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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1920
Page
4
The Sisseton Standard Nonpartisan edition presents local notices and briefs from city and county offices. Read for community announcements, upcoming meetings, and civic updates affecting residents and businesses in the region.
The document lists candidate names by office across state and county lines including President, Vice President, U S Senator, multiple Congress seats, Governor, Lieut. Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Attorney General, Superintendent of Public Instruction, School and Land Commissioner, Railroad Commissioners, and county offices. It names individuals such as L J Frazier, R M LaFollette, Thomas Ayres, E J Holter, Frank Whalen, O B Farnham, M P Bates, C W Best, William Nielson, B Anderson, J L Fritz, O M Burch, Miss Alice L Daley, E N Delapp, Arthur J Anderson, Fred Jenewein, Ben Reisdorf, J M W Sanders, H M Felbum, C M Fender, A E Wickard, James Hanson, Layton Teare, J O Johnson, and H H Baker.
A hopeful note on approaching spring encourages cheer as signs appear despite lingering winter. The author imagines plants and people adapting to elements, referencing Burns and a nostalgic hometown mood with a prophesy of warmer days ahead.
A nostalgic verse recalls returning to a hometown in the Sunshine State. The speaker longs for familiar kin, neighbors, and memories, vowing to rebuild dreams and embrace the freedom and welcome of the old community.
A legal notice fragment notes a notary public with an expiry date of March 1 1936 and a referenced amount 3492 and 34. The readable portion is incomplete but indicates a public records or notarization action. No names or places are clearly readable.
The Brisseton Aberdeen game drew the day’s best watch as the Hub City team led from a tight start after five minutes and held the edge to finish 37 to ??? The Sisseton squad fought hard until the final whistle and earned praise for their plucky effort in a 37 to ? result reported by the Aberdeen Daily News.
On Tuesday March 9 an influenza illness claimed Clarence Olson son of Mrs Margaret Olson of six and a half miles south of Sisseton The death follows the loss of his sister Ida who died February 18 The Standard extends sympathy to the grieving mother and hopes for relief from sorrow.
The North Dakota Insurance Commissioner announces warrants totaling over 13 000 for hail insurance, dated December 1 1919 with 6 percent interest, redeemable by the state insurance fund. Early tax payments have diverted about 4 000 from life insurance levies into the state treasury.
The Polish consulate in New York reports about forty thousand Poles in Hartford and surrounding areas have applied for passports to return to Poland. They cite inability to obtain a clear answer about their destination and travel plans from steamship agencies.
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