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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1908
Page
7
Syllables deride salts and castor oil as nauseating and dangerous for digestion. The piece touts Best for the Bowels as a palatable modern laxative and liver regulator, claims free samples, and includes miscellaneous ads and notices about remedies, patents, and local services.
A historical note discusses White Lead as a basic painting pigment and warns against adulterated brands, offering a blow pipe test and a free kit from National Lead Company. The piece also mentions a violinist claiming an electric machine can simulate aged tone and a caterpillar coloring study using artificial dyes and spectroscope analysis.
A tense village exchange ends with Mehmed refusing Ali's request to borrow his idle donkey. Ali offers to care for it, but the donkey brays as proof of its absence, and Mehmed declares they cannot remain friends.
A 100 acre farmer reports selling 3500 dollars worth of seed and storing 300 tons of hay from the new grass, claiming three crops yearly. The notice promotes seeds from John A Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin offering a catalog with various novelty strains and a 14 cent add-on seed sample offer. Lent origins and German empire troop numbers are noted in brief explanatory passages.
A 15 year struggle with eczema on hands arms and legs ends after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. Edward Worell of Fort Crook Nebraska reports severe itching bandaged days and sleepless nights but notes complete relief and healed sores within six days. In Berlin the German emperor applauded singers during an opera performance despite occasional interruptions from officials.
A Winamac man in a neighboring town overhears two Irish friends trade Finnegan jokes while waiting at a bank. The tale turns to St Peter and a joke about a million years and dollars. Also noted is a folk remedy ad for Lanative Bromoinine. The Malay peninsula provides a curious insect, the inter fly, with a leaping nasal projection used to jump when released.
One of London's leading gas companies halves its price reduction to 69 cents per thousand cubic feet after cutting from 71 cents. The move signals competitive pricing in the energy sector and could impact consumer bills and Hartley Street suppliers.
A Regina letter from November 23 1907 to the Imperial Emigration Commissioner argues Western Canada crops exceed expectations. It cites 70 acres of wheat yielding 20 bushels per acre on stubble and 80 acres fallow yielding 25 bushels, plus 9000 bushels of oats from 160 acres and oats at 33 cents per bushel. The writer asserts strong seed wheat and notes high returns despite adverse weather.
Dr Sven Hedin asserts the Bramaputra rises from a glacier in the Himalayas, identifying the Brahmaputra as the Ku bitsampsa and deeming the Manrumphu a minor tributary. He presents startling conclusions about river sources and their geography.
An old advertisement proclaims a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable catarrh case, with testimonials fromWalden Kinnan Martin and J Cheney Co of Toledo. The notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation, noting vessel prices in England are down 15 percent from last year.
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