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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1910
Page
11
A jumble of satirical witticisms and clipped notes runs through the page as playful barbs on Kaiser Wilhelm, Lord Kitchener, Abdul Hamid, and American students. Tiny items touch on duels, taxes, fires, and distant news from Africa, the South Seas, and Philadelphia meat trade, all laced with improbable mockery.
A lengthy obituary sketch recalls Major John A Pickler of Faulk county South Dakota a pioneer lawyer and early Republican leader who represented South Dakota in Congress for four terms He helped organize Faulk county aided state development and served as public lands inspector before his congressional work He left a wife and four children and his career is summarized alongside contemporaries in a statewide primary update and local notices
Walter Brookins in a Wright biplane raised to 4384 feet to set a new world altitude record at the national aviation meet at the Indianapolis speedway. The feat followed exhibition flights by Wright brothers' pupils, with only G L Bumbaugh attempting departure and wrecking his aircraft early. In Chicago, cattle and hog markets showed declines while sheep held steady, and Twin City markets reported mixed grain and livestock prices.
Farmers consider Canadian lands a strong investment as spring value rises fifteen to twenty percent. Rail access and government rate controls make grain transport favorable. Free homesteads of 160 acres can be worth up to two hundred dollars per acre with three years residence, attracting large numbers of U.S. settlers despite limited land supply near railways. Agents in the United States provide location guidance.
A fragment from a 1910s page mentions Casey at the Jet and a dramatic line about Casey's self harm in a fictional dialogue. It also promotes Coca Cola advertising copying a poem and a baseball record book, plus a joke definition of a diplomat.
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