Sisseton High Team Wins Debate in District Round
Sisseton high school debated the question on Chinese and Japanese immigration and citizenship. The affirmative team faced defeat as Elmer Ellison Carl Pederson and Mabel Stavig won for the negative, prompting a rematch with Aberdeen to decide the district championship. The victors may then face Watertown or Vermillion for the state title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisseton High School
Vieter
Congress
United States
Alta Dahl
Alive
Swanberg
Clara Berge
Wen T
Aberdeen
Sisseton
Elmer Ellison
Carl Pederson
Mabel Stavig
Watertown
Vermillion
Labor and the Cummins Bill cited as nation’s burning issue
Basil M. Manley, former joint chairman of the national war labor board, joins the Searchlight as contributing editor and slams the railroad bill as a dire threat that would give permanent liens on workers’ wages. The piece argues its effects would mobilize 100,000,000 Americans into a single bloc and presage a reckoning to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basil M. Manley
National War Labor Board
Searchlight
Congress
Manley
America
Newspaper declares rate hike for advertising in 1920
In Sisseton, the Standard raises display advertising rates to twenty cents per inch beginning April 1 while keeping business cards at old rates. The note urges frequent ad updates to boost reader impact and local sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ting Gul
Roberts County
Tueh
Bette
Sisseton
Sanitary Barber Shop Raises Prices
Starting Monday March 29 Shaves rise to 25 cents and haircuts to 50 cents due to high barber supply costs. Sanitary Barber Shop announces the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanitary Barber Shop
Call to Christian Cooperation Through Union Church Meetings
O W Butterfield invites all residents to attend upcoming union meetings led by pastors of the Presbyterian and Methodist churches. The goal is to promote Christian ideals, uplift the community, and encourage participation in the church’s mission for social welfare and national prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaanind
Christian Church
Church
America
Christ
Jesus Christ
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Sisseton Weekly Standard
Sisseton Ciaches
Penate
Sisseton, South
Dak
Republicas
Farmer and Labor
Wood
Hiram Johnson
General Wood
Mr. Lowden
South Dakota
Johnson
Lowden
McMasters
Richards
Nerison
Wreaten
Minnesota
Hart
Foster
Bosco
Victor
Luther League
Saron Church
Goodwill Church
Eening
Saron
A. A. Peterson
A. A. Pierson
Federal Reserve
First National Bank
Rexall
F. P. Maldaner
Rexall Story
So. Dak
Sisseton Nursery
Green House
Solner & Johnson
O. W. Butterfield
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Olson, Olin & CO
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
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