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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1908
Page
2
A collage of humorous notes on spirits, politics, crime and culture. Sir Oliver Lodge claims conversations with spirits, Castros and Kitchener are parodied with baseball imagery, a coin sells for 51 dollars, and a Brooklyn teacher faces a Black Hand letter. Careers, diamonds, sea water silver dreams, and cartoonish one-liners mix in a weekly miscellany.
Philadelphia Press notes a requirement that teachers refrain from lambasting pupils and proposes a parallel rule forbidding pupils from making faces at teachers. The critique links naval critics warning that a battle whip is vulnerable when armor belts are too low and jokes about nonhuman support measures.
A New York woman who stole jewelry totaling $20,000 to sustain her social position leaves a weak impression of the costs of maintaining status. The incident underscores the pressures and social expectations shaping behavior in high society circles.
The author notes Australia has many dogs and no rabies or hydrophobia. If the mechanism behind a century of immunity could be understood, the world might learn a valuable lesson from the vast island continent.
A New York man, claiming chemical experiments have destroyed his vital organs save his lungs, seeks Oslerization. He believes his condition spares him the need for a boarding house or employment, viewing his situation as enviable in hard times.
A satirical note on war and noise proposes a noiseless gun and refined commands to avoid disturbing business or causing hysteria. It jokes that the Society for the Suppression of Useless Noises feared war would be abolished, but the noiseless approach resolves the issue.
A young Connecticut man who urged a young lady to elope was met with a shower of hot water. He can take cheer from a hopeful note, though his plan might have gone awry if circumstances differed.
Critics mock a Harvard graduate who left the newsroom to work for a railroad earning 16 dollars a month. The observer predicts he could head a major railway corporation in twenty years.
President Roosevelt urged Congress to pass key measures including child labor reform for the District of Columbia, re enacted employers liability, compensation for government employees, and amendments to injunctions and the interstate commerce act. He urged action this session and reinforced prior proposals on anti trust revisions and postal banks.
In Sedalia Missouri Charles Donahoe died after being suffocated during a hospital fire Tuesday night. An epileptic man in a convulsion toppled from his bed and knocked a lamp onto a shelf in an adjoining room igniting a blaze. A nearby patient, a negro under the influence of opiates, escaped after reviving from smoke. The main hospital building survived but the negro ward was gutted.
A dispatch from Trenton D C says Senator Tillman is improving very slowly. Physicians believe he needs a complete rest before resuming duties.
Dr Truman Jay Backus, president of the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, a respected educator, died early Wednesday morning in New York City.
The text argues for modifying antitrust law to aid farmers and unions, urging balancing restraint against realistic cooperative needs. It calls for postal savings banks, tariff revision, wood pulp duty removal, a permanent waterways commission, and clarified power rights with time limits. The message emphasizes practical reforms for workers, farmers, and industry.
The United States battleship fleet will split upon arrival in Australia. One squadron will stay at Sydney while a second, faster squadron likely to Melbourne, proceeds there. After Melbourne calls are finished, the ships will unite with the Sydney force and continue the voyage, saving considerable time.
Robbers broke into the State bank at Chrisman Island Tuesday night. They feared dynamiting the bank safe because J. W. Dally, who lives above the bank, was in his room upstairs. Dally fought a duel with the robbers after about twenty shots, wounding one. The men escaped. Dally heads a posse pursuing them while another posse follows. the town is greatly excited.
A simple at home demonstration shows how pure white lead behaves under blowpipe heat. By heating white lead with charcoal the substance appears to form tiny metallic lead crystals if pure, while adulterated samples fail to fully transform. The piece promotes testing paint purity and offers a free blowpipe and paint-testing booklet from National Lead Company in New York City.
A curious tale from Minnesota recounts a thief who sent two cakes of soap to a St. Paul shopkeeper decades after taking one from a storefront display. The note explained the old theft and offered restitution after seeing the business advertised in a country paper.
In Boise Idaho the pardon board will hear clemency for Harry Orchard, self confessed murderer of former Governor Frank Steunenberg. Judge Wood urged a reprieve but Orchard refused to apply personally. Orchard's counsel offered to file and appear, but Orchard stated he must pay the toll for his crime. Ann Wyman offered to file if no one else would.
The article describes a unique farm on a ridge summit near Jasper in the Ozarks. A settler built a protected tableland farm with an intact fence and a perilous cliff approach. He blazed a trail, brought up seed and livestock by a private route, and now raises crops and stock without road access.
In Oxford Pennsylvania seven vast tobacco sheds burned this year, two within a week, signaling to Lancaster county tobacco raisers that Kentucky operatives have moved in. The Dunkard growers refuse to join price agreements, selling when they choose, hampering the Kentucky league’s price setting. All victims of the fires are Dunkards.
W E Metally a Fruitland owner near Macon says this year promises a large apple crop. He reports pruning 1400 trees this week and notes trees in fine condition with Jonathane York Red Delicious varieties all in splendid shape.
The narration celebrates spring feelings and farming imagery as balmy weather deepens rural nostalgia. It hints at preparing equipment like plows and road polishing, joking about how such work might affect public roads. The tone is light and seasonal with regional rural charm.
Joseph Farmer was accidentally shot and seriously wounded by Minor Vancamp, with whom Farmer resided two miles east of Harrisonville. The incident occurred while the two were watching a flock of wild geese. Van Camp held the gun when it discharged.
Mrs Marie Sipsie of 416 Miller St Helena Mont says three years of backache weakness and kidney trouble eased after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She reports improvement from the first box and a complete lasting cure after four boxes. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box. Forster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
In a Friday night affray on Pennsylvania Avenue a man opened fire wounding Congressman Thomas J Wellin of Aloha and Themis Lum. The suspected shooter, Thomas LeCream, a New York horse haiver, was wounded in the head and a man named Heflin faced assault with intent to kill charges before being released on bail.
Due to insufficient members the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Independence will be sold and the congregation formed two decades ago will disband. Pews and furniture have already been sold to a Lee's Summit church.
Two suspects identified as Marty Slack and Jim Wrer were captured Friday afternoon near Springtown Arkansas after attempting to blow open the bank safe on the night of March 25. Local officers surrounded the robbers who tried to discard their tools during the arrest.
A State Baseball League bid links Trenton Brookfield Shelbina Mullberry Hannibal Cameron Kirksville Richmond Carrollton for inclusion in a projected Northwestern Missouri league. Each town appears poised to contend for the pennant, signaling strong local interest and competition.
Nothing Else to Do. Excelsior Springs probably has more bowlers to the square inch than any other town in America.
A Washington Herald reprint recounts a racial stereotype tale about a policeman stopping a black man with a watermelon at odd hours. The story ends with the officer accepting a ten cent bribe note and the man moving on, highlighting racist humor from the era.
At a Sydney meeting Chinese merchants across Australia backed a boycott on Japan after the Totsu Mert incident and decided to patronize a new Canton formed steamship line for trade among China Australia and the United States.
Returns filed with State Auditor Wilder show 1908 tax levies based on a total real and personal property valuation of 1 244 092 431 dollars. The figure marks an increase of 58 808 020 dollars from the previous year. Assessments used were made last year for this year's taxes, with St. Louis noted for higher valuations than elsewhere, affecting both real and personal property.
A garter snake fell on a woman's car wheel causing a crash after she fainted. Mrs. K. M. Fisher of Dillsburg Pa recalls a copperhead bite in 1906 and credits Sloan's Liniment with saving her life. The note ends with a jab about bachelors versus married men receiving punishment on earth.
Pottsville, Pa local former council member Charles Trough remains hospitalized for a week as his condition worsens with his vitality sapped by a mysterious illness. Authorities have yet to identify the cause or provide a prognosis.
Two young children of John Moff aged four and one year died in a Geneva Nebraska barn fire started by a hay blaze from children playing with matches. Fire department and authorities investigated the blaze as a fatal accident.
In Shawnee Oklahoma Buckner Steele fought with a burglar he found in his home at 2 AM, knocked him to the floor and held him until police arrived. The suspect gave the name J. C. Blackburn.
Vinie Pud Daly of Mantedale near Columbia marked her seventy sixth birthday on February 2. Uncle Pud has lived all his life in Snone County. A distance of half a mile, says the Hwnontsidale correspondent of the Statesman, will cover his abode from cradle to seventy six birthstone.
The supreme court ruled city ordinances barring lounging on street corners unconstitutional. Originating in St. Louis, Jacob Groner was fined for picket duty during a strike in 1405. The court ordered release, saying cities cannot bar standing on streets if traffic or others are not obstructed.
Reverend A F Driesbach of the First Reformed Church in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, has decided to quit preaching in order to support himself and his family.
Federal court brings before it a man accused of routing goods to non existing firms in Brown Branch Taney County. Goods were shipped and disposed of by a single individual, revealing widespread mail order fraud.
A Chillicothe boarding-house keeper prints menus in local newspapers to attract patrons. The compact ads promise hearty meals and reliable lodging, reflecting small-town commerce strategies.
A historical look at how early American households crafted remedies from teas and tonics, leading to patent medicines. Peruna, rooted in Mennonite practice, grew from a neighborly remedy to a factory brand, trusted for coughs colds sore throats bronchitis and general catarrhal ailments.
In the millinery department shoppers crowd to see a price tag shift from 15 to 14.49 sparking a small riot as women rush the counter. A floorwalker quips that the ladies resemble knights as a man waits for his wife amid the crush, emerging with a comb missing.
A drummer asks about Postmaster Daniel’s whereabouts. The Snafer answers he resigned last week and notes the cause of resignation. The exchange hints at a staffing change at the Beacon Ridge post office.
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