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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
4
A collection of opinions on local politics and culture. Emmerson’s boastful snapshot stirs ridicule while Roberts County’s insurgent vote counters a strong Boxer influence. The letters critique party bosses, praise Kittredge’s senator potential, and warn against machine politics in a lively, opinionated fragment.
A Tuesday evening home talent operetta set on a Southern plantation drew a large, appreciative crowd. Cast includes Col Haverly J C Knapp, Mrs Lee Mrs Bobb, Miss Lou Haverly Severance, Dorothea Kent Dorry Thomas, Katharine Lee Olds, Frances Lee Rask, Moses the servant Bobb, and North outsider Jack Winthrop Wilits. Principal performers earned audience satisfaction with lively songs and recitations by Price Hammond Andrews and Spackman.
An ex subscriber recalls an elderly host who kept six kinds of cake and seven preserves, serving coffee with supper and pies rich with no regard for diet. The anecdote imagines visiting her now as a remedy for those weary of dieting.
A fragment from a local Browns Valley Tribune page mentions Mrs. A. B. M. traveling to Hot Springs as a W R G C convention delegate, Ed Laing’s team, J C Knapp visiting Minneapolis, Miss Mary Hanson from Natvata Oklahoma, and multiple small community notices. Also notes staff changes, a three cornered race for Roberts county register of deeds, and a humorous aside on belt buckles saving a life in Elkton.
The program lists race events for Roberts County Fair with running races on July 2 and July 3. Events include pony races over one mile and a pace or trot class at 2:40, with top entrants noted. prize money shown as 100.00.
Readable names list shows candidates and party designations for county offices and committees. Includes state senator, representatives, public officials, and local party members such as Stadstad Pearson Turner Stevens Gee Grandbois Scott Loveland Murray Folsom Phanco Oscarson and others.
Mrs Minder hosted the Presbyterian church Ladies Aid Society on Wednesday afternoon with assistance from Mrs McColeman. A good attendance gathered and enjoyed an afternoon at Mrs Minder’s home.
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