The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-06-26
SOUTH DAKOTA
A. BLISS. PUB.

didn't know what We were fight
ing fore" is the keynote OF the complaint
OF 326 doughboys recently arrived from
the A~rchangel front who are now In Lon-
don hospitals. Most of them are Michi-
a and Wisconsin men. wv arrived in
Archangel in October and lived in bar
racks located in swamps, which resulted
IN an epidemic consisting of a rash break
ing out all over our bodies said an
Indiana corporal Then we went TO T'ul-
gas, and lived In unsanitary lodgings.
Our only amusement was destroyed on
armistice day when a bolshevist shell
destroyed our photograph. We had no
particular complaint against the food
other than it was of the plainest and
there WAS no change. We didn't have
any real cigarets. We had to make them
out of tissue paper and dried moss or
tea leaves. But we wouldn't have minded
any of this If we had known why In hell
we we're there"
Mexican officials have been advised by
the Mexican consulate in a Francisco,
Cal, that numerous Portuguese residents
OF the United States, especially those in
California, are seeking admission to
Mexico where they hope to find work.
The Portuguese are skilled in vine vul-
ture but demand for their services will
~S@oo WhSAtF pioiibilioi- sues lItO SliSCl
IN the United States. There are more
thar $1,000 Portuguese In the United
States and that is proposed to plant COL
onies in the state of Sinaloa and Navarit.
The personal appearance of the presi-
at the meeting between the allies
and the Germans, is commented on by
London papers Z follows: The only one
who seemed nerN\is behind his set smile
was President Wilson. = Manchester
fAuyQ ydfop -E". V0raef1nvx yNtl,r- ,r11
round the room with intense curiosity
Central News. Mr.. Wilson. cold and non
committa1.-Daily Mail. With a little
smile, half hidden behind passivity, was
President Wilson.-Evening Standard. A
searching gaze, but suggestive of judi
cial stolidity.-Datly News.
Surgeon B. ]. Lloyd, of the United
States public health services says the
building of the Panama canal was but q
days work in comparison to the task of
eradicating tuberculosis. THE 'tubercu-
losis problem means the germ of tuber-
culosis on the one hand, m the newborn
babe on the other. Inasmuch as no baby
Is ever born with tuberculosis, II the two
could be kept apart there would not DO
any tuberculosis problem"
Special reconstruction towns may be
es .ablished by the government In the near
future. where soldiers suffering from
IuDcECuiOSlS CdH regain xuSlI NSdkln anu
at the same time work at light trades to
lit themselves for a full return to the IN
dustrial life, said Col. Estes Nichols, of
the United States army general hospital
at New Haven. Conn.,.
Lord Reading, said In a recent
speech In London: II can never speak
of the relations between America and
Great Britain without feeling q warmth
of enthusiasm which carries me, very
often. almost beyond the verge OF sober
statement. The generosity OF the Ameri-
can public toward the British people il
perhaps difficult to represent to the Brit
fish.
Commenting on the vast quantities of
eggs being put in storage sven at the
present high prices, Bradstreets says:
And that means that storage eggs must
sell for q. cents average in order to show
the smallest profit, and this price calls
for about ar so-cent market for fresh
eggs.
The handsome bronze statue Of King
Charles / in Trafalgar Square, which has
airships began raiding London.
will not, for a time at least, be uncovered,
rs the left foreleg Of the bronze horse
which supports the greater part OF the
weight has tracked.
General villa and I believe that after
the revolution has won its fight :
civilian hould be elected to serve the
needs of the country" explains General
Angeles. 1T is the intention of this reyo-
fntion TO conquer the state OF Chihuihua
and there receive the refugees from MeYi-
co who are now in the United States.
A cotton mill mar from South Carolina
Journeyed to New York q few days aro
ask aid of the Associated Advertising
Clubs OF b World in the protection Of
negro workmen in the cotton mills. who
are earning bigger a thar they ever
earned before, against the Vaccinations
OF wild cat stock promoters who find the
negroes uncommoniy easy picking.
A choir of 100 trombones, said to be the
largest ever organized, will be a feature
OF the Methodist centenary celebration a.
Columbus, Ohio, June 20 to July 13. which
VIII mark the close of 100 years Of mis-
sionary work by the Methodist Episcopal
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Copenhagen reports that Sweden is ma
for q huge loan from the United
states ats per cent and that the Ameri-
can concern, Montgomery, Ward IL man
ming establishment of a large branch In
The resident Of Pittsburgh have filed .
suit against the Amaigamated Associa-
= = ~ duu ELieclrlc hallway EN-.
ployes in which =, 035 OK. 7s is asked Of the
union. This sum. 1t Is claimed, was lost
the people as Q result Of the recent |
street car strike.
Parisian society people are takinr
hand In strike breaking in order "a helm
the city regain It's much needed street
transportation Barren Rothschild has
been making regular trips rs chauffeur of |
auto bus and now and then 4 countesa
punches tickest in = subway station.
The London Times tha da.,h
e Tohys Of the .BuIhftOn FIRE Hrf-ada
Toby. an f1rish terrior, would monnt !
che engine whenever q call wasssoundnd. |
2 ring the bell by the drivers seat Win
The LIQUOR dealers say that, after Inv
y m,0o bar tenders WIN be facing star-