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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1906
Page
4
Article items include a Mitell Mitchell romance of fourteen years ago with a separated family reuniting then parts, a mystery solved note on Dr King’s New Life Pills available for 25 cents, travel notices about Geo Snow and Frank visiting Yellowstone and Pacific Northwest sites, and a dispatcher listing for district managers at a wage offer with daily expense pay.
A patchwork of brief items from South Dakota papers reports on a variety of local happenings. One man is paralyzed after a roof accident while others relocate businesses, form new colonies, or ship machinery. Local doctors attend burn and scald injuries as banks report robust growth with numerous new establishments.
The Republican committee calls a delegate convention at the Bon Homme County Courthouse in Tyndall on September 11, 1906, to nominate county and district officers for the November 7 election. Delegates are apportioned by precinct votes for H. Elrod, with primaries September 1. Proxies allowed for delegates voting.
A London Standard note discusses artificially fed drinking waters. It credits chemist Joseph Priestley with early work in 1772 and cites a calculation of aerated water consumption in Great Britain and Ireland at 200 million gallons over two years.
In the Baltimore American fragment a speaker quips about ruining his chances with Miss Prettyface by mixing business talk with romance. He recounts attempting a love proposal but writing a refusal of her hand instead, revealing embarrassment and comic missteps in courtship.
A column contrasts Pacific coast forests with eastern and Rocky Mountain woodlands. It notes vast tree sizes, timber yields, and the Pacific coast’s outsized per-acre value. The piece also offers household tips on removing ink and grease stains from books and fabric, then discusses evolutionary ideas about the diminishing little toe in humans versus the surviving middle toe in horses.
An elderly man near death declares his life will end, his wife Manda vows to follow him, and he replies that she need not trouble herself greatly as he faces the end. The dialogue conveys tenderness amid their farewell.
A brief dialogue between Mrs. Vorcee and Mrs. Oldun discusses the inescapable pull of the past. Mrs. Vorcee laments memory, while Mrs. Oldun counsels embracing the present and future and letting go of the past.
A Suburbanite welcomes a visitor and teases with a gag about a new watchdog. The visitor fears a bite, but the reveal shows the dog’s bite is the experiment's goal. The brief cartoonish joke reflects light humor from Paris Rire.
A fragmentary exchange notes two burglars and a lawyer advising a guilty plea after a minimal haul. A college president reflects on fading college dreams as time erodes youthful plans.
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