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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1908
Page
7
In a candid exchange a prospective buyer asks about the soil. The owner replies that modifications are needed as the potatoes are unusually large for commerce, boasting about yields of about three to a peck.
Alma siblings Alma and Miss Jesse Neal recount a strange tale from their father’s home. While driving, they spotted a couch whip snake as two morkingbirds attacked from both sides, pecking until the head and neck were severed. The snake, 6.34 feet long, appeared to have swallowed a half grown rabbit.
A Durmid Virginia family recounts a six month battle with severe eczema in a baby girl. After doctors abandoned hope, they used Cuticura Remedies, including eight cakes of Cuticura Soap, and the child recovered, now approaching three with no signs of the condition.
A western congressman, famed for affability and absent-minded moments, returns home after a grueling campaign tour. His little daughter Alberta rushes to greet him at the station, prompting a proud, tender moment before he quips about his dear old father.
John D. Rockefeller, talking with a reporter, offered a humorous remark on inefficiency using a golf anecdote. He told of a man who played poorly, and the caddy replied that there may be worse players, but they don’t play. The scene reflects blunt wit amid business chatter.
A letter from a woman to a Bronx men's club describes a contest for club president with two candidates a clerklike husband and a wealthy manufacturer. A typewritten note from an unidentified woman claims libel if false and questions a candidate described as mean. The item mentions Vice President Fairbanks remarks on enforcing old laws and a Benedictine monks anecdote about smoking law enforcement.
Mrs Enos Sheare of Yew and Washington Streets Centralia Washington describes long illness with weakness sleep troubles swelling and painful secretions. She was bedbound for four months told no cure by three doctors and given up to die. After using Deans Kidney Pills she recovered within weeks and returned to normal life. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
August Belmont described London street life near Tottenham Court Road, recalling a conversation overheard about prices in a secondhand clothes market. A young man negotiates over plaid trousers, the dealer quoting sixpence, and the buyer asserting he needs them for work.
Veteran Cleveland journalist George V. Kelcey recalls Artemus Ward and a humorous roach episode. Ward described roaches in his room and an odd chain of events from kindness to a roach that fished with toothpick oars, ending with a memory that haunted his travels.
Meyer, sent by the United States government to study climate, soil, and agriculture, traversed dangerous inland regions of China to observe farming and plant growth. He faced bandit-infested marches, squalid inns, vermin, poor water, and hostility from locals, yet he pressed on with a revolver for protection. He documented failures and successes of Asian farming to guide American development.
A fragment from an address by Gerald Stanley Lee discusses Sharon and Lay town church relations over centuries. It cites early town meetings selecting ministers and political actions, contrasting town and church roles, with humorous digs on modern town development and a Harper’s Weekly excerpt.
A fragmentary exchange shows two speakers trading a playful bet over gloves and cheaper wine as a test of nerve, ending with a mention of a future teacher figure named Bia son. The garbled text hints at social banter and aged dialogue.
Fragmentary text shows a surreal exchange between a beautiful woman and a man beside a powder house explosion. An inserted ad proclaims Pazo Ointment promises cure for piles in 4 to 14 days with a money back guarantee, priced at 0c.
A lecturer recalls a story of a poor farmer’s widow who, within one year, repaid all mortgage debt from a single wheat crop. After the talk a curious listener asks the lecturer to name the widow, saying she matches the kind of woman sought. The lecturer confirms the story was true and from two years ago.
The Fulton Gazette editor, after visiting western Canada, lauds law reverence and order. He cites strict enforcement, tax sovereignty, and reputable churches and schools. He notes regulated tavern licenses, late bar hours, and strong wheat yields with ample land giveaways.
The text presents a garbled montage with names like Atanas and Tren, mentions a doctor and grocer, a milkman, a village, and a county figure named Judas. It hints at election fervor and unrest but lacks clear events, dates, or outcomes to form a coherent news item.
A Norristown woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her after a doctor warned of surgery. The testimonial promotes the remedy as standard for female troubles, listing conditions like displacements, inflammation, ulcers, irregularities, backache, and nervous prostration and invites women to write for advice in Lynn Mass.
Music mad Reverend Brooks Manon of Plainfield New Jersey aged 19 197 years? The text describes a Washington Star interview where he recalls a tale of a deacon silencing a preacher in church and a choir leader retorting that it is not his turn yet.
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