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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1905
Page
1
Ralph F. Fernandez of Tampa Florida recounts a fearful race with death due to liver trouble and heart disease. After trying many doctors and medicines he used Electric Bitters and felt better in three days, claiming to be cured. Sold at V B Diehl's drug store for 50 cents.
Nearly one hundred immigrants from southern Russia arrived in Aberdeen last Saturday and will locate on farms in Edmunds and McPherson counties. The Great Northern Railroad paid over 50 000 dollars for right of way to move its depot to a central location near Main Street in Aberdeen. The U S Supreme Court ruling grants citizen Indians the same liquor purchasing rights as whites, burdening states with such residents.
About six years ago a Mennonite group from the Jamesville and Wolf Creek colonies moved to Manitoba and invested around 40000 inland. They have now sold those holdings for an advance of 15000 and will return to South Dakota.
Geddes Free Lance editor T J Remington relocates his newspaper to Rosebud country claiming better opportunities and less rivalry. It remains to be seen if Rosebud will be better for the Lance than Geddes.
The Interstate Commerce Commission digs into the packing house trust revealing secret telegraphic codes of the Armour private car trust. The disclosure shows that large rebates were paid to favored shippers.
President A J Harling and a party traveled from Chamberlain toward the Black Hills to push a line to the Pacific coast. He said the route would be built with minimal delay and extended from Evarts to connect with a Wyoming point. The Milwaukee road would gain three routes to Chicago via Aberdeen, Mitchell, or Armour-Sioux City, placing Scotland on a direct transcontinental line.
A promotional note touts Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as a pleasant, effective aid to bowel efficiency. The ad claims the product improves digestion and is available at all druggists.
Public school building in Tyndall hosts an eighth grade examination for common school graduates. Successful candidates receive diplomas and free tuition at a nearby high school. The exams are conducted by Prof Sherwood and W. L. Rosinox, Co Supt.
Recruiting officers enrolled eleven young men at Mitchell last week for service in the U S Navy. The rest of the items report Sioux Falls capital stock and a fatal accident at the deaf mute school.
President Marvin Eughitt of Northwestern railway visited Mitchell last Saturday. Reporters pressed for plans to extend the line from Mitchell to Wheeler and then to Denver, but he only smiled and told a story about early railroad building in Nebraska.
D D Wipf secretary of state visited to discuss South Dakota’s capitol design after inspecting Montana’s building. He notes a 460000 cost and favors a mixed stone superstructure using Hot Springs quarry stone with Sioux Falls granite. Northwestern railroad offers similar shipping rates for both stones.
The Huronite clarifies the North Western Railway has not held up a deed. President Hughitt announced plans to donate fair grounds, an attorney general approved issues, and a corrected deed was sent. The state has a deed to the fair grounds and the Agriculture Board meets in Huron to award building contracts.
The Junior class at the state university raised 1800 dollars to aid a new building on campus for the Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Association. They will forgo the annual publication costing about 900 dollars and use the funds toward the project, with outside contributions expected to double the total.
A letter from J. K. Brearns of Belle Plaine Minnesota recalls a man saved from blood poisoning by Bucklen Arnic Salve, praising its healing power. The Springfield Times editor faces local merchants over calendar orders and ads, urged to support community ventures and public services rather than complain about outside suppliers.
In spring the author and his wife suffered severe diarrhoea until a friend lent Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. After a dose they improved quickly and were fully cured after using the bottle. The letter endorses the remedy as wonderful and urges household availability. Sold by all druggists.
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