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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1909
Page
8
The article explains autumn heather burning on Scottish moors to remove old rank heath and promote new shoots for grouse diet. It covers proper rotation, large early burns on neglected moors, risks of wind and snow, the need for many hands, and modern burner innovations to avoid waste and protect cover for young birds.
The South Dakota Equal Suffrage Association invites all interested to the Sioux Falls convention November 3 4 and 5 1910. Noted speakers Rev Anna Howard Shaw and Rachel Foster Avery will address sessions and related events. A convention fare of one and one third the round trip is offered by the Western Passenger Association with certificates for one third return fare for attendees.
Gen Oliver O Howard, last Union Civil War commander, dies in Burlington Vermont at age 87 after heart disease. He toured Canada last week delivering a secure Abraham Lincoln article and appeared well on Monday night before dying tonight. Born November 8 1830 in Leeds Missouri, he graduated from Harvard College and West Point, served through the Indian wars, and rose to major general. He authored works and received civil honors during a long career.
In Aberdeen on Oct 26 a single day of drawing for Cheyenne and Standing Rock lands yielded 22 hundred women among about 20,000 eligible to file 10,000 claims. The process will take two days to complete with South Dakota and Iowa contenders leading the outside states.
Sir Thomas Lipton, arriving from Europe, said he plans to challenge for the American Cup. He favors modifying the free governing yacht races and believes no European builder can cross the ocean with a suitable yacht. Lipton aims to race with a plenty footer and expects to be ready in 1911.
Oct 26 report from A. U. Tex states that the Standard company of Indiana owes $65,000 for antitrust violations. Judgments totaling $175,000 were entered against the Security Of company and the Navarro Jeining Company after confessions of merger. State ousters to be executed. Suits against the Standard Company of New York and the National Tranart company were dismissed.
The funeral for Bishop Hare of South Dakota was conducted today in St. Dulcu Epiphany Church Philadelphia. Attended by Ate Bishops and more than fifty clergy and many laymen, the service marked the Bishop's final rites with interment later at the Sioux Falls.
Knud Rasmussen, Danish explorer, arrived today on the government steamer Hans Egede from Greenland. He affirmed his belief that Cook reached the pole and said he had seen Cook's diary. Rasmussen added that Cook's companions on the latter part of the journey remain unknown.
A court scene features Judge chiding Mr Choate for misreading his notes offering a sharp quip to buy glasses or a pair of pliers. The item riffs on humorous legal exchanges and stray phrases from a Washington Star column. It also references a hotel hash remark and a satirical ad line about hides and furs.
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