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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1912
Page
2
A sprawling South Dakota roundup reports on outbreaks of illness among Indians in Dewey and Corson counties, fire threats near the Sulphur Hotel, and a rash of local misfortunes. It notes elections and offices filled, several deaths by lightning and accident, a moving picture yard-behavior stunt, and disputes over city hall votes and county roles.
A garbled 19th century note reports a five car fine set at five thousand dollars linked to a public railroad allotment in Pierre. It mentions an official named Russell, a minister at Pierre, and a plan to prepare property for a public use, with the Northwestern railroad as context.
The notice lists names of individuals awaiting letters remitted this week and hints at cures for diseases. It advertises products from CHHUPI and a Toledo address for Chelaney and Toledo with claims of universal constitutional treatment and dramatic patient testimonials.
A line of advice extols using an engine to do hard labor such as weeding pumping water grinding feed and turning a grindstone. The narrator argues that an engine large enough to handle all tasks lets a person enjoy freedom and comfort instead of toil.
Major General Prod D Grant lies at West Point as a volleys and band honor his burial. Dr Daniel K Pearsons dies at Hinsdale at ninety two after giving large gifts to colleges. Justin McCarthy, famed historian and home ruler advocate, dies in London after a long writing career. Dyvette L Thompson, Methodist Brotherhood leader, dies in New Jersey after service in the Men and Religious Movement campaign.
Bonnot, head of a gang terrorizing Paris, and Dubois the anarchist were shot dead after a long stand at a Cloisy le Roi garage. The shootout drew ten thousand spectators as police, gendarmes, guards, and engineers blasted the hideout with dynamite. The Fez massacre drew criticism of authorities for failing to anticipate the attack. The Irish Nationalist party in Dublin unanimously endorsed the Asquith home rule bill in the Commons.
The quarterly financial statement to the Treasury and Post Office shows fewer dollars sent abroad due to the postal savings system and expanded money order service. Torpedo boat destroyers Preble and Perry left San Diego with sealed orders amid West of Mexico speculation. A tornado outbreak in Texas to Oklahoma wrecked twenty towns, killing forty-one and injuring one hundred while floods force mass displacement across Northeastern Louisiana with tens of thousands homeless as Mississippi waters edge back.
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Dr D K Pearsons, a renowned philanthropist who donated between 6 and 7 million dollars to small colleges, died at his Hinsdale Illinois home after a pneumonia illness, ending a prominent career.
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