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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
9
The Ohio Mississippi coal trade remains vast as 1000-ton barges raft coal into fleets at Pittsburg and drift downstream to New Orleans. Steamboats tow the loads for under 7% cents a ton, a stark contrast to rail rates of about $4.50 to Memphis and 82.70 elsewhere. The system relies on drifts, with return trips mostly easy to push upstream.
Fragmentary excerpt from the Nashville American describes a sudden image and a startled reaction in a street scene. The text references parliamentary law and a woman attempting to crank a business venture as part of a hurried, chaotic moment.
The article notes a new law expanding pensions for widows in Washington DC, detailing a population of about 220,000 in the district and over 60,000 living outside the old city after consolidation. It highlights vast poverty levels and the large share of colored residents, outlining social context and implications.
An old instructional piece explains that the intestines absorb nutrition as food passes through. It warns against slow transit causing poison release and advocates natural bowel muscle exercise to strengthen function and avoid harsh laxatives.
In a dated tone the piece argues that castor oil worsens delays by relaxing bowels and cites harsh cathartics like salts calomel jalap and phosphate. It promotes Cascarets as the safer bowels medicine to avoid wasting digestive juice and future digestion capacity.
A blocky promotional note extols Cascarets as safe and pleasant to use. It highlights candy style packaging in thin enamel boxes for discreet daily use, urging slow consumption with saliva for natural digestion.
A police court session in India features a chaotic defense by a baby lawyer who mocks opposing counsel. The advocate claims his client, a woman accused of assault, has had her nose leather torn and demands clarity on what happened to it. The rhetoric mixes legal jargon with surreal imagery to challenge the witness and judge.
A Iowa City couple credit Cuticura Soap Ointment and Remedies with curing their wife’s years long eczema and improving their baby’s scalp and heat related skin problems. They report lasting relief for eczema four years and hair regrowth for the husband after using the products.
The Bookman recounts John Muir dining with a friend as he tells a long tale. He keeps breaking off pieces of bread from a French loaf while narrating, ignoring the waiter’s questions about ordering. Finally he snaps back, realizing he has eaten all he wanted.
An 19th century ad style claim touts Sloan's Liniment as a powerful sedative for nerves and rapid pain relief without rubbing. It includes a testimonial from Hubbard of Marietta South Carolina and mentions uses for insect bites sore throat and neuralgia. It also notes historical practice of funeral pyre immolation in India and expectations of widows to remain loyal to deceased husbands.
A French countess, Amelia Condemin later known as the Countess of Montell, led a famed Riviera hotel theft ring. Police later found she hid burglars tools and 27 locking nippers on arrest, revealing an undercover ensemble of thieves preying on wealthy American guests.
Keystone Telephone Company traffic manager A J Ulrich says the word please is removed from daily spoken calls. Exchange girls will say Ring off or Call again to save about 125 hours yearly. He criticizes wasted words and cites a physician note as an example of concise language.
The New York Sun reports Mark Twain telling a dog story at the Lafayette Brevoort weekly Pleiades club event. Twain recalls a Washington life moment with a chap named Davis in the 1860s and a hotel lobby dog sale for three dollars. General Miles buys the dog for three dollars, Twain retrieves it by paying the owner, and Twain earns three dollars for the recovery, while Davis drinks three quarts and ignores him.
A short reminiscence contrasts a Bohemian mother’s view of infancy with an old school minister’s catechism. A five year old Harold’s question Who made me prompts talk of God and sacred history, revealing his limited knowledge after a revelatory joke at his expense. The piece ends with a brief verse about truth and the harm we do to those we love.
A collage of notes and advertisements on lead products and testing methods from a 19th century paper. Mentions National Lead Company in New York offering tests for white lead and linseed oil, plus editorials and misc items about authors, agents, and school definitions.
A Marion reader writes of a chronic kidney condition that left him nearly paralysed yet improves after three months using Dean's Kidney Pills. He credits the remedy with his recovery and return to work. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo markets the product at 50 cents per box. Then a humorous Life excerpt depicts a forgetful husband failing to notice a ribbon, a hat, a telegram, or a landlord leak, ending with him declaring his forgetfulness while clutching cigars.
In Kansas many counties lack paupers with about half the county poor farms empty save for the keeper who earns a stipend and awaits patronage. Sociological students link law to living economics as they predict the institution’s extinction in Kansas. France earned $6,475,000 from a match monopoly and $75,390,005 from tobacco last year.
An old advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for female ills after decades of experience. Mrs Bertha Muff of Louisiana Mo testifies to complete recovery following physician failures and Pinkham guidance. Also noted is a Danish friction on automobile chauffeurs and a Czech TB commission plan for 4600 retreats nationwide at a total cost around 11 000 000 crowns with municipalities to bear upkeep.
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