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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1906
Page
3
A period piece warns kidney disease is rising among women and urges early treatment with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It cites Mrs. Emma Sawyer of Conyers Georgia as a testimonial and notes free advice offered from Lynn Mass.
Joseph A. Wheelock veteran editor of the Pioneer Press died at his home 241 Summit avenue in St Paul He was known nationally for public spirited work and for shaping city policy including support for the park system The city closed offices and lowered the flag at half mast for his funeral as officials prepared memorial resolutions in his honor
Joseph A. Wheelock, longtime St Paul editor and promoter of the Northwest, died after years of bronchial trouble worsened by high mountain air during a California winter. Born February 181, 1881, in Bridge Town Nova Scotia, he shaped the St Paul Press and Pioneer Press for decades and leaves Mrs. Wheelock and three children, Webster, Katrina, and Ellen.
Twenty county jail prisoners who labored on public streets went on strike for tobacco after an order stopped furnishing it. The sheriff appealed to the county commissioners, who reversed the order and resumed tobacco supplies.
A News special from Colchester Ont reports the M. Wilcox of Vermillion Ont sunk a quarter mile offshore near Netroit Mich. Decks are underwater yet crew believed to have escaped. The wreck appears to be an old coalbound schooner foundered overnight.
A correspondent asks Senator Letsmyn about capping individual fortunes. He replies that after amassing twenty to twenty five million dollars a person should be required to donate all excess earnings to the campaign fund of their party. He calls this the surest way to get wealth back into circulation and references "the smit bills" as a point of security.
A fragmented quotation features a ghost actor answering if he ever failed in a role. The speaker notes attempts to look sober, questions why alcohol is involved, and mentions taking two drunken friends home on a recent occasion.
In a chatty note two women discuss gossiping about money Misses Caller and Homer debate the risks of hiding resources, referencing Mrs Backer who gave her husband an inheritance that vanished in speculative ventures.
Advertised powder promises rapid relief for painful smarting feet and ingrowing nails. Marketed as the greatest comfort discovery with easy shoe wear. Sold by all druggists, trial packets offered, by A. S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York.
Harvard student Vildalline Steffangson is appointed to a Vancouver July expedition to North Pole. Captain Mikiesen leads the search with the youngest member aboard. The voyage departs in May.
Mrs. George Forrester of Watertown New York credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing severe fainting spells and related breathlessness after a heavy cold left her weak. She had tried other doctors before using the pills and reports restored flesh appetite color and strength. The pills are sold by Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady priced 60 cents per box six boxes 240. The ad emphasizes that the pills rebuild red blood cells and improve overall health.
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