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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
7
A Knoxville reader endorses Lydia E. Pinkham's remedies, claiming quick relief from ailments and restored health after using Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. The letter cites public testimonials and urges others to try the products for women's issues and general well being.
Beacon asks if a college career aids business. Egbert argues yes citing his son who smokes about 7000 cigarettes yearly, implying college supports the tobacco industry. Yonkers Statesman comments.
A fragment notes romance in personal ads with lines about a lone widower seeking a mourning lady who cried at a Charley Chaplin film, signaling a curious matchmaking tone in classified notices.
A humorous exchange jokes that a friend got only half a vote in a convention and notes historic election quirks where one person cast multiple votes. The dialogue links the idea that trouble courting leads to marriage and questions why a decent man feels sad about others voting for him.
Romer W. Babson reflects on how small changes shape efficiency and mood. A philanthropist helps a poor man by buying him new heels, a simple act that restores dignity, confidence, and forward stride after hardship.
A collage of items notes wage cuts from a Baltimore Pennsylvanian railroad official via a bulletin error, then broad coverage of looming mortgage rate hikes. It discusses how large employers shrink payrolls, mortgage funding tightness, rising interest in farm loans, and banks rebalancing books amid costly land.
Forty nine manufacturers across forty lines were surveyed by the Merchants Association of New York on labor efficiency. In September 1919 they reported labor 70 percent efficient, with twenty three indicating higher standards this summer and five noting improved worker morale. High wages and intense recruiting inflated grievances, while looser labor markets and cautious profits trimmed expectations.
A household dispute mentioned by Mr. Naybor involves a wife objecting to living near a foreign couple. Mr. Gable confirms the quarrels are constant and incomprehensible. Wroe's Writings note Jones questions about golf with Sportleigh, who admits ignorance of the game and etiquette.
A correspondent contrasts German resilience with Austro Hungarian weakness. He notes Germans building roads repairing telegraph lines and maintaining pre war spirits, while Austria faces fuel shortages, depleted resources, and political instability. Vienna remains wealthy yet cannot feed the hungry, prompting calls to curb indulgence and push Austrians to help themselves.
A Kansas City Star tale portrays Alfred Lord Tennyson as a great smoker who favored a white clay pipe and a broad smoking paraphernalia collection. He enjoyed wine and conversation after hours, once pouring himself two bottles of port after a guest emptied one, then asking if the guest always drinks two bottles.
Hiram Johnson’s stance challenges the League of Nations amid Republican debates. The piece questions how Johnson’s norm for the party affects leaders like Taft Hughes and Root, and how nonaligned senators fit into the Johnsonian program. It notes Harding’s platform and calls out senior figures in light of the league issue.
A sharp exchange suggests Mr. Johnson may be a regular figure, and if confirmed, veteran leaders of the Republican party could be pressured to submit or face marginalization by a California senator's challenge. The tone hints at a political realignment within the party.
A column explores urban migration linking drought era farm toil to city life, noting relentless labor on farms shifts to urban labor markets. It discusses spiders’ instinctive silk spinning, detailing baby spiders emitting silk and air travel, with 550 American species but only honey and garden spiders well known.
The Springfield Republican mocks GOP hunger for a catchy slogan after four months without a crown prince phrase. It argues that a McAdoo nomination would not alter the need for a powerful tag, suggesting Harding’s party government and superman quips lack impact compared to the evocative crown prince idea.
A Kansas City Journal item notes a comic exchange as a man recounts an incident at a barber shop. The humor centers on a failed attempt at romance and a grin inducing miscue involving gin and gum.
Rains over the past week have boosted Western Canada crops to near certainty, with forecasts of yields rivaling 1915. Manitoba seeks 10 000 harvest hands at $5 to $8 daily, Saskatchewan 15 000, and Alberta 5 000, as officials expect a northward labor movement aided by favorable rail rates from Winnipeg and Canadian government offices across the region.
Brander Matthews, the famed critic, urged American short stories to favor beauty over cash at a Columbia tea. He lamented mercenariness and urged writers to focus less on profit and more on realism, while a young author pressed for payment details.
A Chicago clerk with eccentric habits slapped three postage stamps on a scratch on his cheek after a wire basket fell onto his desk. He kept working until entering a private office where his employer exclaimed that he was carrying too much postage for second class matter.
Mrs Cornfosgel asks which band wagon to ride while Mebitabel jokes he lacks prominence to be examined by the admiring crowd. He says he is merely one of those who are glad to be invited to climb down and ride up the car briefly. In blunt terms most people lack a tack hammer for decision moments.
Goodwin Sands off the English coast has long haunted mariners and lighthouse builders. Once an island named Lomea tied to Earl Godwine, the shifting sands near Dover Strait became a graveyard for ships amid storms, including a November 1703 hurricane that sank 13 war vessels in one of history’s greatest naval disasters.
In a barber shop, two barbers discuss a customer named Bill. They say he is not just with appendicitis but has a “cage cry” requiring operation and that one barber urged him to go to the hospital, offering to provide shave or haircut for hire and waive payment.
A tense exchange unfolds as she insists on arriving at eight while he counters with ten. The dialogue shifts rapidly and ends with a near nine o clock compromise. The segment notes Presidents Washington Madison Jackson Polk and Buchanan were childless.
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