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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
7
Levi P Brockway of Anoka Minnesota describes five months in hospital with heart trouble and fainting spells. After using Dosa Kidney Pills he recovered and has felt well since. The testimonial notes the pills are sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A San Antonio mother describes her two year old son’s eczema starting on the face and ears, months of doctor visits without improvement, then using Cutfcura Remedies where sores cleared in two months and sleep returned. She claims lasting recovery and urges others to try the treatment. The letter includes unrelated adages and quips.
Sioux City reporters recount a dramatic pursuit ending with W R Brown and Albert Cromwell captured after a lengthy cross county chase. Crowds attacked the jail at Smidland Iowa and later Correctionville as the two suspects fled. The Clark girl remains in critical condition.
John Patowoda was cleared of stealing a large stock of groceries from Chris Schwidt after relatives testified the goods in Pallwoda’s home were bought for him due to illness. Police had hidden the items in a crude shrine with a crucifix and religious accessories.
Krink McCormick, a well known local man from Whigs Montana, drowned while swimming in the Yellowstone River near his father’s farm. Eight youths were in the stream when he attempted one more dive and was overcome by a cramp in the cold water.
In Geddes, Sioux Falls, on June 10, Marshal Crowley tried to arrest a liquor-crazed Sioux warrior. He was bitten on the hind by the warrior’s wife who resisted arrest. The man and woman were fined, $10 for the husband and $60 for the wife.
In Appleton Wisconsin the jury found Minnie Grunert was killed by a blunt instrument blow to the head and strangled with a rope placed around her neck and tied to a hook in a clothes closet. They recommend Paul Krause, the former husband, be held for the crime.
Genger W Wood Lewin A Wood and Forest B Wood pleaded guilty before Judge Page Morris to conspiracy to defraud and misuse of mails in the Edwards company. Each was fined 2500 dollars and paid. The court noted their long absence from the business, and the other indictments were not upheld. In Little Falls a tramp assaulted Mrs. Ferrell with a spray causing facial burns. she was uninjured in eyes, and police pursued the suspect.
A tornado demolished the residence of Frank Sheforzey in Willow River, Minnesota. Mrs Sheforsen and her five-year-old son were home. the mother was seriously injured by debris as the house collapsed from its foundation. The father was away at the time. No other injuries reported.
A rise in freight rates of certain commodities deemed too low has been agreed upon by the Western Trunk Line association and will be embodied in a report to the lines it includes. The move, not a wholesale increase, affects Twin City shippers though exact amounts and commodities are not yet known.
Rate Montana June 10 report shows rail service disrupted by washouts rock slides and floods. Northern Pacific track damage between Butte and Missoula delays passengers for a week. Basin area floods wash away ridges and homes. Great Falls smelter flooded halting operations for at least a week leaving 1000+ workers idle. Great Falls to Helena rail service halted weeks. Missouri river flood crest in sight with Kansas City exodus and relocation of meat stock to safety.
Brainerd Minnesota June 10. A rescue attempt for Mrs. G Y Woerner ended in tragedy as Avenet Sehultz and David W Wayte drowned when the railing gave way while the men tried to haul Sehultz aboard after Woerner fell from a steam boat. The craft carried no life preservers and was unlicensed, unused for a pacific party trip.
Cass Lake citizens form a committee to urge the village council to reconsider a recent ordinance requiring saloonkeepers to pay 750 dollars yearly license fees, up from 600 dollars. The measure bars new licenses beyond the existing ten until quitted saloons can reenter, limiting future openings.
Owatonna Minnesota June 10 The sheepskin tannery owned by Adolph Uber was nearly destroyed by fire. Insurance coverage was $2,500 with a $2,000 policy lapsed a week earlier. Building and contents valued at $10,000. Sparks or cause unknown. officials say the building will be rebuilt.
Gunner Frederickson assaulted Herman Lobitz at Porcupine five miles from Pepin Wisconsin. Lobitz is in a very serious condition and Frederickson was arrested and jailed.
J A Gormley, fifty five years old, of Detroit Michigan, killed himself in a room at the Auditorium Annex in Chicago yesterday afternoon. Hotel employees could not assign any cause for the act.
A pious remark about Sabbath work sparks a discussion with a tile grass widow who knits on Sunday. She jokes she fears meeting her Nasbande in heaven and dreams of a place with no other women, little wine, and no song. An ad for Pettit’s Eye Salve and Allen’s Foot-Ease follows, promoting cures for eyes and feet. A light domestic scene ends with a mother noting a fiancé’s name in wedding notices.
The dialogue features Johnny asking what deficit means and the other person quizzing the term. A playful exchange centers on understanding a shortfall and time waiting to form meaning. The snippet suggests a humorous take on fiscal or personal deficit concepts without explicit figures.
Report by patent lawyers Lothrop and Johnson lists patents issued to Northwestern inventors in the prior week. Items include a stacker by T F Bowes, an envelope sealing machine by W M Cahill, garment support by FM Greer, a seed cup for seed drills by Rollo, and other devices from Winona and North Dakota.
An 1890s promotional note touts Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a standard cure for female ailments. It claims to have cured countless cases of displacements inflammation nervous prostration and other symptoms and invites sick women to write for advice to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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