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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
7
An advertisement touts Genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin proven safe by millions and prescribed for over twenty years. It urges consumers to buy only unbroken Bayer packages with proper directions to relieve headache toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism colds and pain. Small tin boxes of 12 cost a few cents with larger packages also sold.
In the Brown home a peaceful evening is shattered by eerie noises from a neighbor’s house. Mr. Brown suspects Mrs Wood’s gramophone but learns it is the Murphys opening a tin of corned beef.
A proposed plan for Otsego County New York would let existing and new forests fund operating costs. Each of 24 townships would plant 100 acres of trees with profits intended to cover running expenses and reduce taxes. The press is cited as the fastest growing plant.
A London Times dispatch from Warsaw reports Polish anger over armistice terms seen as surrender advancing. It notes troops to retire 125 miles to a frontier line, Lithuanian gains with Vilna and Kovno, and threats of continued Bolshevik pressure without Allied support. A Polish official cites fear of famine and need for moral and material aid from Great Britain and France. The piece recounts a brutal Bolshevik attack on Count Grobolaki’s Red Cross train, underscoring the war’s heightened savagery.
A Bankers' Trust Company study reviews the South Sea Company episode as a case of fund of credit logic misused by governments. It details the 1711–1719 conversion attempt, stock manipulation, and the eventual collapse that ruined investors while the company and government faced penalties and enduring debt.
The Aquitania left New York July 31 and logged 129 miles to Cherbourg at 27.40 knots, about 41 land miles per hour. The voyage could surpass the Mauretania’s 1910 record, highlighting oil usage and its impact on shipping, stokers, and fuel supply amid wartime strain.
The Milwaukee Journal notes public concern over profiteering since the war. Investigators found stockings sold along the chain from cost to wholesaler to retailer to consumer with marked margins, the manufacturer taking a significant percentage as profit.
A historical notice critiques pricing, noting wholesalers and retailers each took about seven percent margins while another mark pushed profit to 175 percent. Stockings costing under 60 cents to make sold to consumers up to 5.50, with original cost more than nine times higher. The piece blames both consumer extravagance and manufacturer greed for the high prices.
The Kansas City Star notes Denmark facing high British coal prices renews interest in Greenland deposits. Early reports claimed fires burning in pits indicated rich seams, with surveys showing extensive, high quality coal. Mining challenges remain but potential profits ride on ship line disruptions and German trade shifts.
The fourth annual birth statistics report notes 1918 as a poor year with a rising influenza death rate. New Hampshire and Vermont show small surpluses of births over deaths, while Utah records high birth rates. The report also compares international infant mortality and calls attention to midwives and maternal care.
Millions of rats overrun Alen Tillery and nearby areas in Monmouthshire England. Brown rats climb pipes and poles while black rats stay in sewers. Local council considers expert help after failed traps poisons and dogs.
The Springfield Republican reports Charles H. Mellan’s interviews on the railroad question. Mellan deems the Ewch Cummins act as creating a perpetual cycle of wage and rate hikes, leading to government ownership and possible broader nationalization of other industries.
An advertisment touts Matonic for heartburn and indigestion with testimonials from R J Powell of Sweetwater Texas and a claim that one box relieves misery. A Dallas News anecdote about a cookery book bearing notes that are revealed as remedies for dyspepsia.
A Columbus Dispatch report recounts a church luncheon where a young man claimed to dip soup before meat, provoking a loud reaction from women and a cry that he was drinking gravy, prompting humorous punishment for the faux pas.
A clipped quotation scene shows Mrs Jones asking about her husband’s secret society status. The reply suggests he believes he is a member but speaks evasively, calling his talk Heep.
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