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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1909
Page
7
Chicago readers recount how Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped a patient avoid a third operation for inflammation and a small tumor. The testimonial credits improved health to the remedy and urges others to try it for female ills and related symptoms.
An old sailor explains the safe method to rescue a man in the water with a life preserver. He warns that people often try to pull it over the head, causing drowning, and advises pressing the nearest side with weight to lift the far edge up and over the head to secure the ring and rescue the swimmer.
Street quarrel outside the city police court followed a lawyer who had tried and won a case and was refused a fee. He allegedly solicited the client in a corridor and faced threats when told he would not be paid.
The piece ponders temper and courage, expansion of a house, rapid growth of youth, and farming toil. It muses on how a susceptible man is swayed by gentleness, the need to strike out to gain wit, and students’ habit of splitting hairs.
Waller Terry a woodsaw operator at Ashland was chased by a buzzsaw mounted on a wagon bed. The saw broke free while whirling at high speed and severed his right leg before striking his back and causing fatal injuries. He died thirty minutes after hospital arrival.
In Cadiz public schools Ohio a room No 7 English class prompted students to imagine newspaper persona samples. A younger student won praise with the line The college boys have returned to their schools to wait for another vacation. Paris fashion notes report the chapeau taileur in high demand with leading designers showing interest.
A Denver woman recovers from loss of appetite and weakness after using Grape Nuts. She gains 12 pounds and reports improved health following the food. The ad urges readers to try Grape Nuts and read The Road to Wellville for proof of benefits.
In Flandreau on June 20 a jury found Mrs Metes Kaufmann guilty only of assault and battery in the murder case of her servant Agnes Poirers. Judge Rice fined her $100, and the defense failed to secure acquittal or a jail term. The three year case history included two prior trials and reversals.
D W Nickerson once Chicago deputy sheriff and Haymarket executioner was found dead at his Floyd County Iowa home after years of anarchist threats. Inquest cites death by apoplexy, mirroring two earlier county cases. Nickerson relocated from Chicago in 1892 and had friendly ties with locals.
Jamestown ND June 20 A special meeting of railroad commissioners was held to consider alleged grain rate discrimination in southern North Dakota shipments to Minnesota markets. It was claimed Duluth faced higher rates than Minneapolis with about 2 cents per bushel difference. Action by the commission was not determined.
Three men entered the North Western depot in New Ulm Minnesota and were arraigned before Justice Ernst Brandt charged with grand larceny. They named William R Nichols of Marshall Minnesota and Floyd Bertrand and Harry Bertrand of Minneapolis. After confessing they waived examinations and were bound over to the district court.
Col W A Burns reports on the defunct Corwith bank books and exonerates officials from crooked transactions. He blames cashier John Standring as the sole culprit now a fugitive.
The forty ninth Wisconsin legislature adjourned sine die after a free month session. Many subjects were postponed until the next special session to be called in winter. Gov. Davidson vetoed the compulsory teachers pension bill, and both houses sustained the veto.
In Crookston Minnesota on June 19 Ernest Hasthagen, son of Mr and Mrs Godfrey Hasthagen, drowned while playing on a boat in the Red Lake River. The eight year old slipped beneath the surface and did not resurface. Neighbors were alerted by his frightened companions and the body was recovered after hours of searching.
La Crosse Wisconsin June 19 Commissioner of Public Works Fred Sebnell was jailed for contempt after ignoring court orders to pay a $29 judgment to a grocer. He had not paid a five year old judgment, turned his salary over to his wife, and refused to recognize the court appointed receiver, prompting renewed action and his arrest.
La Crosse Wisconsin June 19 Judge B C Highee appoints district attorneys in all counties of the Sixth judicial district to handle divorce case investigations under a new law. Certain days will be reserved for considering divorces.
Jacob Bachmann of Le Sueur plans to travel to Switzerland next week to settle the estate of his uncle Dr C E Swiningson a Berne dentist who died recently at an advanced age leaving about 70000 dollars of which eight thousand is bequeathed to Bachmann
In Hudson Iowa on June 19 Mrs Frntler Dam died after using kerosene to start a fire exploded setting her dress ablaze. She suffered severe burns to the head arms and neck and died yesterday morning.
An unknown laborer, likely a foreign worker, was ground beneath a St. Paul freight train near the Crivitz depot in Menominee County. His head lay 200 feet from his trunkless body after he attempted to board the blind baggage and fell between the cars Tuesday morning.
The line mocks cheap imitators for mimicking the famous Wrigley’s Spearmint product, noting that counterfeits carry the same price as the genuine item and feature a spear emblem on their packaging.
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