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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1910
Page
6
A jumble of 1909 era items covers varied topics from weather and calendars to radium wealth, cotton and wheat crops, missile tests, and boating dangers. It mentions Russia’s cotton aims, a planned lunar eclipse, and a Seattle man cured by fasting, plus cautions for small boats at sea.
A garbled report hints at a discovery in Wallowstone Park challenging established theories on planetary timing and fountains. The fragment suggests economic implications and a shift in how observers track celestial events, with references to rivers and distant observations.
A large strike by Grand Trunk railway conductors and yardmen cripples operations from Portland to Chicago. Shops close, 9000 workers idle, trains delayed, and talks with management fail to yield a settlement by press time.
Union leaders report men will walk out after rejecting pay proposals. Conductors and brakemen seek higher mileage rates and standardized pay. Protective strike funds of 7 million dollars ready, with monthly strike pay of 50 for conductors and 35 for trainmen members. Shops to close along the line affecting Montreal and other cities including Toronto and Portland.
Nine people were injured in a head on crash near Rapid City South Carolina when a gasoline motor car failed to heed orders to take the siding and allow a passenger train to pass. The victims include Mrs. R. M. Fulweiler Mrs. B. A. Seiter of Cincinnati Ohio and Jeannette Selter who were badly burned and bruised.
East St. Louis records the first US aviation meet for novices, winner J W Curzon of Hawthorne Michigan flew 535 feet about four feet off the ground, the only successful contestant in the event.
The Black Hills Brick and Manufacturing Co plant in Sturgis burned down causing about 7000 dollars loss, with roughly 5000 dollars insured. The fire is described as incendiary. Also reported Captain Robert F Scott leaves London to join the Terra Nova expedition aiming for the South Pole, reaching in December 1911.
Senator Gore plans to meet with Chairman Charnes Burke of the house committee in Oklahoma City or Muskogee in early August to speed an investigation into alleged attempts to influence legislation on Indian lands contracts. McMurray and associates face scrutiny over 750000 in fees and 10 percent shares, with Gore intent on full congressionally created inquiry and vindication.
Minnesota and three Northwestern state railroad commissions will meet July 26 at the state capital to seek a joint understanding on grain rates to avoid Interstate Commerce Commission action. The move follows proposed increases of 0.44 to 2.04 cents per 100 pounds, affecting Minneapolis and Duluth terminals and shifting traffic toward Omaha and Duluth. The conference includes officials from Minnesota Iowa North Dakota South Dakota and others, with Wisconsin Missouri and Nebraska invited but not represented. A telegram will request suspension of the rate hikes pending investigation.
Washington D C two department of agriculture reports will publish next month. The cotton crop condition as of July 25 will be issued first followed by a summary on August 1 covering winter and spring wheat corn oats barley potatoes tobacco flax buckwheat rye and hay with crop acreage production and farm stocks. A supplemental report on minor crops will be issued in August.
Former US forester Gifford Pinchot praised the insurgents in congress for influencing reforms at a Knife and Fork Club dinner in Kansas City. He lauded their role in securing good monarch files in a biplane and called for gratitude to the progressive wing.
An automobile racing a Detroit Pontiac Interurban car struck a stone and was hurled into the trolley causing the machine to be demolished. In the car were Arthur Darmstadter who died in hospital, William C. Manchester with cuts and bruises, and A Doll of Kalama who is in a critical condition with similar injuries.
Washington report says a joint committee majority exonerates Richard Ballinger after a five month inquiry into the Interior Department and the forestry bureau. It condemns Pinchot Garfield and Glavis, with Nelson chairing the panel and Madison/other members dissenting on a minority note. A separate update notes a Pullman fire caused by lightning with over 410,000 in losses.
The 13th census figures show Rock Island county Illinois 11 0 465 249 Moline 24 1997 248 Ann Arbor Michigan 14 817 14 509 Coronation in June 1911 London England set for June 22 1911.
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