jewels and lands while households split by gender retreat to separate quarters. Turkish women lament the shift toward a more European mode of living and the loss of easier household management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daya
Pensanta
Immigrant Frown Returns to Sweden to Claim Estate
Charles J Frown and his wife with four children plan to reclaim the Laggartop estate in Sweden, ancestral home of the Bhruns. He has built a fortune in South Dakota, paying for a Stickney area farm, homesteading land near Vivian, and later adding another quarter section before closing out all South Dakota properties except Vivian farm.
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Charles J. Frown
America
Sweden
Laggartop
Bhruns
Brown
South Dakota
Stickney
Vivian
Mrs. Brown
Grant News and Local Travels Across Minnesota
Carl and Helen Peterson visited their aunt Mrs Blomquist and uncle Axel Anderson in town for the 4th. Hartwick Hagen traveled to Bilings to retrieve and sell his auto. Norgal Alma and Rosa Negaard journeyed to Landean to tend farm interests and visit relatives. A large group from Minnesota celebrated John Hide and wife’s silver wedding with silverware gifts. Henry Nelson of Madison visited Gust Negaard’s family, then returned with Gust to Madison. John A Johnson and wife went to Cassel and Minneapolis, while John Holmberg drove toward Claire City to see the girls.
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Carl
Helen Peterson
St. Paul
Blomquist
Axel Anderson
Hartwick Hagen
Bil-ings
Norgal
Alma
Rosa Negaard
Landean
Minnesota
John Hide
Henry Nelson
Madison
Mysterious Band Smashes Plate Glass Windows in London
A mysterious group is said to be damaging plate glass by cutting and smashing windows in London, England. The losses in the London area exceed 2,500 with the campaign spreading to other parts of the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Tanlac Testimonial From Rural Farmer In Tennessee
A. J. Livingston of near Ashland City Tennessee reports significant relief from stomach and kidney troubles after using Tanlac. He states the medicine restored appetite digestion and energy, enabling him to sleep well and feel like a new man. He plans to tell friends and believes Tanlac is a wonderful tonic.
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A. J. Livingston
Ashland City
Tenn
Nashville
Tama
Now Located in Sisleton in Prindiville Building
A brief notice states Charles Cardwell reports a location change to Sisleton and asks those needing a kind of repair to bring it to the Prindiville building for completion.
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Sisleton
Prindiville Building
Chas. Cardwell
Quiet Title Suit In Roberts County Sisseton Lands
State and Roberts County sue to quiet title on Lots 13 through 18 in Block 64, City of Sisseton. Defendants include Reservation Land Improvement Co and heirs of Nelson Wilcox plus unknown claimants. Respond by filing an answer within thirty days after service. otherwise plaintiff seeks relief in court.
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Reservation Land Improvement Company
Mary L Wilcox
Noble E. Wilcox
Bert A. Wilcox
Bessie Powell
Nelsor Wilcox
Nelson Wilcox
South Dakota
Sisseton
Roberts County
South
Dakota
Roberts Courty
Unusual Court Room Scenes in Hassan v Northern Pacific
In Butte Montana a strange trial unfolds over an $18 000 damage suit. Ali Hassan is paraded on a couch as doctors test paralysis with pins heat and pliers while others introduce a spinal cord and even a human spine to illustrate injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Bow
Butte, Mont
Ali Hassan
Northern Pacific Ranch
Hiassan
Shotka
Magill
Hassan
Hussun
Russians Use Soft Words to Quiet Petrograd Strikers
Bolshevist posters brought from Kronstadt to Finland show the communist tactic shift to gentle offers. Posters address workers as Dear Comrades and list concessions including coal imports, nonparty representation, city gardens, and grain quotas while warning of shortages and state controls.
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Petrograd
Kronstadt
Finland
Old Marriage Customs Across Cultures Described
The article surveys ancient sprinkling of grain at weddings as a symbol of fertility. It notes Semitic, Jewish, Persian, English Tudor, and continental European practices involving grain, wheat sheaves, and barley cast over the bridal pair during nuptials. An item mentions an old paper for sale at the Standard office.
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Persia
England
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Powell Hospital
South Dakota School of Business
Wate Town
Port Perre
Uncle Jos
Vdsk
United States
Northwest
Hart
Washington
P. B. Saylor
Genessee
Idaho
Elks Lodge
Lafayette
Ind
American’ . Legion
American Legion of Nebraska
Nebraska District of the
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Nebraska
Synod
the Legion
Dalles
Ore
St. Charles
France
National Capitol
Arlington National Cemetery
George Washington Post
Congress
Joe Bokau
Kern Post
Toledo
Bokau
Louisiana
Mississippi
Florida
Mexico
Membdera
Ips
Mary Pickford
Mary
Sicrid Holmquist
M Pickford
Italy
Frank Henderson
Long Island
Grant News
Tennessee Farmer
State of
Escarte
South Seas
Standard Office
C. A. Yeager
Sisseton, SO. Dak
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