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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1920
Page
5
Local items detail residents and visitors including Mrs H Reeves of Milbank and Emile Myers from Rosholt in town on business. Multiple entries mention dances, medical notices, college connections, and civic notices as townspeople travel, work, and socialize across Milbank and surrounding areas.
The South Dakota board of railroad commissioners warns of a severe coal shortage. High grade eastern coal arrives via lakes and rail, but storage in Duluth and Lake Superior ports is almost empty. With winter approaching, equipment and transportation bottlenecks worsen the outlook, prompting orders to coal dealers to place urgent purchases and accept earliest deliveries.
July 1 report from San Francisco notes tightening contest for the Democratic presidential nomination. Palmer Cox and McAdoo gain strength while Gerard Davie and Marshall backers expect deadlock and a compromise. Mississippi moves toward Williams, sixte en votes for Cox’s bloc. New Hampshire delegation splits. talk of Underwood as a possible dark horse.
Articles of incorporation have been filed in Pierre on July 1. The filing initiates the formation of a new corporation with details recorded for legal recognition.
Multiple business entities are listed with proposed capitals and incorporators including Bones-Berker-Roberts Co limited to washing machines with $100,000 capital and Walter Bones John G Becker Clifford K Roberts. Tienpont Apetuate Co of Piergont with $50,000 capital and Easton Ball J Sletten Pa Fol Hom Minnekatia Land Co of Rapid City with $160,000 capital and H W Helm P W Waite A Seaman.
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