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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1908
Page
1
The State Board of Health updates quarantining for smallpox, removing strict premises quarantine. A warning sign at affected homes replaces quarantine. patients may not leave until warning is removed. Physicians must report cases and deaths within hours, and local to county to state officials.
Rev A D Collins pastor announces Sabbath services with morning worship at 10:30 and Sabbath school at noon F C E at 7 pm evening service at 7:30 Jayeriad Conference meets Wednesday at 8 pm A local dealer, T S Parren of Bootland SD, states he holds bonds and a permit to sell nursery stock under the new tree law and will plant and warrant orchards and shade trees with replacements per contracts Optimistic note to patrons to buy locally in South Dakota.
Prof. F A Nellis principal of the Tripp school and Miss Eggers of Avon were married on Christmas day at the bride's home in Avon proceeding a quiet ceremony with family and close friends.
The last half year apportionment brings total public school funds to 8.14 per pupil aged 7 to 21. John J. McCollum, pioneer of Bon Homme County and father of County Commissioner Chas McCollum, died at 92 near Perkins. Dakota Wesleyan U. exec board to meet in Mitchell to discuss an auxiliary school in the Black Hills, with Hot Springs as a likely site. The Lesterville Ledger backs C H Dillon of Yankton for governor and criticizes Sen. Vessey as machine controlled.
Wise counsel from Beck Tenn reports J R Blankenship credits Electric Bitters with curing back and kidney problems. He says initial relief came quickly and after several bottles he was completely cured. The remedy is sold with a guarantee at all drug stores for 50 cents.
The state board of railroad commissioners reports 3636.67 miles in operation, up 481.79 miles in the year ending June 30, 1907, with many new miles not yet included. It records 38 deaths and 818 injuries for the year.
A company formed at Fairfax in Gregory county seeks a shaft to test the coal near the burning bluff where samples have been found. Locals suspect a large coal body beneath, possibly of a spontaneous combustion variety, but this type would deter investment while other varieties are more readily consumed.
Senator Kit Tredge told Plankinton residents that building a lock would take two years longer than a sea level canal. The Washington Post notes October progress implies four years five months to complete excavation, with Colonel Goethal warning that locks' construction now controls the completion date, possibly delaying opening to summer 1912.
The Press and Dakotan notes Sen. Lawson of Brown county challenged Gov. Crawford to a joint debate after Crawford attacked Lawson's official record. The governor said he was ready to defend his statements, while Lawson’s supporters claim he is not in the field and thus should not have to prove the charges.
Jacob Winter bought eighty acres of W Ulmer land at fifty two dollars and fifty cents per acre and Simon Winter bought the adjoining eighty acres of Otto C Winter at fifty dollars per acre neither having buildings though the first plot was fenced. The price is considered good for the times, closer than last summer.
August Sherpe, overseer of the poor, endorses Dr King’s New Life Pills saying they act more agreeable and do more good than any other laxative. Guaranteed to cure biliousness and constipation, 25 cents at all drug stores.
Lake Andes citizens circulate petitions demanding a county seat relocation for Charles Mix County from Wheeler to Lake Andes. They claim a majority of county voters have signed, though signatures may also appear on petitions for Platte or Geddes.
Dr. C. V. Fox, who recently sold his practice in Tyndall, has decided to relocate back to his former location in Parketon to resume his medical work.
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