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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1920
Page
2
Dense clipping notes multiple global items. It reports labor unrest in England with a strike by tin workers and references government views on employment and wages, plus assorted international snippets on health, finance, and wartime effects.
Aberdeen Jan 5 The South Dakota Corn and Growers association annual meeting at Watertown Feb 4-6 will focus on financing farms. Gov Norbeck will speak with rural credits board chief C M Henry outlining the rural credits law. T M Corey of the Federal Farm Loan Bank Omaha also to speak.
Ban Francisco, Cal, Jan 3 After an Abashee of nearly two years J J Robinson auditor and paymaster of the St Francis hotel who vanished with 10000 of the hotels money surrendered last night at the hall of justice Robinson told of his flight to Los Angeles in May 1918 then to Denver where he enlisted in the 44th field signal battalion and went overseas He will pay the coat if given an opportunity All bail fixed at 3600
William Cowper Boyden of Chicago has been appointed commission of Poland for the League of Red Cross Societies. The post will direct the fight against the Scouts Prana, announced today from Washington in a brief telegram.
The Lexington Times prints Gov. Edwin P. Morrow's denial of a Republican presidential bid. He states he does not want to mix campaigning with governing duties and that such talk could confuse and embarrass his policies and administration.
Sioux Falls reports a serious auto collision injuring G. R. Keith as a lung was punctured by a steering wheel fragment and his wife suffered a broken jaw. The Keiths were married less than a month. Nearby items note railroad officials exchanging letters, fresh perch catches in Lake Poinsett waters, and a Sioux Falls Legion hall opening with nearly 800 members, along with a Wibaux range feud ending in a gun duel with two wounded and a death.
Haves Ai reports farmers faced losses as cold weather and snow hit ranches in the region with hay shortages. In Aberdeen South Dakota 298 men enlisted in 1919, 127 for overseas duty, while North Dakota contributed 252. An infant’s body was found abandoned in a box near the Sioux River in Wagner. Budgeted 1919 spending reached 285000 with street paving and improvements costing 22000.
Local farmer Robert Zielsky, two years old, died by hanging in his room after family called a doctor. His despondency reportedly lasted weeks. In Camp Crook, a saddleman from the Long Pine Forest District declared war on pests and noted wolf hunts nearby. Abrupt, garbled lines mention Abe... and a forest region with unclear references to a fire chief.
A regional series of agricultural and domestic science short course meetings will visit towns in South Dakota Nebraska and northwestern Iowa. Topics cover livestock fodder crops pastures silos soils poultry and health with speakers including Judge A E Chanity, Mrs Bertha Mahl Laws, and J M Browning. Events run from January 4 to February 6 at multiple towns. In Omaha, Neb, W W Bauchett confronted Miss Veda Stanfield over a stolen diamond ring, leading to a pursuit and her claim of abduction by her ex-husband.
Isaac Pearson of Pierre, recently named state prohibition officer, will open offices in Aberdeen to oversee records and bonds related to non beverage liquor sales. Additional field men will operate statewide, with the regional director expected to arrive from Denver to finalize Pearson's installation. Fred Semmier, a county farmer, was fined for failing to send his five children to school regularly.
Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge, nominated for vice president, wired his secretary that he does not desire endorsement at the March South Dakota primaries. A withdrawal letter was received, and the telegram confirming the action was reported last night.
The San Francisco Chronicle discusses Rhode Island directing salt to block enforcement of the national prohibition amendment. It notes potential state rights arguments, the historic push for the first ten amendments, and Rhode Island’s late ratification stance, exploring legal and ethical implications of a federalist clash.
The Congregationalists of Valley Falls Kansas sold their church and joined with the Methodists after four years of federation. Leaders say the union erases denominational lines and demonstrates that small town church federation strengthens a single church in the community.
The article notes Lloyd George’s Commons speech aligning Allied policy with Wilson toward Russia. It argues peace with Russia is impossible amid the civil war. It asserts Bolshevists must summon a freely elected national assembly to prove legitimacy for any diplomatic relations.
The Springfield Republican argues Mexico will have a new president within a year and that he will not be Carranza. It urges the United States to endure with Carranza until a successor arrives, hoping for a calmer, less hostile atmosphere and better relations. It notes Mexican defiance earns popularity, but restraint by interventionists may yield improved ties after Carranza.
Lambert St. Clair, once Petersburg Indiana’s famed buggy painter, now joined the war loan association. He is remembered for a honeysuckle wagon painting that attracted a hummingbird. The piece notes Petersburg’s small-town resilience and St. Clair’s lifelong hobby of buying bonds and gifting them to friends.
The passage depicts a once youthful figure now chasing profit in the capital, distant from his origins. He endures moments of ache and longing, observed as a buggy rolls by with misaligned wheels prompting a practical application of his talent. Bertha rejected his gift for worldly life, yet art continues to beckon.
Popular Mechanics reports a new cotton picking method that harvests cotton in the boll then processes it by machine. A $150,000 plant demonstrates practicality, with each unit producing one base an hour using 20 hp and steam, claiming cleaner, brighter, stronger fiber and earlier maturity.
The Christian Science Monitor reports Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose demonstrated a crescrograph that visualizes plant growth on a moving light spot, magnified about 100000 times, letting observers see retardation and acceleration of growth and its use for sericulture. An Icelandic project to harness glacial rivers for electricity is described as a dream gaining momentum as water power expands.
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