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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1913
Page
7
A collage of quotes and anecdotes including Ruskin on patience, Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup for teething, a twofold call for maternal hearth hunger, and a playful Menelaus Helen anecdote. Also features a garbled Boston Globe fragment on Armenian names and a political lampoon about writing laws and amendments.
Henry Mountjoy narrates a tale set in Louis XV era Paris where Voltaire stirs minds and peril looms. Austrian Linden lingers amid spies and secret plots as Lussac, a visionary noble, falls for her and slips into dangerous schemes to force the minister of police to reveal incriminating papers.
De Lussac robs the jail cell, escapes with De Richelieu’s papers, and rides in a carriage toward freedom amid guards, gates, and a perilous fugitive path through Paris. The scene ends with De Lussac slipping away into the Rue de Fourch as pursuit looms. Continued next week.
The piece details tax receipts from strong drink totaling 222 million dollars and alcohol duties near 13 million, with whisky and brandy yielding 167.5 million and beer and ale I05.24 million. It notes a large year on year tax increase and critiques prohibition campaigns, citing Delaware and nearby Pennsylvania as examples, and urges confrontational scrutiny of those fighting liquor.
From the Christian Herald a discussion of Sardis highlighting its wealth rulers and famed guests Croesus and Solon. It notes overconfidence, lack of vigilance, repeated conquering, and eventual ruin as winter rains and earthquakes buried the city eighty feet deep, sealing its fate as a dead city swallowed by nature.
An old national monthly recounts a murder trial where a pompous chief justice questions a young eye witness a Black boy. The boy answers that lying would lead to death and the judge retorts that he would be punished, revealing harsh justice norms of the era.
In a playful family exchange Paxton praises bapsnay but spares it and Jean, aged five, declares a fondness for watermelons while claiming they cannot be eaten because no one buys them. The scene captures a child’s whimsy and a parent’s gentle improvisation.
Judd Knowles of Falls City Nebraska describes a two year battle with pimples and boils before using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. He reports clear skin in three weeks after following the routine, and notes Cuticura products are sold worldwide with free samples via Cuticura, Dept L, Boston.
A city installs luminous paint on park benches to deter courting couples. The move draws mixed reactions about safety and ambiance as officials defend it as a pragmatic solution to maintain order and decorum in public spaces.
A testimonial from Mrs. A Gnawa of Bovina Center New York praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for improving health and enabling her to work and care for her children. The ad claims the product is made from native roots and herbs with no narcotics and invites letters for confidential advice from Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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