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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1910
Page
1
Special Correspondent reports a sequence of calls visits and travel among residents and guests in Sisseton Milbank Wilmot Big Stone Lake Wilmot Webster and Wilmot area. People named include Pearl Wilmot Edith Aney Regmore Peterson Rhody Mossman May McGee Carrol Hegner Irene Eastman and others with short visits and returns.
The Luke Diamond murder case preliminary hearing began last Saturday at the courthouse before Judge Prindiville. It lasted the afternoon and was continued on Tuesday. Three suspects El Simmons Frank Haggerty and Jim O'Hearn were held for trial at the December term while five others were released on bonds or as witnesses.
Sheriff Swanson arrested Joe Enoch a Sioux Indian at his Granite Falls Minnesota residence. Enoch was wanted for stealing a team of horses about a year ago and is now in custody. Local authorities plan to transfer him to the county jail for further proceedings.
Adjutant General Englesby issues orders for the South Dakota National Guard annual encampment at Watertown. Companies convene July 21 with five days of drills then move to Sparta July 26 for ten days under regular army officers. About 8000 troops expected, including artillery and engineers, with wireless telegraph demonstrations. Sisseton Company leaves July 25 for Watertown.
A local notice discusses moral warnings from a sermon and mocks habits of youth on Main Street. It remarks on a pair of young men and their plans, then promotes Saat wa ison Bros. advertising for Wison’s livery and Hudson cars with a humorous regional poem.
A series of mishaps near the city includes Dewey Hanson with a fractured right leg after a team ran away, Nddie Christopherson with a fractured arm from a haul away incident, and A B Carlberg injuring a finger chasing an electric fan. Harald McGee suffers a palm hook injury while fishing. Mrs. Ed Jones Jr. nearly gulped carbolic acid but recovered. A two year old near Tver Hagen fell from a porch and had convulsions. Frank Hicks damaged a finger while loading machines. Subscribe for The Standard.
The Aberdeen Street Railway company plans to lay rails this week. Track equipment is on site and the contractor will be ready to start within a few days. Cars are expected to run before snows.
Diamond Doings reports Mrs Gillis left Wednesday for a one month vacation via Browns Valley. Mrs O J Halvorson and family of Raw Clair Wisconsin head Sunday for an extended visit. Mrs Ross Walker went to Sisseton Monday for her grandfather C Wilson's funeral. Mrs Jessie Lighee visited Sisseton. Mrs Dora Ayers and daughter were visitors Monday. Ester Austin of Tenney is with Miss Phylis Lindqurst. Continued on local page.
B T Sandsmark of Eddy, a hustling merchant and general factotum, was in the city Wednesday on business.
A Philadelphia Inquirer anecdote recounts a class of about 12 year olds tested on geography after grammar. An eleven year old, confusing subjects, answered with two zones: masculine and feminine, the masculine temperate or intemperate and the feminine torrid or frigid.
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