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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1906
Page
8
Classified and shorn of verbosity from Homer and Surrovuntine towns summarizes readers’ notices and short items. Correspondents and exchanges provide brief updates on local happenings, business, obituaries, and community announcements in concise notes.
Special Correspondent John Pease and daughter Agnes visit Waubay on Monday. Hollman drove to Waubay to replenish wardrobe. Benn Wills of Corona stayed in Waubay for Fourth of July celebrations. Grandmother Watkley returns from a county trip. Mrs. Rood travels from Garrison with her sons for homestead matters. Miller moved a granary and will build a dwelling. Hollman family visits a show in Summit. Ed White of Webster visits and helps frame a big barn project. Large crowd frames the village cemetery at Summit for a funeral. The loss of a young man near Summit mourned by community. Summer race day at Wilmot yields good fun. School board to build a new schoolhouse corner near Tay Read’s hotel. Mrs. Momeny, Mrs. Retiner away, A. L. Matthews and children to Sprine Park. Clara Goebel visiting from Minneapolis. Miss May Parmeter undergoes an operation for an abscess and remains critical. Community hopes for news of better days.
A brief note reports Budge Babterton and Ed Koda drove to Big Stone Lake yesterday for a fishing trip. The item also mentions Mrs Pulver moving a house, occupying lots on Third Avenue and Cherry Street, and adding an extension to the same property.
Water rents are due promptly at the listed price for the city. OtMee, city treasurer, is issuing the notice from the First National Bank. L. J. ONSTAD, City Treasurer.
A child named Vandervoor was born Sunday in the city to Mr and Mrs Elijnl Vandertoot. The infant is a son and joins the household as the new addition to the family in this local birth notice.
The Webster Reporter and Farmer notes the July 24 wedding of Gvorse Adkins of this city to Mrs. Emily Bergen of Cando North Dakota. Adkins, born in England, became a US citizen and has lived in South Dakota 22 years, with ties to Clark Day Spink and Roberta counties. The couple likely will reside in Bisseton for now.
In a shop a young woman pays a repair bill with a quarter. The watchmaker notices a tiny center crack unseen by the eye, tests it at the bank, and confirms it a counterfeit. The cashier initially doubts, but the flaw proves it passes only when scrutinized, so the watchmaker keeps the coin.
A fragment from a humorous tale recounts a young wife trimming fabric for a waist and joking about earning two dollars, while a five year old cuts scraps with scissors hoping to find a penny, illustrating comic thrift and childish mischief.
A Norman farmer visits a sleepy neighbor to borrow a donkey for the Gis fair, but the neighbor claims to be dreaming and refuses, exposing thrifty Norman craft in evading service. The tale ends with the morning realization that no donkey was borrowed.
A discussion on aging notes that extreme old age tends to accompany physical and mental balance. A serene, well poised life preserves harmony, reducing constant mental jarring. Unbalanced living causes discord and destruction, while a balanced mind remains steady.
A quoted line from Success Magazine notes a man breaking into pieces over trifles. It discusses momentum, balance, and steady progress, while warning that temper, mental confusion, and disorder threaten vitality and focus.
Notice describes a chattel mortgage by Wm Banu in Roberts County to C. L. Pike and later ownership by I. Bollkestid. It cites payment due July 24, 1906, and details an amended sale by mortgagee under a power of sale dated November 1, 1901. Personal property including horses, cattle, machinery, separators, and wagons is listed for public auction at Vernon near Victor on July 7, 1906, at 2 o clock. The sale aims to satisfy the secured debt plus fees. the mortgagee will conduct the proceedings with attorney’s fees noted.
A notice records Nels Sletholen filing homestead application No 24978 for Lots 3 and 4 in section 28 and Lots 1 and 2 in section 29 township 127 north range 51 west, on Sisseton Wahpeton Reservation. Witnesses Fred Werner Alfred Johnson Carl Strand W V Curtis from Sundyside South Dakota, to prove residence and cultivation, before W O Campbell Clerk of Circuit Court Marshall County Britton August 4 1906.
Blood and nerves are closely related and Hood’s Sareaparilla promises to keep blood rich and healthy. Hood’s Pills aid digestion after dinner and help prevent constipation, presenting a simple remedy for nervousness and digestion.
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