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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1920
Page
6
A nationwide drive urges funds for France with quotes from a French schoolgirl about the Marne. Reports note diverse global views, from Wolfgang Kapp’s New York birth to Alaska's timber policy and immigration concerns.
A man was woken in his unlocked home by two robbers who struck him with an iron pipe and stole $100 in cash. He named no suspects. police could not identify the robbers. The incident prompted fire safety and court case notices from South Dakota officials.
Sioux Falls master plumbers and steam fitters strike after rejecting a proposed wage rise from $1.00 to $1.25 per hour. Non-union workers are scarce. construction trades feel the impact as contractors withhold comment while revenues lag and employment plans unfold.
Yankton April 6. A rose pendant shaped pearl found in the James River near Yankton travels from a trapper to a local jeweler, then Omaha, and finally New York dealer before Grand Duchess Olga, sister of the Czar, ends with the pearl worth over 4000 dollars worn in portraits.
Mrs Gladys La Fountain a 20 year old operator at the Northwestern Telephone Exchange was found guilty of petit larceny for stealing a purse containing 12 dollars. She received a 50 dollar fine and a 210 day jail sentence with witnesses from the newsroom.
Aberdeen South Dakota April 6 W A Morris of Redfield relinquished the office of adjutant general to Adjt Gen W A Hazle of this city who will establish state military headquarters here this week Hazle was appointed February 1 by Governor Norbeck but records transfer delayed Morris held the office seven years.
Preliminary plans for South Dakota's share in the Lutheran World Service campaign to raise 1 800 000 dollars for Lutherans abroad will be discussed this afternoon at a general committee meeting. A mass meeting is set for May 4 with speakers who have been abroad detailing conditions there. Prominent church members will attend.
A bronze tablet listing 39 Meade County boys who died in France has been moved to the Presbyterian church in Sturgis. Mrs. Alles J. Golens presented the tablet to Raymond J. Golens family and it will be formally dedicated with appropriate ceremony.
Vermilion Vermilion editor Mark Siean, co owner of the Vermilions Republican, dies after influenza complications. He was born in Vermilion on May 24 and had served as a local newspaper figure for years.
Edwin Reitz of Aberdeen was sentenced to one year after appealing a two year espionage act conviction. A clemency push by local veterans met opposition from the American Legion. Other items note a murder trial testimony, primary election returns, an elderly man swindled, and USD commencement plans with George Swain as speaker.
Sioux Falls reports M L Shade of Mitchell travels to Washington to discuss truck and equipment allotments for state road projects after a war equipment distribution bill passed. Army trucks already support various road works as South Dakota eyes relief and expansion funding.
The article reflects on Swiss railways as a mountain system famous for engineering marvels like the Gotthard line and pyramid of spirals. Travelers learn that distance is less meaningful than gradient when navigating from Lucerne to the Brunig Pass and Wasen lingers as a landmark before finally receding.
Frank Baackes urges parents to encourage children to learn the piano as a path to personal comfort and lifelong pleasure. He notes the piano grants access to many moods and can warm the heart even in dull days, contrasting with mechanical music and urging all ages to start playing.
A fragment from a periodical mix recalls Scout ideals and figures like Carson Crockett Boone and Braving the winter trail. It also surveys war finance with a remark that each U S resident paid $245 in debt and $65 more due to allied purchases, followed by poems and reports from the Home Sector and Western Australia news notes.
The fragment notes a wife promising telegrams if late for dinner and a remark on Reconstruction problems being serious. A literal minded woman comments on carpenters and plumbers being hard to find, reflecting domestic humor and era concerns.
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