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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
3
Article describes backache as a sign of feminine illness and urges prompt attention. It links symptoms like merrymanesi, headache, loins pain, and lower body heaviness to a feminine condition needing treatment. It claims a single remedy quickly resolves the cause and restores health.
A long-winded testimonial page touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for various female ailments including backache and menstrual irregularities. It cites customer letters from Mrs Augustus Lyon of East Earl Pennsylvania and a Rockland Maine reader praising relief after use. The piece blends product promotion with general health claims and includes other advertisements and partial humorous content.
A garbled ad-like snippet touts Dr. R A Kline and a “Great Nerve Reetorvr” cure with a free trial offer. It claims virus and disease relief, cites a Philadelphia address, and references compiling a life and letters amid disjoint dialogue about premonitions and letters.
In St Paul on June 16 a group of pickpockets grabbed cash shares and securities valued at 10000 from H. Taylor of Seattle in the Union Depot. The wallet held real estate deeds and negotiable notes. Police hunt suspects as excited travelers spill onto the platforms.
Minneapolis June 17 James Flood aged sixteen who killed Arthur P Camden on Nicollet avenue has asked to be sent home to Austin Minnesota. He says a car fare would help and that he does not like it in jail. He faces an indictment and shows few signs of insanity while clinging to a girl impersonation hobby. Flood has become morose and inattentive to his deed yet still believes money will win his release.
Narvis of MaCatine Iowa was chosen for a third term as supreme master workman of the A C U W at the Des Moines session. New officers named include J A Eckstein of New Ulm Minnesota as supreme master foreman J C Gallaxher of New Haven Connecticut as supreme overseer M W Hackett of Kansas as supreme recorder H B Dickenson of New York as supreme receiver W R Welden of Guthrie Oklahoma as guide Rev D B Phelan of Pittsfield Maine as supreme watchman and G A Eschman of Wheeling West Virginia as supreme medical examiner.
George Trienno, a fourteen year old Italian boy traveling from Turin with a single coat tag, arrived safely in Deadwood South Dakota. The relative who planned to accompany him turned back at the last moment. He spoke little English but used a small interpreter device to navigate and will enter the local school next fall.
Elmer Nelson a Milwaukee road brakeman is believed fatally injured after being crushed between cars while coupling a train at New Hampton Iowa on June 16. He suffered a broken hip and internal injuries and was taken to a hospital by special train.
The coroner in Dickinson North Dakota reports the Englishman William Laird about sixty years old was found dead in a cabin ten miles south of the city. Investigation shows he had been dead in his shack for several weeks. He was a homesteader for three years with no known relatives. neighbors recall odd behavior before his death. The coroner ordered the body and house saturated with kerosene and burned.
In Pierre on June 17 Mrs Reiter and Milky Mazel Easter died attempting to cross the Bad River near Van Meter. They started toward a neighbor’s and were missed until Sunday. The girl’s body was found Sunday a short distance from the crossing, with the other body not recovered by Sunday night.
A freight train near Hastings Minnesota wrecked with fifteen cars loaded with merchandise slipping into a ditch. The cause was a broken journal leading to the incident reported June 16.
Northwestern inventors received last weeks patent grants reported by Lothrop and Johnson. Names include A. Arons International Falls Minn W E Bean Minneapolis Minn A B Grodnes Arthur N D F James Mitchell SD F C Kilgore Minneapolis Minn C J Miller Minneapolis Minn F J Thull Minneapolis Minn plus notes on an astigmatism gag and legal notices from Taber Whitman Washington DC.
Jamestown North Dakota July 16 local report says the infant son of John Miller was crushed and instantly killed when a heavy beam fell on him while playing with other children on a til a pie south of Streeter.
In Eau Claire Wisconsin on June 17 Phillips Fifield a 12 year old boy drowned after chasing his dog into a boom on the Eau Claire river. A second boy who witnessed the accident was too frightened to assist and did not help.
Advertisement notes rack covers awning tents flags and related items offered by American Tent and Awning Co of Minneapolis with request for information and prices.
Burglars entered Tarbell and Williamson drug store in Watetown last night and obtained a small amount of cash from the safe. No arrests have been made.
Charles A. Lindberg of Little Falls a first term congressman from the Sixth district filed with the secretary of state for the Republican nomination. He yesterday submitted the papers at St Paul marking his official candidacy.
A local farmer, about eight miles south of St Charles, Minnesota, died yesterday morning likely of heart failure. The incident occurred near Nice Massiebenaler. Authorities reported the death as natural causes pending further inquiry.
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