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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1920
Page
6
The report describes a potentially more liberal regime after the revolution, with union participation in Somoza state reforms and cautious optimism about worker benefits, while noting favorable press sentiment and a proposed 54 cent per ton oil tax and an income tax bill targeting high earners.
A May 4 Grand Island gathering produced an independent Nebraska state ticket led by Judge Arthur G. Wray for governor and Robert Mounsel for lieutenant governor. Faction groups included Nonpartisan league farmers and labor organizations backing a reform program.
The article outlines a 1920 Minnesota contest where a steel trust backed tonnage tax shaped the Republican elimination convention. It notes backroom battles, the trust’s success, and the nomination of a governor candidate opposed to the tax, with business rivals and farmer labor lines shaping the factions. It also covers probate notices in Roberts County and a mortgage foreclosure sale notice, plus a bread price rise in Minneapolis after flour increases.
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