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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1907
Page
2
A discussion on Latin medical prescriptions. It argues patients deserve to know what drugs they ingest. The piece contrasts physician ethics with patient rights and explains translating a prescription enables informed self care and potential cost savings.
A report details a countess's necklace formed by three strings of white pearls, valued as highly, with pieces linked to historical figures: the late queen of Naples, the Virgin of Atoghi necklace, and Eugenie. Other famed pieces include the duchess of Montrose's 12‑strand pearl necklace sold for £11,820 and Empress Frederick's 32‑pearl necklace valued at £40,000. Lady Webster's necklace of blank jours is about £25,000.
A rural postmaster posts humorous rules for the office lampooning mail handling. Items joke about corking ink bottles, not mailing fruit trees, fancy address forms, and the postmaster stamping and delivering letters. The spoof notes caution about dangerous substances and silly etiquette for money orders and love letters.
A dramatic scene unfolds in a Paris salon where revelations arise about Trudaine and Danville. Lomaque asserts his role in the escape of a detained noblewoman, while Danville confronts suspicion and a dangerous past. The general signals desire for resolution as Berthella offers pardon to Trudaine amid tension and betrayal.
The chapter shows M pointing to Danville and a mournful cry of I miss my mistress as eyes fix on Dubole and Madame Danville. Lomaque speaks while Dut remains still, highlighting a moment of tense confrontation.
At Morris Heights the Gas Engine and Power company builds a seventy six foot naphtha yacht for T Adolph Mollenhauer of Brooklyn. The craft features twin screws a long mahogany interior ivory and gold saloon and a flush deck schooner rig with a 25 foot mast to mast span.
A paper eatery built in Hamburg rests on a double layered paper wall with fire and water proofing. It can be taken apart and reassembled quickly and seats about 150 in a 30 by 6 meter dining room with twenty two windows and four skylights. The total cost is said to be 1500 marks.
The text traces the egg as a life symbol from ancient eastern spring rites to Christian adoption. It notes Roman gift practices and says church authorities condemned egg use as pagan in AD 321 and AD 41, yet the practice persisted as a symbol of Christ’s resurrection.
In a village hall the Social Circle hosts a banker party with baskets of treats auctioned to fund the orphans’ home. Velista’s letter inspires the plan. baskets hold doughnuts, candy, and prizes as young couples match partners by ribbon. Proceeds total $20 with plans for a follow up event.
A women Liberals of England meeting notes that in peaceful times Britain spends about 80 million pounds on potential war and only 15 million on education. The speaker argues that true civilization will reverse these figures.
James R Keeler of Fenner Street Cazenovia New York describes long term back and kidney pain relief after using Doans Kidney Pills He reports relief from the first box and two boxes restored him to sound condition He also notes his wife and friends have benefited and endorses the product Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
Sheep owners in four northeast Cass county townships unite to pay a bounty for all wolves killed. The bounty totals ten dollars for old wolves and four dollars for young wolves, funded by the county and local sheep interests.
Mrs Lizzie Vincent Thomas of Fairmont Walden's Ridge Tennessee reports her daughter suffered severe eczema with running sores until Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills were used and rapidly improved in six weeks with no recurrence. A boy in July also healed from poison oak after using the same remedies. Date October 13, 1905.
Observers note a curious habit among prisoners and testifying police at morning petty cases. As they face the magistrate, prisoners raise their right foot slightly as if to set it on a foot rail common to city bars. The Philadelphia Record reports this habit appears in drunken arrests and testimony.
A well known clergyman recalls a visit to Shropshire where in a small town scarcity of serranta led women to do their own work. He woke to a soprano singing Nearer My God to Thee and praised the hostess’s piety. She quips that the hymn is used to boil eggs, three verses for soft and dye for hard.
A South Dakota woman reports years of twitching and restless nights eased after stopping coffee and using Postum Food Coffee. She slept soundly with extra bedding and says her jerking and twitching stopped, calling Postum worth its weight in gold. The ad ends with a cue to read The Road to Wellville.
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