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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1913
Page
7
A Fleetwood Pennsylvania testimonial praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relieving severe menopausal symptoms. The letter describes headaches nervousness hot flashes and insomnia improving after use. It notes no doctor visits for years and urges publication of the letter.
If the city of Buenos Ayres proceeds with a contemplated project it will erect the highest tower in the world overtopping the Eiffel Tower by 189 feet. Planned height is 1,173 feet with a top statue and 1,000,000 candlepower electric light. The design includes social facilities, cafes, restaurants, library, billiard rooms, gymnasium, a wireless telegraphic station and a meteorological observatory.
Captain Hanson reported a Parkhurst convict who kept two pet mice. Ordered to another prison, he could not take them. He kissed each mouse by name, placed them in a box with flannel, bread, and cheese, and promised the mice would be cared for.
Miss Amorous, a noted Atlanta debutante, ran through a burning Forest Avenue house to rescue a two year old girl, despite danger and a ruined gown. She handed the child to her escort then fetched a physician, while the blaze destroyed three residences and drew praise from Atlanta society.
From the New York American, painter Philip Boileau argues six years of marriage prepare women for livelihood. He claims wives gain a standard of measurement from their husband, guiding them to pursue work while men stay loyal. His wife Emily Gilbert, once content as a wife and housekeeper, now contemplates stage work, influenced by their six years together.
A report from the Insurance department shows fraternal beneficiary societies in this state earned 85 million dollars in income over the last year and spent 73 million, leaving a 12 million excess. The societies held 104 million dollars in assets beyond mobilities, with 7.5 million members nationally and total assets of 190 million dollars. They are described as a major financial entity alongside their social duties. Additionally, notes warn hay should not be sunburned as it reduces feeding value, leaves, and palatability, with advice to windrow and cock curing and to use stack covers to limit sun and rain damage.
Leoni Bastin writes in the June Strand about changing flower colors. By steeping freshly cut stems in a strong aniline dye solution, white flowers such as lilies, hyacinths, and narcissus can take vivid pinks or greens, depending on the dye used.
A London Chronicle excerpt extols United States nomenclature praising state and territorial names. It cites Delaware Ohio Indiana Morida Dakota Iowa Wyoming Minnesota and the Carolinas as poetically rich. The piece notes the musical quality of place names and hints at a future Homer emerging from the western continent.
A growing network of milk distribution points supplies mothers who bottle feed with whole, certified, modified, or sterilized milk. Stations span cities including Albany Boston Chicago Detroit Hartford Honolulu Indianapolis Kansas City Lawrence Louisville Milwaukee Newark New Haven New York Peoria Pittsburgh Rochester St Louis Waterbury Yonkers Utica and more. Each station, often a nurse run room with an ice box desk chairs and table, may also be a school room or ordinary store. A physician attends at set hours.
A Stratford reader recalls a seven year old developing ringworm on the face during a harsh winter. Red spots with crust grew to egg sized lesions causing severe itching and sleep loss. After trying various ointments without relief, she reports success using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for about a month. Mrs Barbara Prim of Stratford signs the testimonial dated January 30 1922 and notes Cuticura products are sold worldwide with free samples and a 82 page Skin Book.
Pathfinder reports Brest France tests of automated wireless lighthouse stations that emit warning signals to ships at intervals of ten and thirty seconds. The system acts as an aerial mast with clockwork to send distinctive messages, potentially making traditional lights bells horns unnecessary.
A student consults a Latin dictionary for the word tango finding varied senses from seize to strike and smear. The piece then offers a satirical maxim that feeding a woman flattery yields fat, reflecting a moralized view on vanity.
An excerpt recounts a London wife beating issue where women, after suffering injury and abuse by husbands, refrain from prosecuting. It notes authorities struggle to prosecute due to fear of starvation or denial by the victims. One case mentions self-inflicted injury and a judge remark about a bitten ear.
A clock in the Petit Palais has shown the same hour for 13 years after an official halted it at Paris's close of the 18 years ago exhibition. The reason is that the clock lacks a place on the official list, and no council member has yet fixed the matter. The piece also notes Prof H C Long of Carnegie Tech defending profanity as artistic, citing George Washington as an artist in profanity. It ends with a skeptical remark on relying on unexpected events.
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