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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1909
Page
2
Local brief notes ACOTLAND with civic details and publication by the CK Citizen Republican under editor and proprietor P A Bliss in South Dakota. The fragment indicates a newspaper item placeholder or listing from the Acotland area.
A Sunday dinner marks a thirteenth wedding anniversary with curious table rituals amid a column of brief items. The piece then shifts through miscellaneous topics: ferro silicon properties for acid resistant vessels, an Emerson anecdote, suffrage vaudeville plans by Seattle artists, James William crown prince cuff links, a German auto brake, two sisters admitted to practice before the US Supreme Court, Paul Haupt at Johns Hopkins, women allowed to medical exams in England, Arab eloquence tale, notable early American figures, Michigan women’s suffrage ratified by convention, and various scattered curiosities about silk production, mulberry farming, and an Atlanta enterprise connected to paper manufacture.
The article outlines a South Dakota plan for a voluntary state bank deposit Insuring fund. It details eligibility, capital, taxes, and administration, including participation by banks via premiums, state treasurer oversight, and a mechanism to reimburse depositors after bank failure. The article notes constitutional concerns about coercion between banks and references court considerations.
Aberdeen news records a domestic conflict as Fred Reber and John Tugen, both of James, are jailed for running a blind pig. Constable John Reber, brother of Fred, pursued his own kin and arrested him after pleas to stop the unlawful trade failed.
Yankton South Dakota January 13 A special term circuit court jailed Alex Parker six months penitentiary for grand larceny. Assistant mhajitant General A M English of the state G A R resigned his commission to department commander Warren Osborn. Judge S A Boyles of Yankton was appointed to the vacancy.
Samuel Sarr of Kimball Nebraska, injured weeks earlier by a C M & St P freight train, underwent amputation of a lower limb at Chamberlain sanitarium after initial hope for saving it faded. A separate report from Springfield South Dakota recounts a rural mail carrier nearly fatally harmed when a bottle rumored to contain chloroform caused his horse to bolt and the team to crash, leaving him dazed on the ground.
An apparent outbreak of a foreign disease causes several patients to be moved to pest houses and others quarantined in Aberdeen. Officials report one man identified as a penitent and a woman, Eile Dicked, aged 46, among the casualties.
New York January 11 The World reports a possible operatic merger uniting the Metropolitan Opera company with Oscar Hammerstein under his sole direction. The article notes denial from Hammerstein and Metropolitan leaders but confirms ongoing approach to unify leadership and operations, signaling a major shift in American grand opera.
Chicago on January 12 reports that the Union Cooperative and Protective Association will offer funeral services to labor union members. Coffins and related rites will be provided as part of the package, reflecting broader benefits promised by the cooperative.
A list of South Dakota Senate committees and members appears, naming numerous senators by surname and given initials. The document records committee assignments across varied topics including Appropriations, Public Lands, Education, Public Health, Agriculture, Transportation, and more, with many named individuals and counties referenced.
Pierre South Dakota January 11 an insurance bill to cover defects in the insurance law and five policy forms, safeguards for insureds. A house measure to raise supreme court membership to two justices elected after the general election, plus district reform. Many new measures offered by the house include a farm home for new mates at Highmore funded by saloon license revenue. Rural theft case in Iowa ends with man Richie captured for wheat theft involving a local elevator.
New York report says Count Kaiman L Czaky, a close associate of Count Szethenyi and husband of Gladys Vander bit, secured a marriage engagement to Maud How saya aenebee of a wealthy San Francisco literary figure and publisher. The announcement states Czaky is of age.
London reports a striking disappearance and alleged death of Miss Violet Gordon Charlesworth, a 25 year old heiress tied to General Gordon. Authorities cite a cliff edge accident during a motor trip with her sister and chauffeur, while family secrecy surrounds further details and financial intrigues linked to substantial inheritance.
Washington reports amended legislative budget raises the presidents salary from fifty thousand to one hundred thousand dollars. The move adds twenty five thousand dollars previously used for travel and also increases vice president and speaker salaries from twelve thousand to twenty thousand annually. The Senate committees will review and potentially integrate these changes into the appropriation bill.
Berlin January 11 reports General Cipriano Castro is improving rapidly. Dr Israel states Castro will likely remain in hospital about two more weeks.
Topeka Jan 2 A committee appointed by Governor Hoch to investigate cruelty charges against penitentiary convicts at Lansing released its report today. The committee finds little substance to the charges made by Miss Barnard of Oklahoma and exonerates Warden Mackon.
The House and Senate announced their committee chairmen with names spanning appropriations, agriculture, education, railroads, and more. A bill for an Inebriate asylum was discussed as part of state affairs. Dalton business district burned, weather 20 below, and Dalton’s water system damaged. A university opens the term with large enrollment as Fr Thomas Thorson’s faculty plans Washington trip.
Philadelphia woman Margaret Sholak laughed for nearly two hours at a New Year ball before midnight. She danced through every number and encore, then collapsed laughing. Doctors at the Homeopathic hospital attributed the episode to nervous hysteria.
Secretary of Commerce Straus argues federal control should cover migratory fish in interstate waters. He seeks stronger fish protection laws to supplement state rules and prevent extinction, while avoiding applying interstate commerce or anti trust laws to perch or bass.
The United States government against the Standard Oil Company of Indiana seeks a judge in Chicago. Judge Landis refused, saying the prior judgment prejudiceed him. Judge Bethea did not want to get involved. Judge Anderson of Indianapolis was chosen to hear the case, with possible alternatives Quarles or Sanborn, both of Wisconsin, or Humphrey or Wright of Illinois, should Anderson decline.
Dallas Texas January 9 incendiaries burned the cotton gin of E H Bailey at Lindell and A J Conger at Quitman causing losses totaling 10000 since September 1 about 114 gins have burned in the state with no arrests of incendiaries or night riders.
Articles filed for Vivian State Bank with capital of 5000. Corporators include W H J Chamberlain George P Pliger Chamberlain A Ohlson and others. Also Morristown State Bank incorporated in Mor county with similar filing notes.
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