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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1907
Page
4
The Citizen Republican serves as the official paper for Bon Homme County publishing local notices legal briefs and community announcements with regional news coverage and public records. It provides government and civic information to residents and businesses throughout the county.
The minutes detail a December 1907 session of the Bon Homme County Commissioners with votes on medical payments for paupers, county staff fees, and various road and bridge contracts. Names include J. M. Dunmire, J. M. Metzger, O B McNeill, Geo Wickens, and Geo Hartinger, among others, plus specific bills, salaries, and adjournment notes. The page also notes an upcoming bridge project and a Washington report about Tripp county lands.
A visitor, permitted to tour a large asylum, notes the neatness and quiet, asks about violent wards and incurables, and learns of the staffers life work in the institution. An attendant jokes about being skilled in Shakespeare and life in the diction index. Also a humorous Mr Sam tale from Lippincott’s Magazine describes bank dam muskrats.
The text recalls Ascot races dating back many years with Queen Anne as the first royal patron in 1711. It notes the Georges bred horses, while George II funded a 100 guinea plate. Since then the annual festival on Berkshire heath has enjoyed royal favor.
Robert Blatchford in Clarion argues that only the world may teach human nature, with text books being the works of Shakespeare Hugo Cervantes and Sterne. true study requires vast love and sympathy, and entering another heart demands approaching as a friend.
The Milwaukee Sentinel recounts a playful scene where a judge offers Willie a penny if he recites a poem taught by his mother. Willie doubts the offer, claiming many places offer nickels for not reciting. He suspects Tompkins is too polite and fears being stringed.
In this humorous exchange a speaker recalls proposing to a girl in a canoe and causing the boat to capsize after the proposal. The response from the girl leads to a comic mishap, captured in a lighthearted Harpere Weekly item.
A fragment from the Cleveland Leader quotes a remark about society dropping the De Lacys for a rumored skeleton in their closet. The exchange contrasts keeping secrets with discussing them, hinting at scandal and social caution.
Kimball Graphic discusses shifts in the state political machine. Vessey of Wessington Springs named insurgent candidate for governor while John H. Carroll of Kingsbury county chosen as senate presiding officer. Reformers oppose Broder Shober and claim last legislature passed a primary law to curb machine rule.
A dainty visitor tours a penitentiary and expresses sympathy for a convict. The guard and inmate exchange a wry remark as the man jokes he forgot he was married and now faces five wives awaiting him outside. The exchange captures a light moment in the Columbus Dispatch.
The article contrasts gradual solar cooling with the peril of dark luminous bodies near 15 trillion miles away. Ellard Gore warns such bodies could heat Earth upon collision, with fifteen years between sighting and impact. The piece frames speculative end scenarios for readers.
A layman learns how glass bowl cutting is planned and executed by eye. Red chalk marks guide each division and a possible diamond mark reveals the pattern to be repeated in five sections, as the master craftsman shapes the bowl with precision.
A tense scene unfolds as a commercial traveler confronts danger from native warriors. Hope fades as feasting looms, and a brave attempt to secure patronage with mustard ends abruptly when strong arms intervene and violence ensues. The fragment, attributed to the Los Angeles Times style, hints at peril and treachery in a desert setting.
Correct English monthly magazine edited by Josephine Turck Baker in Evanston Illinois offers courses in grammar vocabulary conversation pronunciation and practical usage. It lists topics from daily drills letter writing and business English to compound words and prose.
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