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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1909
Page
10
The article explains how young women on farms learn to cut waste and reduce costs by careful seed selection and using fireless cookers. It describes the device, its origins, and stages of public acceptance, noting potential kitchen savings and ease of use for busy households.
In London Tit-Bits style, Uncle Robert praises Lite Septimus for a fine recitation of The Hoy Stood on the Burning Deck. He rewards the boy with a penny and urges thrift, though Septimus fears his pennies soon reach his father who handles the shillings.
A Sunday school scene shows Maggie explaining her absences because her hat and lining were dirty. The teacher notes the inward over outward, but Maggie insists it is all the same, since both hat and lining reflect her condition.
The piece argues the American woman stands apart in a class of her own. It asserts national ideals shape her, yet denies that any depraved or salacious fate should apply. It cites Max O'Rell on French women to compare moral perceptions.
A mixed page features Mrs Mary Hinson of Mt Sterling Kentucky praising Doan s Kidney Pills for backache dizziness and eye issues noting improvement from the first dose. Also included are assorted anecdotes about a canary incident poker tales Indian disease funding and hat pin restrictions in Paris reflecting era news tone.
A nurse praises Grape-Nuts as delicate and versatile for patients. She suggests soaking the cereal, mixing with egg white and fruit juice, and notes its nourishing value even for weak stomachs. Her physician husband uses it for patients and recommends a 10 day trial. There's a Reason advertising claim appears with Road to Wellville reference.
Thomas Tabby notes he rented his flat for a song after a late night solo on the back fence at 2 a m. The unconventional arrangement yielded donations of furniture and other items that covered his bill, a quirky tale of barter and music.
Fall painting offers surfaces that dry quickly and resist winter moisture, a winter coat of white lead mixed with linseed oil protects buildings. National Lead Company advertises a complete painter outfit. Also quoted is Doane Robinson on Sitting Bull’s role in the Custer massacre and his medicine chief status.
An advertiser touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy and offers one hundred dollars to any case it fails to cure. The notice mentions universal use, blood and mucous system action, and the Toledo company CHENEY CO. Sells through druggists. The Brooklyn Standard Union reports Baltimore council plans cobblestone paving, highlighting rural views of Manhattan's streets.
A fragmented historical notice mentions snakes in boots and a cobbler needed, with scattered references to gifts and misprints. It touches on hot weather envy and erroneous names, then shifts to health and beverage claims, ending with a stray statistic about widows in India.
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