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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1916
Page
3
Mrs A S Flanders of Andover died by drowning in a pond near Towle How West of town after an apparent fall from a railway track. Her funeral was held at the Catholic church in Andover with Rev Fr Amirantt delivering a moving service.
The article warns on a bird dog protection law effective July 1 and urges compliance. It also reports the suicide of J. G. Hastings near Britton after financial troubles, with details of the funeral and community sympathy. Additional notes discuss political advertising space and expense filing rules under the 1007 law.
Samuel Ryland, a Bancroft farmer, is charged with operating a car while intoxicated after a crash killed his 9 year old son. Witnesses say the vehicle traveled at high speed and overturned in a ditch while returning home with three children. Ryland and two children escaped uninjured. The boy severely injured died or faces grave injuries. investigators note heavy drinking by Ryland at the time.
The Browns Valley Tribune reports A Mean a local manager at Moores elevator developed an automatic device to prevent cross contamination when distributing grain into spouts. The system keeps same kind grain from mixing, preserves dockage value and has patent applications in the U S and Canada. The note adds human interest items about married life milestones and a government representative’s transfer, plus a local humor anecdote about a newborn weighed with borrowed scales.
An editor urges readers to send real, accurate news in concise form. He notes gossip and conjecture hurt reporting and asks the public to cultivate the habit of reporting items they know, promising broader opportunities to gather timely news.
At Roh Wheaton, a Friday morning robbery blasted open the post office safe at 2:50 AM. A tin cash box containing stamps was blown loose by an explosion. City Marshal John Held, alerted by a report, found the post office empty with no clues yet.
Dialogue shows Mand consoling a crying partner while a chaotic scene unfolds. He pleads to stop the tears as the other says the feverish moment will pass with rest and treatment, but the couple remains unsettled and stuck in the turmoil.
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