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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1909-04-23

Miss Carrie Lohre spent Tuesday
evening at J. O. Johnson's where
they enjoyed themselves chatt-
ing and playing games until the
wee hours of Wednesday morn
ing. The latter couple report
having got lost ON the way home,
Eclipse of the stars the cause
An able debate was held at the
Lyseng school house Saturday
evening, the subject being Re-
solved that County Option
Would be Beneficial to this
State . The flag OF victory
floated high for Henry Achen on
the affirmative, and came down
to half mast for Knut Helgeson
on the negative. These same
gentlemen We're to wrestle with
the question of Equal Suffrage"
at the Wist school house We'd
nesday evening, but Achen fail
ed to naterialize, his place being
filled by M. Thompson, of Ortley.
Helgeson won on the affirmative
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1909-04-23

into a store the other day and sat
for half an hour or so, when a.
clerk asked him if there was
anything he could do for him..
He said no he didn't want any
thing; The clerk went away,
and the stranger sat an hour or
so longer, when the proprietor
went to him and asked if he
didn't want to be shown any,
thing. No" said the nervous
little man; II just wanted 70 cit
around. My physician has re-
commended quiet to me and says
above all things l should avoid
being in crowd. Noticing that
you do not advertise in the home
paper, | thought this would be,
as quiet a place as could find,
so just dropped in for few
hours. Bourbon (Mo.) Stand
ard.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1909-04-23
y X X * X * y X y X X
STATE
South Dakota Twine.

The new twine plant at the
state penitentiary has been start
ed and is now turning out the
highest grades of binder twine.
The equipment of the new plant
is the best in the northwest and
a superintendent with twenty
five years experience in the
twiae ma nufacturing business
has been placed in charge by the
ST. Board of Charities and
Corrections. Every farmer in
South Dakota should take a
special pride in this plant and
give it the benefit of his patron
age Twine will be sold at a
very low figure and until May
LIST will be sold o lly direct 10
farmers. No farmer should let
this opportunity pass to contract
for his seasons supply Of twine.
A letter addressed to the State
Penitentiary, Twine department,
Sioux Falls, s. D., will bring
complete information, order
blanks, etc. Get better and
cheaper twine by buying direct
from the factory.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1909-04-23
Dakota Home Coming Week.

The Dakota home coming and
celebration of the twentieth an
niversary of statehood for North
and South Dakota, is to be held
in Aberdeen on June 1913. Not
only are the old settlers getting
interested, but those who came
into the two states after state
hood. are promising to be pre-
sent and help celebrate the
twentieth anniversary. 1t is to
be a Joint celebration, and a
citizen who may have res ided in
the Dakotas but month will be
warmly welcomed. The rail-
roads have promised cheap rates,
and the citizens of Aberdeen are
planning on suitable entertain
ment for the guests.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1909-04-23
Don't Shoot.

! shot an arrow in the air, it
fell in the distance, / knew not
where, till a neighbor said it had
killed his calf and / had to pay
him six and a half. ] bought
some poison to kill some rats and
a neighbor swore it had killed
his cats, and rather than argue
over the fence ] paid him dol
lar and twenty cents. One night
! sailed a toy balloon and hoped
it would soar till it reached the
moon, but the candle fell on a
farmers straw and ] had to
cough up or go to law. Ana
that is the way with a random
shot-it never hits the proper
spot, and the joke you spring
that you think so smart, may
leave a wound in some fellows
heart, and he'll come along and
put you to sleep with a jolt that
would make the angels weep.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1909-04-23
DANGEROUS FAKES.
Tricks to Introduce Alum Bak-
ing Powders Which Should
be Exposed.

There has recently been at
tempted at some of our grocery
stores, and also at DWELLING
houses, by agents who are try
ing to sell alum baking powders.
what the exhibitors call a baking
powder test. They pretend to
show by some boiling test that
pure cream of tartar baking
powders contain something
which every woman of intelli-
gence knows they do not.
1t does not need a chemist to
expose this trick. Cream Of
tarter, which is the chief con-
stituent Of the best and most
wholesome baking powder, is
originally a clear, white crystal,
This is ground into a fine.
creamy flour in which form
mixed with baking soda it is
present in the baking powder.
Cream of tartar, when mixed
with water and boiled simply re-
turns to its crystalline form, and
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1909-04-23

that is all there is to the so-call--
ed test.
lhe matter Of special interest
to the public is to know what
these people offer in place Of
cream of tartar powders of we'll
known purity and established
reputation against which these
ISLANDERS are directed. They are
offering a baking powder which
official analyses have repeatedly
shown is made from alum, drug
so we'll recognized by physicians
and scientists as injurious to
health that in many countries it's
use in bread is entirely prohibit
ed! So cheap and inferior are
the ingredients of this powder
that it costs to make less than
three cents a pound. prudent
housewife will knowingly put
such stuff as this into her food
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1909-04-23
4 -
/ SISSfT0K AND VICINITY
%
Ellington.

Special correspondence.
Mrs. Tom Nissen is visiting a,
Albert Lea, MINI.
Editor Trockstad was in Sisse.
ton last Saturday.
O G. Ellestad took hogs to Sis.
seton this week.
N. G. Beito was in Sissetor
last Monday on business.
The latest reports are that
Mrs. Fisher is rapidly improving.
A party of young people had a
very social time at Tom McGee's
last Friday evening.
Garret Tegler came up missing
the other day. The rumor is
that he has been kidnapped.
Ole Beito has moved into the
Sam Iverson house which he pur-
chased some time ago. Nels says
he now has rooms to rent, but
we notice he doesn't want to let
them for a very long period of
time.
The Farmers Telephone Com
pany is building a central office
between the drug store and the
hardware store. Andrew Beito
is doing the work, and by the
looks Of the building, they will
have to advertise for a smaller
operator.
SCHOOL NOTES
We had an average attendance
Of 95 per cent last month.
We are starting out with an
enrolment of 81 this month.
Irene Class and Jennie Lind
green have their names on the
roll of honor this week.
The following pupils were
tardy nor absent this last
Enga Huseth, Josephine
Beito, John Walker, Harl Wal
ker, Lloyd Walker, Off Elling-
son, Edmond Ellingson, Clement
Class.
Examinations have passed and
the following are the average
standings: Enga Huseth, rs;
Ezra Lewis, Is; Mayme Class,
So; John Walker, 68; Edmond
Ellingson, n; Sigfred Stordalen,
72; Ellen Prigan. "; Clara Pri-
gan, SO; Kristian Stordalen, 72;
Mary Veeder, SO; Jennie Lund-
green, SO; Clement Class, 54;
Irene Class, rs; Bjornie Elling-
son, 6&.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1909-04-23
One Road Township.
.ecial Correspondence.

SptC.ai Correspondence.
Mrs. Addie Wilbur is i'll, DR..
P. D. Peabody of Webster, is the
attending physician.
Judge Earl j. Turner and Mr..
ArroVsmith Of Sisseton were out
this way on business Tuesday.
Mr.. Drew, of Webster, was
out here Sunday with some
gentlemen with a view to selling
the property known as the Fros-
tad farm which he recently pur-
chased here.
Gilbert Gilbertson and wife
were called to the home of their
brother, Gilbert Knudson Sun
day on account of the serious H.
lness of Mrs. Knudson and baby,
Clarence.
Martin Anderson, Miss Della
Jacobs, August Lindquist and
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1909-04-23
Advertising.

John Wanamaker says: IF
there is one enterprise on earth
that a gutter should leave alone,
it is advertising. To make a
success of advertising one must
be prepared to stick ike a bar
nacle on a boats bottom. He
should know before he begins It
that he must spend money and
lots Of it. Somebody must tell
him that he cannot hope to reap
results commensurate with his
expenditure early in the game.
Advertising doesn't jerk. It
pulls. 1t begins very gently at
first, but the pull is steady. It
increases day by day and year by
year, until it exerts an irres-
istible power. -
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1909-04-23
lightning and Toothpicks.

Sylvester A. Long has, in
Lightning and Toothpicks, a
lecture as much out of the or
binary, both in its matter and it's
manner of delivery, as is it's puz-
zling title. It would be folly to
attempt a forecast or a descrip-
ton of its charm. Suffice it to
say that the unique personality
and genuine ability of the
lecturer, together with the fresh
{ nd unusual matter of the lee
ture, will make this one of the
best features of the whole pro-
gram. At the Opera House,
April %.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1909-04-23
A Tender Conscience.

You'll have to send for an
other doctor, !" said the one who
had been called, after a glance
at the patient.
Am l so ill as that?" gasped
the sufferer.
:! don't know just how ill you
are" replied the man of medi-
cine, but l know you're the
lawyer who cross-examined me-
when appeared as an expert
witness. My conscience won't.
let me kill you, and I'll be hang--
ed If ! want to cure you. Good
day."
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1909-04-23
LOCAL LAC0y|CS

L. VIM. Foss left last night te9
consult physician at Ortonville.
Bert Bloomhall, of Peever,
was in the city today.
DIR. Pearson, of Peever, was a.
Sisseton visitor today.
G: c. Knappen drove across;
to Diamond today.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1909-04-23
Aberdeen a Railroad Center.

A dispatch from Aberdeen
says arrangements have been
completed between the Milwau-
kee Railroad company and that
city by which that city will be-
come one of the greatest railroad
centers on the Milwaukee
system. All freight and pas.
senger trains going both east
and west will be made up there,
doubling the number of train
crews. In addition to the freight
and passenger terminal facili-
ties, a new modern passenger
station will be erected on the
site of the present station on
Main street at a cost approach
ing 100000 and the freight
station, which will be in accor-
dance with the mammoth
character of the business to be
handled will be located on Third
avenue west, near the new yards
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1909-04-23
Aberdeen Firm to Build go
New Houses.

Aberdeen, S. D., April 49,
Easton. Vance & Co. have con-
tracted for the erection of sixty
houses, costing from $4,000 to
S., 600 which will be sold on the
installment plan. All will be
ready for occupancy in two or
three months.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1909-04-23
City Election.

The election which was held in
this city on Tuesday resulted in
Thos. Cahill being elected mayor
over II. L. Cortelyou, the pre-
sent incumbent, and no license
carrying by So majority. This
was q surprise even to the ultra
temperance people who did not
expect to carry the city by more
than 20
The following is the result of
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1909-04-23
A Leader.

Pa. what is a politicall
"A man who is able to see,
which way the crowd is going
and follows with loud whoops inl
that direction"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1909-04-23
What All the World Is Doing
Trend of Civilization from Week to Week.

License, 20 33 67
No License. 81 63 6S
The only real issue of the
election was on the license ques-
ton, woich was hotly contested
on both sides.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1909-04-23
My Lady Darrell

MY Lady Darrell" will be presente d.
Dy home talent at the Opera House,
Tuesday evening, April 81, 1909.
The cast of characters is as follows:
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-01-23
PLANTS NEED LITTLE CARE.
Do Better When Left Alone and Not
"CoddIed."

Do not make the mistake of think.
ing your plants are about to die be-
cause they seem to droop when first
brought indoors in the fall
A florist says that more beginners
lose their foliage plants from fear than
from disease. The changed surround.
ings cause the foliage to turn yellow /;
often few leaves drop.
There is no cause for alarm If ma,
ture is allowed to have its innings; in
few weeks the plants begin to look
up. But the anxious owner at once
begins dosing. She treats her sickly
plants to liquid manure and other fer.
tilizers, and they soon become dys.
peptc.
1t Is safe rule to remember that
no plant should be fertilized when not
in growing state. When, after a
week or two, the house plants become
adjusted to their surroundings, they
should be given food, but not before.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-01-23
XW1ClWA[N8@
int %lERlE>@1@

The separate wrap Is, above all
things, long and graceful. Simplicity
of design is less apt to attract atten-
ton and prove that its wearer has but
one good outdoor wrap than the more
pronounced patterns, loaded with trim
ming.
Next to black broadcloth comes vel
vet. and this is particularly effective
over silk or broadcloth suits. 1t is not
so good, however, over coarse cloth
mixtures. Silk wraps are never a
good investment for women who must
use one coat or cloak very hard dur
ing an entire season, and neither Is
silk a warm enough fabric for the av-
erage climate in this country.
So much for the first question. Now
for the second.
The success of making an outer
garment at home depends upon two
things-the tailoring ability OF the
home sewer and the quality Of the
fabric employed. The woman who i'm.
AGNES that she can cut the price of
$50 garment in two by making 1t at
home is greatly mistaken.
She will do wonderfully well If she
gets it for $40 This $40 saving does
not represent the retailers profit by
any means, because the retailer pays
for the wholesalers labor and style"
Say you wish to duplicate a black
broadcloth wrap trimmed with heavy
silk braid and ornaments. Just what
will it cost? For coat in two-thirds
or three-fourths length you will re-
qure at least four yards of broadcloth
SO inches wide.
If you are very tall and you use the
full-length sleeve now in favor, you
may require even more. according to
the pattern selected. This will cost
$40 Your lining, in quality of satin
which will wear, will cost you at least
six dollars more, for 1t does not pay5
to use slimsy satin for lining, and tain
feta is little used in coat Innings this
year. Add to this at least five dollars
for findings, cords, braid. buttons. etc,
and some outside tailoring which is
absolutely essential to the correct fit
and set of the garment.
&c. you see, without your time and
labor you will invest at least $21.
showing a saving of nine dollars on
the investment And to make this
real satisfactory saving you must ex-
ercise great care in the tailoring and
finish of the garment.
A novelty in lining for wraps to be
used for dressy wear is the white, pale
gray or delicate mode lining, which
will not soil light frocks, run to the
waist line only, and then the tails Of
the long coat or wrap are lined with
self-tone.
For instance, black broadcloth
wrap to be worn with light waists or
frocks will be lined through the
sleeves and waist sections with white
satin and the tails with black satin.
Heaviness is the general attribute
of the up-to-date wrap, as will be seen
by referring to today's illustrations,
copied from some of the smartest
wraps on exhibition at late fall open
ings.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-01-23

board and edged all round with cord.
There is flap at the top which bends
over and-fastens on to button. In
this flap is fitted small pocket in
which comb may find place, and
as it rests more or less on the top of
the brushes it will be practically fee
from the chance of getting broken
when the case is used for travelling
purposes. The exterior of the case
may be covered with dark green art
linen, and the inside lined with soft
silk in any shade to harmonize with
the outer cover
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-01-23

The dime novel still has Its victims.
Two Chicago boys, one IL years old.
the other 16. were recently convicted
Of having bound and cruelty tortured
two smaller boys. In imitation OF some
Indians they had been reading about.
The fine Of 500 imposed by the Judge
upon the older boy will. of course, fall
upon the boys father, and to some per-
sons may seem an injustice; but 1t
ents that they are responsible for
what their children read.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-01-23
New Rice Industry.
COLORADO

Tho national department of agricul-
ture benefits all sections. A compare.
lively few years ago practically all OF
our homo crop of rice was grown on
the Atlantic coast; the methods OF
handling 1t were more or less print
tive, the production small, and the
country was large importer of rice.
Twenty or twenty-five years ago, the
coastal plains lands OF Louisiana and
Texas were pointed out as a region for
successful rice culture. They were
used largely as cattle ranges and were
selling at from one to two dollars per
acre. With the introduction and sue
cessful production OF rice, the cost OF
land rapidly increased and the farm
ers of this region saw the need OF i'm
proved methods of handling this crop.
Many were pioneers from the great
wheat-growing states due north-lowa,
Kansas. Minnesota, Wisconsin. Illinois
and Indiana. They brought south
with them the implements they had
used In growing wheat-the gang
plow, drill, self.binder, header and
other modern implements-and meth
DDS and ideas never before applied to
rice culture. making 1t possible to pro-
duce much larger quantity of rice
per man than ever was before. A
question arose as to the competition
of Oriental countries in the production
OF rice, and. says the National Maya
zine, one of the departments most
capable men demonstrated that one
American. with modern equipment,
can produce as much rice as 300 ORR
entails.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-01-23
To Give Clothes a Good Color.

Very frequently after one has been
away for the summer and the clothes
have been submitted to incompetent
laundresses. they acquire bad color
In this case the following method has
been recommended to restore their
wilderness without any danger of rot.
tins the clothes by strong bleaches:
Soak clothes over night In the
morning shave two cakes of good
laundry soap into a half boilerful OF
water, adding two tablespoonfuls OF
kerosene. Boil 20 to 80 minutes.
In taking the clothes from the boil.
er drain all the suds back possible.
Rub on board. II the washing is more
than one boilerful put back enough
Of the suds-after rubbing the clothes
to keep the boiler half full of suds.
Rinse through two clean waters be.
fore blueing. and you will never have
yellow clothes.
II particular to measure kerosene
and rinse thoroughly there will be no
odor OF kerosene.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-01-23
To Remove Knots.

II a loop forms on the thread when
hemming or overhanding, hold the
thread firmly as 1t comes from the ma
terial, put the needle into the loop,
the thread on tension, and the
loop will disappear; remove the
needle. pass the thread through the
fingers from the material toward the
needle, and the knot will be removed,
and you have been spared much an
noyance and perhaps breaking your
thread. Always hold the thread firmly
at the material.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-01-23

Cricket dates from the reign OF
Queen Elizabeth. and had its origin in
FOUNDERS and stool-ball. Lord Chester
field was the first man of weight to
take 1t up seriously and Elton the first
public school, In those days scores
were notched upon tally-sticks. the
ball had heavy CROSS seams. the bats
were curved and the fielders stood al
most in Indian file. The early laws of
the game had their inception at the
Star and Garter Inn, Pail Mall, and
one of the few of these original laws
which obtains to-day is that Of the
toss-up. The wickets were % inches
high and the bail six inches In length.
The first county match was when Kent
played England. in I'LL. and on this
occasion vast sums Of money changed
hands.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-01-23
WRAP FOR WINTER
pRESSY GARMENT THAT CAN BE
MADE AT HOME.
Saving Of Some Few Dollars Easily
Accomplished, and Costume Will
Look Well Throughout
the Season.

When the family purse is looking a
trifle slim, the problem of the winter
wrap is always doubly serious.
What is the best investment for
semi-dressy wrap this season." writes
one correspondent.
81 have looked in all the shops for a
reasonably priced coat writes ano-
Their, land I can find nothing l would
have under $50 l simply cannot pay
this price. and as l am handy with
both machine and needle do you not
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-01-23

Postmaster General Meyer has sent
. circular letter to postmasters
throughout the United States instruct.
ing them to confer with the local
ranging talks or other method Of in
struction on how to address letters,
and on the working Of the postal sys-
TEN. The occasion for the letter is the
fact that last year more than 13.000.-
900 pieces OF mail matter were sent
to the dead.letter Office, most OF them,
of course, because they we're not prop
erly addressed.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-01-23

think l could do better than this by
making the coat at homer"
These two questions are worth an
swering in detail.
Certainly the best investment for a
semi-dressy wrap, which can be worn
over a number of one-piece or two
piece dresses to church. calling. recep-
lions and perhaps even to the theater
or evening function over an evening
gown, is something long, simple and
inconspicuous.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-01-23

Harry is six years old. Pa" he
asked one day, ''if get married will
| have a wife like MAJ"
Very likely" replied his father.
"And If l don't get married will l
have to be an old bachelor like Uncle
Tom?'
Very likely"
We'll, Pa" he said. after moment
of deep thought, its mighty tough
world for us men. amt it?"-Success.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-01-23

The Philadelphia who has Just
gone abroad to claim S1O.ee0. 900
fortune probably could have main
tanned a longer confidence In hiS claim
by remaining at home
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-01-23

The wide bibs Of lace or embroidery
pinned on the waist last winter are
still popular and are fashioned to trim
separate lingerie waists. They are
sometimes of lace and again of thin
muslin covered with small design in
white braid.