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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1906
Page
7
An advertisement extols EGG-O-SEE cereal as a wheat based, easily digestible breakfast. It claims vegetable foods prevent scurvy and promote strength, praising the product’s taste, nourish ment value, and health benefits while offering a free book and a mail address in Quincy Illinois.
The province of Quebec enacts a new license tax on non resident commercial travelers employed by persons without a Canadian place of business. Travelers must pay 100 dollars per year to operate there. The levy is not popular, but repeal is not expected soon.
A young mother asks for fireworks suitable for small children. The dealer offers firecrackers, roman candles, and then pinwheels. She counters with a safety pinwheel remark as her toddler is not yet a year old.
A famed magazine publisher asks about the month’s sensation and is told an article on Panama is upcoming. A manager touts it, the publisher clings to him, and tears are shed in a restrained, dramatic moment.
A piece notes a new indoor chess game inspired by cricket, designed for enthusiasts who crave cricket’s excitement but must play indoors due to rain or cold. The inventor explains the concept as a bridge between the two sports.
A volunteer sergeant in charge of recruits plans an outpost drill outside the Dog and Gun tavern. He divides his men for street and fort guard duty and warns them to alert against a surprise while he stays inside to safeguard ammunition.
Preparations bustle for Secretary Root arrival in Rio de Janeiro expected in July. Thousands of Brazilian students will greet him as the president’s palace at Petropolis is placed at his disposal. In Rio he will stay at Abrantes 76, a historic building once owned by Joao VI and later used by Dom Pedro I. State department and diplomatic corps welcome Pan American conference delay as peace in Central America is assured. American delegates, except Van Leer Polk, arrive for the opening.
Andrew D. White former Cornell president told the Cornell summer school that technical appeals should be barred by courts citing New York City cases and District Attorney Jerome He warned that wealthy defendants seem to delay justice through chicanery and urged stripping appeals based on trifling procedural errors He noted Mrs William Thaw mother of the young millionaire charged with Stanford Whites murder disapproved of the defense plans.
A witty exchange mocks an amateur nurse who married her first patient. The line quips that a professional nurse would have waited and “looked around” before marrying.
In a candid moment Miss Goldthorpe asks for opinions on a photo featuring Amy and herself. Miss Sterlingworth praises the image, noting that Goldthorpe's sister has produced a truly handsome picture during an inspection.
A fragment from The Extent presents a quip about a man with a flawed yet notable sense of honor. It hints at self denunciation if caught cheating at solitaire, followed by a self-penalty in the street. The tone mocks irony in personal ethics.
A noisy, unclear exchange describes a discussion between Happening and Crimsonbeak about talking, with lines suggesting one party was doing the talking while the other questions how it happened. The text is disjointed and lacks concrete details.
Martin J Sheridan of New York dominates the Olympic track and field meet, scoring firsts in freestyle events and distances, seconds in the standing high jump, and excelling in shot put. His injury hampered performance yet he is hailed as the world’s best allround athlete amid American dominance at the games.
A young lady, ignorant of nautical terms, asks why a ship must weigh anchor on leaving port. Her friend replies with a mangled explanation about weight changing due to binnacles and other accretions on the anchor, delivering a light moment of wordplay.
In a humorous exchange, Mrs. Borden Mouse jokes about the football match this morning being tough. Mr. Leftgard responds that after tasting the turkey, the rival game inside him proves tougher, turning a sports quip into a kitchen table line.
List of patents issued last week to Northwestern inventors reported by Lothrop and Johnson patent lawyers. Names include John H. Barnett P. H. Brown Samuel Tast ey William J. Pletcher George N. Haskell Abel Hagen Nils Nilson Even Uland and others from Minneapolis St Paul Winona Geddes Casselton and Groton with patents covering separator meter connection well door for elevators funnel neck yoke attachment rotary engine and typewriter.
Morginna pours oil on the forty thieves and comments on authors awaiting the inevitable, as she sits calmly waiting for the next event in a stylized tale.
An old ad copy touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething infants, claiming it softens gums and relieves pain. It markets a 25 cent bottle and includes a slogan about faithfulness to old truth versus new.
Mrs Mary Wagner of Bridgeport Connecticut describes intense kidney pain and weakness keeping her bedridden for weeks before using Down Kidney Pills. She credits the remedy with clear improvement after the first box and a final cure, noting 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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