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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1914
Page
7
Two travelers argued over how vacuum brakes stopped a train. The locomotive engineer explained simply that stopping is done by turning a valve and filling the pipe with vacuum, resolving the dispute with plain logic.
An Ohio household report touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment as a cure for severe scalp eczema with itching and sores, credited to Mrs. Alica Kirlin on November 4 1912. The piece also notes Thomas Morris born January 15 1794 in Montgomeryshire as the world’s oldest Welshman living in Westernville Nebraska, now 120.
Wayside Walter and Tired Tommie meet after months apart. Walter says he has been across the country and travels incog, but Tommie questions his anonymity as he clarifies, I’m in the atle.
A reader from Iowa credits Postum with curing stomach trouble and complexion issues after coffee caused headaches. The mother-in-law shares how making Postum improves health, and the grandmother also reports relief and renewed travel ability. The ad notes Regular and Instant Postum pricing and availability through grocers.
In Mexico at Naco a private wedding unites Vida Edwards, a famed Los Angeles figure, and businessman Allen Henderson after a quick romance of about a month. The couple, escaped publicity, honeymooned around the world with only Mrs Henderson’s mother in attendance.
The editors urge tougher action against demagogues while criticizing unequal punishment for the rich and lax enforcement. The Clinton Herald commentary argues Iowa should extend improvement payments beyond seven years, aligning costs with long term benefits to reduce citizen resistance and hardship for property owners.
The article contrasts the Argentine and South American panics with U S stability. It notes Argentina's 1913 business failures totaling 3205 000 000 and high prices for goods like coffee and canned peas. It credits U S tariff and currency adjustments and ongoing rail and anti trust reforms, arguing American conditions are stronger than in South America.
A sick man asks a doctor about differing diagnoses from other physicians. The doctor, confident in his own view, responds that the autopsy will reveal who was correct.
Major William E Cole of the coast artillery corps is assigned to command the Atlantic fortification of the Panama Canal Zone. He will leave New York within days and proceed to Cristobal to establish his headquarters.
In a humorous strip Ignatz asks how fast a horse can go and father answers a mile in two minutes and four seconds. Ignatz then muses that Paul Revere Tom O'Shanter and John Gilpin would have been better off with motorcycles.
Lew Palmer of Staveley Alberta moves from Duluth Minnesota ten years ago with four cows and three horses. He now controls 480 acres and 30 000 dollar farm value with 84 Percheron horses 1 000 dollars from hogs 7 000 bushels wheat 6 000 bushels oats 12 acres potatoes and 618 tons onions. His farm stock and land are valued at 30 000 dollars.
An advertisement urges mothers to examine Castoria as a safe infant remedy and notes it has been in use for over 30 years. The text includes a testimonial about a man who boasts of his influence and a claim about tobacco stacks declining when he quits.
One hundred years ago Dr. Thomas Fanshawe Middleton became Calcutta’s first bishop. He founded Bishops' College in 1820 and a consistory court, died 1822 after a fever. Christian influence in India remains small but impactful, about one percent of the population.
A famous writer admits he has only one plot, claiming to have swiped it from Romeo and Juliet. He says changing scenery and dialect suffices to retell the tale.
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