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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1912
Page
3
Correspondent describes visitors from Effington and St Paul, meetings, farm activity, and social events. Among entries are weddings, farm work, a creamery stockholder meeting, cattle heading to White Rock, and reports of wolves bounty. Weather and crop prospects loom over a busy rural week.
Social and village notes from Grant list visits and calls at Browns Valley Wabash valley towns and Maple Lake. Mentions of hospital recovery at Browny Valley and a friendly ball game with Staselon neighbors along with upcoming matches at Olaf Negaard's and a planned game against Efli gtow on Sunday the 19th if arranged.
Route No 3 itemizes Miss Nettle Hertick visiting her aunt Mrs Etle Dati in Corona. It mentions Mrs Ole Gravdudd improving and planning hospital surgery, local social visits at the Crandall home, and neighbors like Gina Germanion and Miss Sultne Gravdalie in Plowing and attending events. Gravehaly expected to return soon from Pine City for summer.
The piece denounces Geo. W. Egan as unfit for governor citing a four year residence, a tarnished reputation, and past disbarment for allegedly stealing $10,000 from a woman who died in a lunatic asylum. Also notes Sisseton Mill & Light Co selling patent flour at $1.40 per sack.
A poem by Walt Mason praises the rural mail carrier who endures harsh roads and rough weather. He toils daily delivering mail, facing injuries and meager wages, yet remains steadfast and cheerful in duty without complaint. The piece notes the wagon upkeep, hay for the stomach, and the postal rider’s quiet resilience against hardship.
The post office lists unclaimed letters for the week ending May 11. Recipients include Anderson Ole Biekford Wr W BE and many others. items will be sent to the dead letter office if not claimed within two weeks. Names include Olson Mine Polln Nelson, Rey Edward Reiffles, Thompson Henry, Wilson David, White Kaleena Solan, and Weston Ghtrret.
The piece instructs using gasoline with rags and tamping tools to seal gopher holes. It notes a gallon lasts about two days of work, advises repeated treatment every 60 weeks for new arrivals, and suggests using a cork bottle and leaving a pipe at home.
Sioux City Daily News promotes a cloth bound 350 page book on the Titanic with 50 illustrations. Regular price 41.50, special offer 2.50 with a one year subscription. Order at the Standard office. Act quickly for this exceptional bargain.
Estrayed notice from Hammerstad of Veblen South Dakota describes a one day old stallion colt aged about two years in April 1912. No obvious markings noted. Contact Hammerstad at Veblen South Dakota for information on whereabouts. The item also advertises laundry pickup and delivery by phone 299.
The Northwest Development League announces a $5000 grand prize for the best five bushels of wheat from the American Northwest at the Northwestern Products Exposition in Minneapolis November 12 to 23. The winner receives a Big Four 30 tractor and Emerson-Brantingham plows, with judging including milling and baking tests. The prize supports seven states Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Montana Idaho Washington and Oregon to boost wheat production and farm machinery adoption.
The article describes a heated Republican campaign with Taft and Roosevelt clashing as Ohio emerges as a key battleground. It notes statewide conventions in Kansas and Wyoming supporting Taft, while Minnesota and Nevada delegations favor Roosevelt and the Baltimore convention looms for party unity. Local results show St Paul reelecting mayor Herbert P. Killer.
Reports show a tentative wage and condition agreement reached between Internn junal Paper Co and the International Brotherhood of Papermakers pending director ratification. In Minersville Pennsylvania a state police clash left four men shot and three fatally wounded. many others were struck. Kansas City brewery workers walked out after wage and schedule disputes, while 300000 rail shopmen aboard 47 Western and southern lines vote on a sympathy strike. In Scranton a riot at Olyphant Colliery No 1 ended with a fourteen year old boy killed by state troopers.
In Trenton New Jersey the federal district court dismissed the petition seeking an injunction to stop destruction of books and papers likely to be evidence in the government suit seeking dissolution of the United States Steel corporation. The ruling leaves intact the action as it applies to American Steel and Wire company.
The House approves the executive and judicial appropriations bill and a tariff board reform shifting power to the secretary of commerce. Impeachment probes mount against Judge Archbald over coal deal links with Edward Williams. Direct presidential election by people gains support, while a large pension bill advances, raising yearly appropriations.
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