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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
4
Local notes report Mrs. Frizzell returning from Minnesota and several residents traveling to see patients or visit kin. The item mentions Chamberlain's new buggy styles, Birkinbine visiting Menno, Blair Bardwell traveling to Tyndall for care, Elise Diehl changing weather plans, Wiltmayer visiting Toeeday, and a Christmas gathering at Geo Pusselman Sr.s home in Beotland.
Miss Johnson guests between trains while Miss Marian Munn hosts. Emil Binder and wife dine with Mrs. M. V. Janda in town. Fred Krieger and wife arrive from Lexington Neb to spend winter with Rev. W. J. Krieger. Simon Wittmayer and wife visit family and friends in town and at Tripp. Mrs. Isaac Nellis and daughter visit for weeks. Ed Brandstedt visits Scotland friends. J N Alter ships three carloads of stock to Sioux City with Ray Johnston. Young people plan a New Year gathering at the German school dormitory. Herman Voigt brings wife for rheumatism treatment in Hot Springs S.D. O C Cleland meets arriving family from Illinois. Mrs Jos Wittenberger and daughter-in-law visit Alexia Neb to see Louis Stark after 20 years. W M Homan declines $70/acre offer for 820-acre farm northwest of town bought two years ago at $50. Birthday party at Frank Colwell’s, 57th celebration with neighbors in attendance.
Urges bringing the whole family for photographed likenesses to capture early years before time changes them. Encourages memories of parents, children, and siblings, noting future regret without portraits and promoting J. D. Mason as the photographer to ensure life-like, faithful images for the home.
Prince Urussov recounts a governor Von Rohren tale in which a Jewish prisoner nearly died after a failed execution due to a beard preventing death. The doctor warned the man would revive, forcing a rapid burial to complete the sentence without a second hanging.
A southern girl in a boarding house deflects curiosity about her father's business by saying he is a southern planter. The same witty retort mirrors an actress whose father was a letter carrier, who, when asked about his occupation, said he was a man of letters. The Pittsburg Leader cites these clever replies.
Evelyn jokes Freddy is unrecognizable after returning from Monte Carlo where he squandered his money, leaving Phoebe to admit she hardly knows him now and doubts she will recognize him anytime soon.
Reader Leo F. Zelinski of Buffalo New York reports curing a severe cold sore with Bucklen's Amica Salve by applying once daily for two days. The product is sold at all drug stores for five cents under guarantee and claims to heal all sores.
The outstanding debt of South Dakota on January 1 will exceed $609,000, reflecting an increase of about $400,000 over the past two years.
Mrs. A C Williams of Backy describes a graveyard cough breaking her lungs before Dr King’s New Discovery cured her. A gain of 58 pounds followed and her health fully restored. The remedy is said to hold the world’s healing record for coughs colds and lung and throat diseases and to prevent pneumonia. Sold under guarantee at drug stores 50 cents and one dollar bottles with a free trial bottle offered.
A crude skit shows a wild eyed man insisting on a large bottle, asking for a cask, while a pharmacist probes size and contents. The brief bit plays on hurried humor and mistaken scale.
A brief joke from the Houston Post humor column features a quip about a foolproof method to remove superfluous hair. The punchline assigns the mother in law as the humorous cure, reflecting the paper's lighthearted tone.
Supt. Maller of Tyndall traveled by train to Aberdeen on Monday to take part in a teachers meeting at that location.
W CO Kiestler of Halliday Arklee declares Electric Bitters cured his malaria and stomach complaints and keeps him well. The advert says Bitters purify and enrich blood, tone nerves, and give vigor. money back if it fails. 50 cents at drug stores.
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