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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
7
Assemblyman Rosa cites a tale of a Broadway cafe encounter where a show girl requests a square meal after a toast. The Houston Post comments on the Dixie tune provoking strong emotions, while W A Kroll has issued 40 000 marriage licenses in Washington DC over seven years.
A critic quips that the singer’s voice is unusually thin and likens it to a skeleton key. The remark captures the wary reaction of the audience to an otherwise praised performance.
A veteran correspondent describes the Cantigny engagement with American batteries blasting German positions, French observers signaling artillery, and U S infantry advancing under a gas cloud. The piece notes tanks, field reports, a postbattle ball game among doughboys, and rapid consolidation of the lines after the victory.
Major M. C. Funkhouser, Chicago’s moral censor, cites 10,694 films inspected and 216,556 feet rejected last year. A 12 member board issues permits at $1 each. 29,697 permits issued. He argues censorship protects women and children from immoral scenes amid legal challenges over film content.
Major Funkhouser notes Chicago maintains a city civil service censor board while states like Ohio, Kansas and Pennsylvania rely on state censorship panels. He describes how two or more censors review each picture simultaneously.
From the Omaha World Herald list of leaders in war effort show humble beginnings. Presidents and industrial figures such as Wilson Pershing Taft Schwab Goethals Hoover Davidson Brettinius Baruch Hurley McCormick Ford Warburg Hurley Rosenwald Coxe and others rose from clerk farmer teacher and laborer to top roles in government and industry. The article argues opportunity fuels national strength.
A letter to the police lays blame on mothers for daughters 14 to 20 frequenting Tenderloin cafes chop suey joints and saloon back rooms. It urges girls be home by 10 pm unless on business and proposes pulling up their mothers to monitor companions and amusements. It even suggests taking minors to police court and subjecting them to corporal punishment. The writer argues this would curb delinquency better than lectures.
A garbled OCR fragment places three men in a towed scene near State Street and Washington Avenues. The crowd laughed at a line about a retired gambler and a corner address, revealing a rough street scene.
Fragmentary ad copy asserts Red Cross Ball Blue as superior laundry soap with boastful claims of pristine white clothes. A dated exchange hints at marital tensions and social norms around courtship and early marriage.
Silvery garbled lines show a conversation between a father and daughter about gratitude and affection. A distant Alaska reference appears with a mention of a woman and a pet, leaving the context unclear and the narrative fragmentary.
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