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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1911
Page
9
A British notice declares it is the duty of those who receive underweight coins to break them instead of refusing. It states every person or agent must eat break or destroy such coins to pay the tax, with the tenderer bearing the loss. The passage notes enforcement and risks of noncompliance.
The text traces punctuation development from Aristophanes to Aldus Manutius and later editors. It notes early manuscripts lacked marks and spacing hindered reading, while modern stops, commas, and quotation marks emerged in the late medieval to early modern periods and spread widely.
John Wesley Weld enforced rigid discipline at Kingswood School founded in 1748. He barred holidays, required parental consent to agree to all house rules, forbade playtime or breaks, and mandated work until 3 pm on Fridays, asserting that play in childhood predicts adult leisure.
Dr Josin Oldfield recalls student days at St Bartholomew's hospital where a patient with an unknown hand ailment improved after an ointment, prompting the man to praise the hospital's reputation. He traveled from Leicester seeking cure and found greater relief at St Bartholomew's than from Leicester doctors.
A humorous exchange from the Chicago Record-Herald features a New Yorker bragging about crossing the Atlantic twenty times while a Chicago man counters with a claim of never crossing Atlantic waters yet having visited every state in the Union. The men compare records as they discuss how many states exist today.
A humorous exchange notes Hicks asking if duplicates of old love letters exist. Wicks replies that they keep letters to remind themselves how foolish they once were, offering a light look at personal growth and self reflection.
A dialogue snapshot shows a wife praising a new coat while the husband quips about his old hat and coat. The fragment hints at a playful domestic exchange with a dash of irony and concern over worry and poison in life.
A Canadian farmer lured a party of motorcar tourists along a deliberately rough route with a drawn diagram. They reached a roadside house where the farmer, his wife, and children greeted them in fear and humor. The farmer then directed them back to the correct road, explaining the prank.
A London dentist warns that overuse of the toothbrush can erode enamel. He advises brushing once daily for three minutes with a soft bristle, and slanting the brush to clean between teeth. He notes many patients scrub away enamel with excessive brushing and stresses soft bristles and once daily use.
The Suffolk works in Sheffeld shows 10 000 knife patterns on file and can produce 3 000 patterns to order. Soingen in Germany houses a firm with 9 000 patterns for Germany alone. New patterns arrive weekly, and the trade resists standardization, helping explain American competition lag.
A new fireman recounts arriving at midnight to the Von Biffers residence where Miss von Biffer staggered from the flames with her niece in her arms. The tale highlights her brave act amid smoke and fire.
Our Creamed Root Beer has made Sisseton famous as Red Crods Drug Store boosts local pride with this signature beverage.
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