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Newspaper

Sisseton Weekly Standard

Location

Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America

Date

Sep 27, 1907

Page

7

Kidney Trouble Relief in Three Months Promised

Letters from readers in Sterling Kentucky and Grant Ontario praise Persina and Peruna for kidney troubles. One man reports ten years of pain ended after three months, another woman says two bottles of Peruna and Manalin restored her health. The note emphasizes kidneys filtering toxins and needing help at times.

R.C. B. Fizdr Geo Simser Grant Ontario Dan Bean Manalin Verna

One of Them Laxman Cow and Markley Refuse Worries

A dialogue fragment shows Laxman dismissing creditor concerns while Markley worries about debtors. Tim is noted as worrying about his own debts, reflecting tense financial anxieties.

Laxman Markley Tim

Fifteen Years of Eczema Healed by Cuticura Trio

Edward Wovell of Fort Crook Nebraska describes long battle with eczema on hands arms and legs severe in winter with constant itching and sleep loss. After six days using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent the itching ceased and sores disappeared, leaving him feeling better than ever.

Edward Wovell U. Ss. Infantry Fort Crook Nebraska

Over the Teacups Vain Gibe Sparks Quiet Banter

A playful exchange unfolds with teasing lines about vanity and heaven. Maria teases back, noting even angels would doubt her wings if she visited, while her partner laments his inability to reach heaven to confirm.

Maria

Railroads threaten court challenge after rate cut in South Dakota

Sioux Falls dispatch reports the state railroad board lowered maximum passenger rates on standard gauge lines from 8 to 2 1/2 cents per mile. Rail officials question legality, arguing the three cent base already strains profits and fear state action amounts to confiscation if reduced further. The roads plan to seek judicial review to overturn the order.

Sioux Falls State Board of Railroad Commissioners South Dakota Railroad Commission Railroad Commissioners

Two More Storm Victims Reported in Midwest Death Toll

Two more deaths were reported from the week long storm across Minnesota and Wisconsin. Emil Messer, son of a farmer near Bertha, Minn., and William Gist, a Fernin settler, Wis., bring the storm fatalities to three. Damage includes additional barn losses and disruptions to telephone service, with total losses expected to exceed forty thousand dollars.

Minnesota Wisconsin St. Paul Emil Messer Bertha Village Minn William Gist Fernin Wis Stack

Broken heart believed cause of Mrs Fall’s death

Rapid City South Dakota September reports Mrs Lillie E Fall widow and former county superintendent of schools and deputy register of deeds died two days after her son Walter aged local resident passed away after brief illness The mother had served fourteens years in public office and died just before her son’s funeral

Rapid City S. D Lillie E. Fall Walter

Two plead not guilty in first degree murder cases

Bemidji Minn Sept 22 Peter Mathieson pleaded not guilty to a February 24 1907 Gull lake fatal shooting of Johan Johanson. M S Munn also pleaded not guilty to the Spooner June 14 1907 murder charge.

La Crosse Gas and Electric Faces New Rate Ruling

La Crosse Wis Sept 2 state railway commission declares electric lighting rates charged by La Crosse Gas and Electric too low and unremunerative. Company ordered to raise rates. First such decision in the state. Under new law public service corporations and customers may appeal for relief, and La Crosse corporation has done so.

la Crosse

Dietz Triumphs In Bitter Fight For Company

Dietz wins a hard fought battle to secure leadership of the company amid tense competition and high stakes. Stakeholders confirm Dietz as victor after a contentious struggle across the boardroom and shareholder meetings.

Dietz

Dietz Dam dispute settled on secret terms in Wisconsin

The Dietz dam dispute on the Thornapple River near Winter Wisconsin ends after long clashes. W F Moses of Weyerhaeuser and William Dietz of Cameron dam fame reached an undisclosed agreement with initial payments made. Dietz’s fence and logs have been guarded for years amid armed incursions and bloodshed, but settlement now moves logs and logging activity forward.

Winter Wis Dietz Dam Cameron Dam Thornapple River W. F. Moses Weyerhaeuser William Dietz Dietz Thornapple Metz

One Death in Storm Hits Minnesota and Wisconsin

Reports indicate a severe electrical storm caused at least one fatality near Buffalo Minnesota where Mrs John Hayes died after her house was struck by lightning. Total losses estimated around thirty thousand dollars, chiefly to livestock and buildings across Minnesota and Wisconsin.

St. Paul Minnesota Wisconsn John Hayes Buffalo Minn

Taxpayers lose suit over Anoka asylum limits

In Anoka Minnesota on September 20 the judge ruled that the asylum grounds are legally inside Anoka city limits and the 1905 law absorbing the grounds is constitutional. The decision could be appealed by taxpayers, whose attorneys indicated plans to seek review of the ruling.

Anoka Minn Gliddings W. L. Douglas Douglas Brockton Mt Douglan W.L. Tiouglay

Barley Sales Break Record in Minneapolis Trade

Farmers rush barley into Minneapolis sales exceeding 1,248,200 bushels in four days, with over $1,000,000 total value. Railroads Soo Milwaukee Great Northern bring most loads from Dakota regions as barley commands 85 to 90 cents daily with no price drop.

Minneapolis Soo Milwaukee Great Northern North South Dakota

Storm Devastates Owatonna Farm and Stock Losses

A powerful storm in Owatonna Minnesota caused extensive damage. A lightning strike destroyed a large bar on Brush farm killing all its convents and thoroughbred horses valued at 1400 dollars. A Polled Angus bull worth 500 dollars also died. Seventy five tons of hay home machinery and several smaller buildings were damaged.

Owatonna Minn George Brush

Prefers Sewer to Jail. Fugitive Steinhagen Captured

Waterloo Iowa September 21 Arthur Steinhagen formerly of St Paul preferred a sewer to the city jail after a quarrel in which he struck John Bladorf and nearly severed his nose. Police recovered him twenty five feet back in the sewer he had entered from the river. Authorities freed him from the sewer and jailed him. the incident is noted as a unique fugitive escape.

Arthur Steinhagen Waterloo Iowa St. Paul Steinhagen John Bladorf Bisdorf Ube

Balloonist crushed at Clay County Fair in front of crowd

Four thousand spectators watched Billy O. Whalen of Siouxny suffer a probable fatal injury during a balloon ascent at the Clay county fair in Vermillion. With the gas balloon underfilled, Whalen ordered the ropes severed the balloon crossed the track and struck the Iron trapeze, the parachute failing to deploy. He sustained a broken leg and arm and internal injuries likely to prove fatal.

Vermillion S. 1 Billy O "Whalen Siouxny Clay County Fair Whalen

Interurban Line Promoted From Murdo to Midland

Residents of western Lyman County discuss a proposed electric interurban line from Murdo on the Milwaukee road to Midland on the North Western line. The plan aims to connect the two systems at a point between the Missouri River and the Black Hills.

Murdo S. D Midland Pierre Lyman County Milwaukee Road North Western Missouri River Black Hills

Ex spouse is slugged near divorcee’s home in Winona

In Winona Minnesota on September 20 John Brang the ex husband of a recently divorced woman was beaten near his former wife home last night. He was found unconscious in the street with a broken jaw. Police could not determine who committed the assault.

Winona Minn John Brang Brang

Odd Fellows Convention Closes With High Praise

St Paul Sept 22 After a crowded week of sessions drills and pleasure the eighty third annual convention of the sovereign grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows closed last night. The convention has been the most successful harmonious and satisfactory ever held with visitors and locals expressing complete satisfaction.

St. Paul Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows

G N Train Wrecked Oriental Limited Rears Flames and Injuries

Wenatchee Wash Sept 21 The Oriental Limited on the Great Northern railroad was ditched twenty miles east of here two cars burned one passenger a woman named Ushtown and Wit Walters injured track torn up 750 feet repairs will take twenty four hours before service resumes property losses estimated in thousands of dollars

Oriental Limited Wenatchee Wash Great Northern Railroad Here Ushtown Walters Creific Jose

Threshing Engine In Wreck Near Brandon Bridge

Garretson South Dakota Sept 20 A threshing engine went through a bridge near Brandon yesterday evening. The engineer was caught but escaped unharmed. The engine suffered heavy damage.

Garretson Brandon

Tumors Conquered by Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound

Overwhelming proof comes from testimonials claiming Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cures tumors and eases female ailments. Notes from Mrs May Fry and others describe relief from cysts fibroids and related symptoms after using the remedy and Blood Purifier, urging women to seek guidance from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.

Lydia E. Pinkham May Fry W. Colfax Ave South Bend Ind Lydia E. Finkham Lydia J. Pinkham M. M. Inck Vandergrill Pinkham Lydia B. Pinkham Laur Lydia Pinkham

Patents issued last week to Northwestern inventors

Reported by Lothrop and Johnson patent lawyers at 11 Pioneer Press building St Paul Minnesota names Carl G Castson Braham and others with patents for automobile parts bag holder feeder drawbridge belt shifter and more listing inventors from Crookston Kindred Waseca Duluth and Butler. A quip notes that when a woman has a truln of thought it is apt to be an unlimited express.

Northwestern Lothrop & Johnsnny Pioneer Press St. Pink Minne Charles Bach Bywoks Min Carl G. Castson Braham Minn Carl Christiensen Crookston Band Citer Feeder Evan Hyslin Kindred N. D August Soliieh Waseca George A. Wieland Duluth Robert Bentsch Butler S. D

Capel City Commercial Colleges In St Paul Debated

A shambolic note on business education in St Paul references Leith shorthand and telegraphing style. The fragment implies critique of information gained from pumping a man, underlining a lesson about efficiency and value.

Leith St Paul

Watch for small opportunities in odd ads and warnings

Fragmented ad line reads like a jittery sample of a 19th century classified page with sales pitches for guns traps decoys and child medicine. Names like Wilte fn fred rainlig and Mra Winslow’s Spotling Syrup appear amid stray phrases about prices and warnings to beware tempting offers.

Wilte Fred Rainlig W. Sllde & Fur Co Minneapolis Min

Bank Robbery in Medina Wins Narrow Loot

Yeggmen blown open the Fret State bank safe in Medina after three attempts with nitroglycerin. The blast alerted the town but the robbers secured only $50 in a strong box while $3,000 remained unopened.

Valles City N. 1 Medina

Explosion Fatal to Eleven in Toluck Factory

Eleven people were killed and twelve injured when a boiler exploded at the Ferrer factory in Asorridero near Toluck Mexico. Local authorities reported the blast occurred yesterday at the Asorridero facility in Michcan state.

Toluck Mexico Asorridero State of Michcan

Head Cut Off in Billings Railroad Accident

Carl Kul was riding a box car used to throw a switch when a light from the box illuminated his location, he was struck by a locomotive and his head was severed from his trunk in the incident at Billings Montana on September 21.

Billings Mont Allghtins Carl Kul

Burglary Hit M. R. O'Neill Hardware Store

Burglars struck the M. R. O'Neill hardware store on September 21 and stole about $100 worth of revolvers and pocket knives from the showcases. No other articles were disturbed.

Farce N. D M. R. O'Neill Hardware

Knew What Was Coming Mrs Roofer Meditaively

A fragmentary line from a humorous or satirical prose piece features Mrs Roofer in a reflective mood and Mr Boofer bracing himself, as the exchange turns on relationships and gender roles. Maria appears as a prompt, the scene hints at tension between men and women.

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