The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-03-17
CITIZEN REPUBLICAN
A. r. kAYsER, Publisher
coTLAND, SOUTH DAKOTA

Hartford, Conn, says there is nprh-
Ing new about daylight saving" 1t was
practiced in that city seven years after
the town was founded An order dated
October 1913 provides that bell be rung
by the watch every morning one hour
before daylight. There shall be in every
house one up and some lights within
one-quarter of an hour after the bell
is ringing. For default is to forfeit one
shilling and sixpence to him that finds
him faulty and sxpence to the town
A London cable to the New York
Herald says: '-rhe traditions OF the
kings bench got such a shock this
week that the headpieces nearly 9eu
from tha crowns Of the bewlgged bar
riStors when one of three women Jur-
nrs. sitting in court for the first time
In its history, calmly took out her knit
ting and thus occupied herself While
listening to the evidence"
The British minister of labor has de-
cided that an employed person." as
classified for the purposes of unemploy-
uient insurance, does not mean doc
TORS domestic servant who does house.
work and also answers the door for pa
tions, farm tractor plowman, thresh-
ing engine driver. steam plow foreman,
steam plowman, or farm tractor drlv-
ers.
Inc LlClllldH law, elective 90 d. VI,
forbade any one to own moro than 5OU
acres of land ard more than 100 large
cattle, or 500 small animals. Another
law of the Same name Sc B. c., imposed
heavy penalty on those who organized
clubs for nassing power at an election,
while another law, 103 B. c., limited the
funds one might expend Tar supplying
his table.
Forty states at present are considering
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federal allotment provided in the Cham
berlin-Kahn act for the control of
venereal diseases. North Carolina and
Tennessee have up lGws prohibiting the
marriage Of infected men. A New Jer-
Sey law requires physicians certificate
showing absence Of the disease for both
parties.
Labor correspondents of various Lon
don newspapers assert the cost Of liv-
ing has declined in Great Britain and
that a reduction Of wages Is inevitable.
They report decreases in wages already
have occurred in cases wheta sliding
scales of pay were based Oh the selling
prices of the goods produced.
Iowa Is lacking in one OF the most ef-
fective legal measures yet devised for
suppressing crime and controlling vene-
cal diseases, says the American Social
Hygiene Association. The law which
the state needs, says the association, is
one making 1t an offense to live fl the
earnings of prostitutes, or off otheT
lewdness.
A bW has been introduced in the. Wis
consin legislature to give husbands the.
same dover rights in their wives es-
tates as are now shared by widows in
their husbands properties, with the pro-
vision that a married man or woman
who without just cause, has lived apart
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all dover rights.
The average of fire destruction during
the last five years has been $3.50, 900
per year, which means that we burn
down at least one out Of every 10 new
buildings we erect. An average of $3.50
homes are destroyed by. fire on every
working day of the year.
Students of economic subjects assert
that at least 5,o0o.0O0 Germans are pre-N
pairing to lsave the 'Fatherlaud" for the
United States, Mexico and South Amer
lean states as soon as they are able to
raise passage money, or obtain admis-
sion in the case Of the United States.
"A movement has been started at the
University of Virginia to give the title
of doctor only to medical men, and
to abandon that of professor" for jazz
band leaders and ex-prize fighters.
Hereafter the faculty of the university
answer only TO muster.
A writer in the Chicago Tribune is adj
vocating building bees to ameliorate
the housing condition. He suggests that
the workers get together and build their
own homes, especially as there are at
present about $4,000 of the $4,000 building
trades workers in that city idle.
Following kilograms from the mayors
of Denver and Portland saying that the
lecture given by Lincoln Steffens in
those cities were appeals to the radical
.ss.- American alement. - the. MAYOR of
Long Beach, Cal, has refused the use
Of the auditorium to the lecturer.
The Legislature of New Jersey is called
upon to determine whether the state
shall pay farmer $125 for the loss OF
heifer which died through eating dyna-
mite left along the road by the state
highway department.
Roland Rohlfs. former holder Of the
worlds altitude record. has quit flying
forever, he says. He has gone into the
automobile business. The decision was
due to no fear Of the perils of the air,
! but the pleading of his mother.
One member of the Connecticut legis-
lature appealed to his colleagues last
week to provide a closed season for the
skunk His proposal seemed to meet
with the approval of the legislators, pro-
vided the skunk would reciprocate.
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AZ wife is good investment nj Ger
many, for all persons recently married
have been placed on the preferred list
In the governments housing bureau. and,
according to investigators, two can 1--we
in a house, cheaper than one in hotel
Presentation to Great Britain by Vir-
ginia Of copy o, the famous statue of
George Washington. which now stands
in the rotunda Of the Virginia state
capitol, will take place this spring.
The first day after Great Falls, Mont,
had provided employment at the pump
ing station for the unemployed OF the
city at a daily wage of $5. the federated
j labor union called the men out on strike
for $3.50 pereday
"A chef who cooked for Mrs. Garuso,
vile Of the singer, for two weeks last
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legged Incompetence has been awarded
377O damages. as the court held the
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