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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1921
Page
4
Poem fragment extols the power of a smile to disarm suspicion, comfort pain, and improve life. The speaker asserts the smile’s universal charm and its melting, irresistible effect, noting its value beyond material wealth.
The Sisseton Standard is listed as second class matter at the Sisseton Br Dakota post office with a subscription rate of 3.50 dollars per year.
A column contrasts Tulsa street killings with high motor fatality rates in major cities and argues for stricter traffic laws. It recalls Horace Greeley’s motto Go West and urges open land settlement for the congested populace of New York City.
A fragment notes a beautiful bouquet of posies observed recently. The brief item highlights the scene without further details or context from the source.
The West Carroll Gazette notes that editing a country newspaper invites criticism and heavy labor. An editor must endure censure for slips yet speak plainly on public evils, grinding others' axes while doing good for the community.
A Printers' Ink writer urges manufacturers, boards of directors, and business men to place advertising high on their priority lists and to keep it there as a key business necessity.
A satirical piece riffs on advertising as essential, then shifts to a Hoboken mother seeking a volunteer to spank a child, hinting at cash incentives. It pivots to a California raisin uproar about Prohibition with a fable dragon of a raisin predicting price rises and brewing hopes defying bans.
A critical look questions Harding's claim that government is simple and notes delays in policy, foreign affairs, and troop withdrawals. It cites the Knox resolution, Europa mission plans, and misaligned promises versus actions. The piece highlights that key figures remain absent from decisive roles and policy direction remains unclear.
Ki Hung Ming of China, a Chicago alum, writes in the North China Standard that America’s sole lasting spiritual asset would be Poe and plantation songs. He notes America's youth, immigration, and ends by reading Poe’s Annabel Lee, urging readers to revisit the poem’s mournful kingdom by the sea.
For sale various farm items including 200 bushels of wilt proof seed flax and millet seed offered by Gust Nelson of Sisseton Route 3. Also for sale is household furniture including a kitchen range, nearly new, with option to sell part or all by Ww. E. Bollenbeck of Sisseton 8.D. 102.
The piece argues the Harding era fails on economy and tax reform as unemployment rises to 5 million and foreign trade wanes. It condemns Republican and Wilson-era maneuvers, defends press freedom, and cites Jefferson on free speech against government coercion.
The Liberator gains second-class mailing status after a Burleson era denial. Hays finds Burleson censored policy cost the paper 14321 dollars for services that should cost 3444 and orders a refund. Other papers remain denied second-class status, causing losses. editorials urge continued reform.
The Minnesota Daily Star notes that farm cooperatives face hostility from grain traders as the Farm Bureau Federation shifts from praised rival to target. Traders call the federation's 17 member committee plan Bolshivism and seek to limit coop access to exchanges.
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