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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1905
Page
4
The Citizen Republican weekly publication serves Bon Homme County with official notices, local news, editorials, and community briefs from the county seat. It provides residents with township updates, public announcements, and civic information central to local life.
The 1603 edict of Charles IX made it a civil offense to serve more than three courses per meal. A fourth course could incur a 200 franc fine for the host, while guests paying 10 francs each faced exile. The purveyor faced harsher penalties, including imprisonment, whipping, and banishment if repeat offenses occurred.
A satirical note claims Russian coachmen are padded to look rotund. Burton Holmes cites that padding using cotton in coachmen livery produces remarkable results, shaping public perception of weight as a display of fashion and status.
A Houston, Texas woman testifies that Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured her husband of a severe Cuban diarrhoea contracted in Cuba during the Spanish American War. Neighbors corroborate the story. druggist B. Diehl carries the remedy.
Excerpt from Sir Mountstuart J Grant Duff diary filled with wry anecdotes about ornithology and social quirks. Characters debate magpie imagery, prayers for the dying, and witty exchanges involving Pickwick and Mr Cecil Rhodes in a clipped, period voice.
It reliefed a severe kidney case for C. Fr. Collier of Cherokee Indiana. He suffered backache headache and depression before using Electric Bitters. After treatment his health was restored to full strength. He endorses the medicine for kidney liver and stomach issues. Sold by V. B. Diehl.
Morace Greeley recounts a letter exchange with a youth asking for an autograph of Edgar Allan Poe. Greeley replies that he owns a single Poe note of hand, cost $80.75 including protest, and offers it for half. The item was found among Greeley’s possessions after his death.
A letter mailed and not yet delivered may be recalled by the sender. The postmaster can return it if the sender insists, and in some cases stop the shipment after it has started toward the destination. The postmaster must be certain of the recall request and the author of it, with any costs borne by the sender.
London Zoological Gardens records show 144 tons of horseflesh for flesh eaters, 9 580 chicken leads, 1 260 pints of shrimps, 872 pounds grapes and 83 000 eggs among other items. A quip on a bishop of Arichat notes his humility and a Methodist parson asks if holy trials prove it.
The July issue features a Fourth of July story A Declaration of Independence and fiction by Leroy Scott and Morgan Robertson including The Floating Mine. It includes serials by Marion Harland, photo features of children, Real Life articles on Ali es in Wonderland, Unconventional Bungalows of Professional Women, and The Epworth League, plus fashion and department pieces. Published by Crowell Publishing Co. Springfield Ohio, one dollar per year.
In a fragmentary 1700s court record from the Oi Bailey court Mrs i and Stevenson are linked by references to Versey and trials described in a tale of Tunes Stewart and the murder in the same period. The text notes Stevenson read the tale with avidity and used much of the old material for Kidnapped, while Alan Breck’s character was removed and David Balfour was later written in Samoa under distracting conditions as natives hovered near conflict and political upheaval.
A London cab robbery pattern shows thieves stealing horse and vehicle while the cabman abandons control. They drive away, alter the cab’s gear to avoid detection, then either collect fares or flee with the whip rug mat and lamp, leaving the police to trace the scene.
A garbled line from a historical page shows a misrendered exchange about a contractor and debts. The fragment hints at concerns about a son, but the text is incomplete and the人物, place, and exact event are not discernible from the readable segment.
In Dean Hole’s More Memories an old woman near death quibbles with a vicar over burial plots. She challenges his claim that any ground is equal, suggesting perhaps he should "gie us a lead" to settle the matter, prompting the clergyman to change the subject.
A Pall Mall Gazette note quotes George Eliot after visiting Weimar with Lewes. She found Schiller’s skull strikingly small minded, disliked the bust and portrait, and learned Tieck called Schiller’s person camel-like. The memory sharpens as she recounts the legend over his house.
President Hayes wore a cheap nickel watch in the White House after weekly visits from western Indians who brought gifts. To reciprocate accessibly, he bought inexpensive pocket watches at 36 a dozen and carried one for emergencies, avoiding costly gold or silver pieces.
A myth explains Norway s scant soil by angels forgetting to seed the world s earth at creation. The guardian angel pleads with the Creator. Angels sweep heaven s dust and scatter it over Norwegian rocks in a bid to form land.
An English artist argues that the shape of a woman's foot mirrors her face. He claims round faced, short nosed women tend to have prettiest ankles, while high cheeked, long nosed women show uglier feet. He adds that very pretty faces often lack equally pretty feet. The piece suggests nature compensates in daughters.
In her first call on one of his parishioners Mrs Gray speaks warmly of her husband. She calls him nearly an altruist and the hostess jokes that his voice sounds like a bass.
An Australian backwoodsman recalls a wet season practice where a party stranded on the Ade laide fed horses with goose eggs. Natives paddled canoe loads of eggs to break into buckets for the horses, illustrating a survival tale from remote Australia.
A satirical exchange contrasts two burglars discussing an attack on a plutocrat’s house, with one suggesting taking from the rich and returning to the poor while favoring the middle class. The dialogue reflects class commentary from the publication Life.
Fragmentary scribbles recount a lieutenant delaying a party of visitors near battleships. A fleeting exchange mentions Pittsburg disputes and farewell bets as the group moves into open air, while Goldsmith’s quoted lines surface amid the muddled notes.
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