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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1920
Page
6
An advertisement touts Eatonic as a cure for acid stomach and related symptoms. It claims over half a million users benefited, promises relief from bloating indigestion sourness and gas, and offers a refund if not satisfactory. Tablets provide rapid relief for many users.
An advertisement promotes a foot care product with claims of foot comfort and lasting fit. It mentions sizes and insoles and urges readers to try the product today, noting availability widely. The language is promotional and lacks verifiable specifics about the product or maker.
A Washington mansion built to please his wife and daughter angers a reclusive congressman who dislikes social life. A visitor remarks on his possessions, and the host quips he wants a parrot to yell a line at the door about “that old fool again.”
A distressed widow warns her misbehaving child with a rattled quip about an Ouija board and a stern paternal reprimand. The odd remark appears in a 19th century American weekly, reflecting era humor and social mores.
The destroyer Sharkey anchored near the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. Overnight the tide shifted from starboard to port, perplexing a rookie god who explains New York and Brooklyn claim the statue, so the government alternates ownership day by day.
The story portrays Keith as a lively youth who overcomes tough situations with flair. His main flaw is a love of play over study and a father punishes him for bad marks despite his charm. He quips that Dy stands for Dandy, B for Bum, and A for Awful, illustrating human nature versus virtue.
In Marken, Kent and the king form a plan to resist the usurper Baron Provarsk with Kent promising aid and financial backing. Eloise assists as tensions rise, while Provarsk consolidates power and broadcasts a royal proclamation declaring a temporary government amid palace intrigue. The city wakes on market day as security tightens and rumors spread.
Springfield Ohio singer Miss Sybilla files divorce against actor Eugene B Bardin whom she wed in Newark last February. She alleges Bardin drugged her tea at lunch before the ceremony.
An 1807 incident at St Andrew's Glasgow recounts the first organ in a Scotchy Presbyterian church built by James Watt. Brought to St Andrew's from Glasgow, it was used for weekday choir practice until an Episcopalian organist played it in a Sunday service. The presbytery banished it, calling it the whistling kirk, and it was expelled after one service. In 1860 the instrument was finally tolerated again.
From Japan comes news of a sea grass called sugamo found around Japanese coasts as a substitute for cotton. It can be gathered easily and, when treated and mixed with raw cotton, makes a stronger thread that could cheapen the material now high in price. Its full profitability as a complete substitute remains doubtful, but its use for economizing and strengthening cotton is apparently valuable.
The Worcester Telegram treats the Elwell murder with outsized importance, arguing that the crime’s nastiness and sensational framing elevate it above more ordinary homicides, a contrast with New York coverage which glamorizes nastiness as romance.
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