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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1914
Page
3
A Sioux Falls Daily News editorial contrasts the Woolworth Building with Henry Ward's business empire. It frames captains of industry as pursuing grand dreams from the tallest skyline to attracting top craftsmen, asking readers what their own ambitions serve.
A historic note compares a cobra bite to the timing of venom onset. An English official witnessed a fowl bitten by a cobra and timed the effects from the moment of contact. Within thirty seconds the comb and wattles reddened to black, two minutes later the bird died, and three and a half minutes after the bite the fowl expired. The wound was a pinprick, yet the head and neck darkened while the rest of the body remained normal.
A young groom without money marries into wealth and gains fame for his honesty. He refuses to alter the marriage vow, repeating the minister’s line with a possible slip but strong integrity remains the story’s core.
A quoted passage describes Westerners through a pair of ancient Chinese perspectives. It notes their public behavior, travel patterns, gender norms, music, and religious rites. Another Chinese viewpoint mocks European and North American habits including diet, hygiene, dining order, and table manners.
The article lists animal ages from 800 to 1000 years for whales to 4 months for queen bees. It notes tortoises 100 to 200 years, elephants camels eagles and crocodiles around 100 years, carp 75 to 140, big cats 25 in confinement, birds like swans parrots ravens 200, hawks 30 to 40, geese 80, primates 16 to 18, squirrels rabbits seven, bees four months for queens and six for workers.
In Ch ialcia resident Braceala reported a dream of Niseon aged twenty being attacked by two men. He woke his wife who then heard a disturbance at the house. Mine. Braccala rushed out to find her son stabbed and dying, and he died shortly after.
A London Mirror item recounts a traveler praising a waiter or waitress with a quirky exchange about a misplaced item. The man smiles and suggests it would be nicer to receive the item in a locket. The piece reads as a lighthearted anecdote from a tourist.
A Lincolnshire rabbit known as the silver rabbit has fur of a delicate silvery gray. Though little prized locally, its skins are exported in vast numbers to Asia including Tartary and China where the fur is deemed fit for monarchs. Prices are very high there.
A London Mail snippet describes a boxing professor giving tips to a pupil and then delivering a knockout. The pupil asks if it was necessary to be knocked down, and the professor replies with a blessing and promises to show ten other ways.
Regular services at 10:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. next Sunday with Rev. C. C. Todd and Mrs. Harriet M. Longley. Luther League meetings at 6:45 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. at Lakeview. Sunday school and Bible class at noon. confirmation class Saturday 1:30. Epworth League meetings Sundays at 7 p.m. plus a 3:30 p.m. service at the Otto schoolhouse. notes on youth attendance and recent remodeling efforts.
W C T U column signals continued suffrage advocacy through fall campaigns. Senator Myers predicts Montana will carry woman suffrage in the upcoming elections, noting bipartisan support and regional momentum. Catholic leaders also back equal suffrage as Polish Bishop Rhodes urges Illinois women to vote.
Morning prayer at 10 30 with sermon by Rev. Paul Barbour at Gethsemane Mission on Sunday May 3.
The Board of County Commissioners invites sealed bids to be opened May 5 1914 at 10 am for building a road between sections 5 and 6 in Alto township. Plans and specs are at the County Auditor's office. Bids must include a 10 percent certified check. The board may reject all bids. U Lien County Auditor.
A recent news item highlights a standard update in town with officials confirming the new measure and residents reacting to the change. The report notes local impact and the steps being taken to implement the standard across public services.
The piece urges women to engage in politics while remaining faithful to home duties and Christian values. It cautions against blind partisanship and urges voters to act for the welfare of the state, society, and family, guided by prudent citizenship.
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