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Newspaper

Sisseton Weekly Standard

Location

Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America

Date

Oct 09, 1908

Page

6

Mrs J H Bennett Sheds Bed Ailments After Using Dean’s Kidney Pills

Raised from illness Mrs J H Bennett of Gardiner Maine recounts four months in bed with back pain dizziness headache and bladder inflammation. After using Dean’s Kidney Pills for three months she was completely cured and reports no recurrence. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.

J. H. Bennett Fountain St Gardiner Dean Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo N. Y Lydia E. Pinkham Will Young Columbia Ave Rockland Augustus Lyon East Earl Pink

North Dakota loan prospects praised by Winona banker

F A Rising of Winona Minnesota, longtime treasurer of Winona Savings Bank, toured North Dakota. He reported strong loan demand, no foreclosures, and bank expansion along the Soo Line into McLean County and southern Ward, praising the state’s thrift and settlers while planning further investments and outreach.

Winona Minn Flickertail F. A. Rising Winona Savings Bank Bismarck Red River Valley North Dakota Joans Bank Soo Mclean County Rising Soes Tismerck Rising

Lesson in innocence and mischief from a child

A 7 year old boy Tommy Jones is caught stealing cake from Mrs Brinks during tea while his mother scolds him for greed. The tale contrasts childish mischief with a lecturer's admonition to abandon childish amusements and notes a boy’s defense that he waited then took. A joking exchange about a rattlesnake follows.

Tommy Jones

Platts Political Economy Joke At Manhattan Beach Hotel

A cynical quip attributed to Senator Platt follows a hotel encounter with a western millionaire's daughter. Asked about political economy the senator allegedly replies that it is the art of never buying more votes than you truly need.

Platt Senator Platt Manhattan Beach Lille

No Gusher But Tells Facts About Postum

A Wisconsin reader shares plain facts praising Postum after years of coffee trouble. She details dyspepsia relief and better appetite after switching, noting family improvements and rejecting hype. The letter from Postum Co. urges reading The Road to Wellville and cites authenticity.

Postum Postum Co Battle Creek Mich Wellville

Foley, Minn Fire Levelled Foley City in Flames

Foley the county seat of Benton county with 1,000 residents burned last night as a steady blaze spread aided by wind and limited protection. The fire started at Julius Hoffman's shoe shop with previous arson hints. loss pegged at about 75,000 dollars, insured fairly. Buildings including North American storage, Patka’s saloon, John Ray’s, Wraser’s saloon, and several others were ruined along with the Dr Leech block and Flint State Bank. Bucket brigades mobilized as St Cloud appealed for help but could not assist.

Cloud Minn Foley Benton County St. Cloud Julius Hoffman Patka John Ray Wraser Cat Flint State Bank Weaner Brox Hall Bros Lyiterel’s Dr. Leech

Wholesale probe in Minneapolis widens scope

Minneapolis October 7 promises of indictments may reach other members of the public school system. The American Book company, dubbed the book trust, will play a prominent role in investigating the Keldel board. The Hicks arrest is only the beginning, with sensational developments expected as officials doubtless extend scrutiny through city government. Hicks maintains his innocence and predicts further incriminating statements.

Minneapolis Minneapolia American Book Company Book Trust Keldel Board W. J. Hicks Board of Education Ell S. Burton Topeka Kan A. A. Chiney

Montana mine operators and miners sign state wage pact

Helena Mont Oct 4 Montana mine operators and United Mine Workers signed a state wide pay scale agreement effective at all mines. The pact keeps the current scale and is viewed as a miners victory after operators sought wage reductions. Northern Pacific properties in Tel Longe were briefly idle yesterday before orders to resume work. The agreement runs one year from October 1.

Montana Helena Mont United Mine Workers Northern Pacific Tel Longe Wal Provident Gibton Lok

Canadian machinists turned back at Emerson border

Canadian immigration officials at Emerson refused entry to a party of machinists, car repairers, and boilermakers from the United States. Some had written contracts to work for the Canadian Pacific railroad, violating the alien labor law, and were sent back to Chicago.

Winnipeg Emerson Hive Canadian Pacific Railroad Uckets Chicago

State Board Keeps War on Tuberculous Cattle

St Paul October 7 Dr S H Ward secretary of the livestock sanitary board says there will be no letup in the crusade against bovine tuberculosis. He notes the international congress rejected Kochs theory and affirms bovine TB is a source of all human TB except oral forms, stressing ongoing campaign benefits to stock breeders and cattle health.

State Board St. Paul Ss. H. Ward Ivestock Sanitary Board International Congress Dr. Koch Ward Mortling Congress Washington

Missing More Than Week Two Harbors Girl Vanishes

Misa Porghild Carlson sixteen, niece of ank Lundquist, left home Sept. 23 to visit a farm near Two Harbors Minnesota and has not been seen since. Despite efforts, she did not reach the Cable home and her whereabouts remain a mystery.

Two Harbors Minn Misa Porghild Carlson Ank Lundquist John Cable

Farmer Dies After Horse Hits Telegraph Pole

A. W. Hamier, a prominent Dayton farmer, was thrown fifteen feet when his horse bolted after being spooked by an automobile in Fort Doze. He fractured his skull and died the following morning.

Fort Doze Town A. W. Hamier Dayton Hamier

Working majorities and a wary view in Washington

Senator Tilman quips about working majorities as a Washington loan discussion unfolds. The narrator recalls a friend in Charlestown and questions about RIN Biggina’s influence, noting Bil’s support network and implying a protective, working family dynamic around governance.

Skin Troubles Cured by Cuticura Remedies Trial

A Milan Missouri resident credits Cuticura Soap Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Resolvent with curing a decades long skin itch and a leg outbreak after three doctors failed. He recalls a later bout with grippe and pneumonia leading to leg swelling and a rash cured by Cuticura three times. The note is dated May 13 1907 and signed J P Hennen.

J. P. Hennen Milan

Castoria Ad Offers Safe Care for Infants and Children

An old-style advertisement urged mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria for safety and the signature USE In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought, presenting Castoria as a trusted remedy for infants and children.

Ends His Life With a Rifle in Minneapolis Room

Jamier Peterson, sixty three, a Civil War veteran with no service record, shot himself in his rooming house yesterday. Sick and despondent, he wandered the streets in melancholy. About 1 am Sunday two shots were heard. coroner Ki Mer reported instantaneous death from a self-inflicted gunshot to the heart.

Minneapolis Jamier Poeterson Ape Petureon Peterson Ki Mer

Farmer's Neck 18 Broken Kills Downsville Farmer

Frank Smith of Downs ville Wisconsin was killed instantly when his horses spooked and dragged him, entangling him in the harness at his home. In Park Rapids a schoolboy, Walter Campbell, fell thirty feet from a fire escape but the basement door broke his fall and saved him.

Frank Smith Downsville Wis Menomonie Park Rapids Minn Walter Campbell

Poison Kills Forty Dogs in Tomah Wisconsin

A poisoning scare in Tomah Wisconsin results in forty dog deaths including animals valued by their owners. Local officials investigate as residents fear further harm after scattered poison in the city.

Tomah Wis

Hampered by Monopoly and a Lever of Fate

A fragmented historical snippet depicts Archimedes dictating a principle about a lever and fulcrum while a character named T. Rouse holds something. The text cuts off with a sharp, ugly word, leaving the scene unresolved and enigmatic.

Archimedes T. Rouseyer

Unequal Lead and Breakfast Table Mockery in Narration

Marty leaves breakfast with an exaggerated limp after a joke about a jammed boot. His mother asks why. Rob explains the boy is not loaded but has more flapjacks on one side, creating a comic imbalance.

Marty Harry Rob

TWO MEN DROWNED IN WHITEFISH BAY WRECK

Sault Ste. Marie Mich Oct 7 John Hunter of Sarnia and Fred Shields address unknown drowned early yesterday in Whitefish bay when a scow of the Reid Wrecking Company towed by a tug turned over. Americans Have Cholera Manila Oct 7 Ten new cholera cases reported in the last twenty four hours include C C Harbaugh civil service and Charles Ridgeway known as the blind poet.

Beon Wrecking Company Sault Ste. Marie Mich John Hunter Sarnia Fred Shields Whitefish Bay Reid Wrecking Company Manila C. C. Harbaugh The Civil Service Charles Ridgeway Poet

Horse Fatal at Sioux Falls Rider Stan Schmidt dies

Stanley Schmidt of Ellis planned to surprise his father by doing chores when leading a horse to water the animal kicked him in the head, and he will die. The incident occurred in Sioux Falls on October 4 with the tragedy noted in local reports.

Sioux Falls Stanley Schmidt Ellis

Manila Fire Destroys Philippine Products Plant

Manila October 7 The extensive plant of the Philippine Products company was destroyed by fire yesterday causing losses exceeding 200000 dollars largely insured.

Manila Philippine Products Company

Spohns Contagious Diseases Cure Ad

Distemper among horses damaged by distemper and similar ailments. Spohns ical Co of Gordon Indiana advertises a contagious diseases remedy sold by druggists and harness dealers at 1.00 per bottle with a free book offered.

Spohn's Harneers Spohnical Co Gorden Ind

His Excuse In A Short Exchange From A Conversation

In a brief dialogue the speaker justifies backing sliding by blaming a preacher. The preacher’s charm allegedly made worldly pleasures seem appealing, stirring homesickness and a pull away from steadfastness.

Not Mentioned by Herodotus on Xerxes and Succession

A fragmentary remark attributes Xerxes with musing on his kingship and a hypothetical election. The text suggests he believed an early popular vote would have favored him, while noting Greeks later thwarted his plans at Plataea, hinting at a double cross in the event.

Herodotus Xerxes Wen Hin Pluta

Patents Issued Last Week To Northwestern Inventors

Reported by Lothrope Johnson patent tawners at Pioneer Press Funding St. Paul Minnesota and others in Minneapolis Duluth and North Dakota list patents for wood preservation rotary engines trackways sawcoats collars and related devices with names including T M Cropar J Holmwood Isham and Hackney among others.

Northwestern Lothrope& Johnson Pioneer Press St. Paul Minn W. Buehler Minneapolis T. M. Cropar Parga Fairlie N. D Fournier Minneapoli Hackney J. Holmwood Duluth Sawcoart Isham St Paul Collar

Plant Instinct and Sensitive Plants Response

The piece notes that both the sensitive plant and similar species respond with leaf closure when touched or provoked. It emphasizes learned behavior from experience and frames this as an appropriate reaction to stimuli.

Getting Along in Life Lessons

A humorous dialogue shows Miss Goodly and Miss Hussle busy with tasks, while Miss Knox notes the one steady act she avoids is growing older, prompting a light meditation on age and activity.

Miss Goodly Miss Hussle Miss Knox

No Legislation Needed Foreign Vinitor Remarks

Fragmentary OCR notes discuss a Mrs Vidders and a deceased man’s brother in the country with uncertain meaning. It mentions savings advice and advertisements for gold and hats, plus warnings about large hats and their weight and health impacts.

Vidders Womaly Harry Ter Hisband

Dangerous Mercury Based Catarrh Remedies Warned

A historic ad warns readers about ointments for catarrh containing mercury that could damage the eye and body. It urges using only trusted medicines from Cheney & Co Toledo and cautions against irresponsible vendors selling harmful compounds.

Irreconcilable Differences Spark Divorce Request

A lawyer promises a divorce on incompatibility grounds pledging to prove fundamental, irreconcilable differences. The client cites divergent loyalties with a Cubs fan partner, contrasting with a preference for the White Sox.

Cubs Sox

Fragmentary ad copy hints at local farming and products

OCR reading shows scattered phrases about farms, prices, politics, and family judgments. Mentions Mrs Winslow and a child soothing syrup, and references to races, office runs, and public perception. Content is garbled with no coherent narrative or clear event.

Woman's Backache Facts From Lydia Pinkham's Compound

A 19th century advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for female ills. It claims effectiveness for displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains backache bearing down feelings flatulency indigestion dizziness and nervous prostration, with thousands reportedly cured.

Lydia B. Pinkham

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