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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1920
Page
7
In the South, several places near the Mason Dixon line reportedly lack old maids, as YWCA workers note women marry early yet keep their jobs in mills. Economic independence and mill employment shape marriage norms, with South Carolina hosting up to 15 mills in 200 counties and a mill workforce of over 62 thousand plus dependents.
The National Crop Improvement Service outlines moisture limits for grain grading, noting 13.5 to 15.5 percent for wheat and 14 to 23 percent for corn, with moisture determined by heating a weighed sample in oil. It describes standard testing procedures, the role of Chicago’s board of trade in sampling, and the process for resolving complaints through the state grain inspection department.
Lt Muir contrasts nature with urban life in a lyrical plea for untouched landscapes. He extols rivers pine shores stars moonlight and wind swept trees over crowded streams commerce cities and artificial blooms, celebrating nature’s simple beauty against man’s efforts to improve it.
The piece notes a clan that prefers staying on their own street or end of a thoroughfare, maintaining a splendid isolation. Their insular prejudices persist even when extremely hungry, as they wander not for meals but remain in place.
An army order ends existing separation, parents’, dependents’, and family allowances from October 4 1920. A new married quarters and wife and child allowances are introduced with rates set, varying from 6d to 32s plus 3d per additional child. Some enlistment conditions permit continued receipt of prior allowances. Rates update from April 4 1921 based on the cost of living index.
The Toledo News notes a potential bumper baby crop for 1920 with estimates from the American Child Hygiene Association suggesting up to 2,500,000 births. Official counts from 269 cities total 650,000 births in larger communities, while infant mortality drops to 27 per 1,000. Public health officials once aimed for 100 per 1,000.
A Berlin led tale claims the confiscated Russian imperial jewels funded the leftist Daily Herald network in London and possibly the Russian Reds. It notes jewels are easily hidden and smuggled under unsettled regimes while contrasting Berlin and London cases. Trade with war sequestered nations will top 1.0 billion in 1929 with Germany Russia Poland Finland and others key players.
A chaotic scene describes a South Carolina negro team visiting a similar color squad with a nervous pitcher walking batters. With bases loaded, the umpire calls four balls to force an out, provoking the batter who questions the call as slang heavy dialogue and local color fill the account.
A report examines how a man’s closest ally becomes his rival as illness or injury ends the friend’s ability to work, reshaping personal bonds and daily life in the community.
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